Revenge of the Toys is a zany collection of games that is similar in style to Dilbert’s Desktop Games, and can…in fact…be considered a sort of sequel, since both games were created and distributed by the same gaming programmers. These games were created specifically for the personal computer. Both are collections of miniature arcade games with some fairly bizarre themes…themes that will raise an eyebrow, yet keep gamers coming back to try their hands again and again.
Revenge of the Toys includes a total of nine different arcade plays.
“Ricochet” is a space themed game that requires some good hand to eye coordination and fast reflexes. “Kung Fu Coffee” is a great stress reliever for the office worker, as the gamer controls a martial artist that is destroying office chairs and other office furnishings. “Shooting Gallery” arms the player with an enormous bazooka with which to kill an assortment of seemingly random targets, such as rotting chicken, innocent teddy bears, and bonsai trees. “Fishing” allows the gamer to cast a fishing line and lure into the desktop screen. “Nail ‘em” is a silly game of pounding little knobs. “Basketball” allows the user to take careful aim at a series of moving hoops. In “Venus Flytrap,”
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the gamer’s desktop becomes infested with flies, and he can have a sweet revenge on the pests by watching them get eaten by the world’s most famous carnivorous plant. “DeBugger” is a similar game where a robotic reptile wanders around the desktop killing vermin and other pests. Finally, “Monster Factory” allows the gamer to create his own custom creature by selecting from a variety of precreated heads, torsos and appendages. After creating the beast, the user sends it into battle to see how it fairs.
Granted, none of these games are going to keep a player enthralled for hours…which is why there are so many to choose from. They are meant to be played at work, and function over the top of the desktop, often times seeming to totally destroy it. Each individual play offers a quick burst of excitement and a possible giggle in order to break up the workday. The games are varied, some of them being more simulations than games…others requiring some investment of time and action.
This is a good and interesting game. It has a great level of replayability due to the fact that a user is able to bounce between several very different styles of play. Revenge of the Toys does not take itself too seriously, fully knowing that is made to entertain a worker during a quick break as opposed to keep a full fledged gamer engrossed for days on end.
