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Instruction booklet · April 1993

Toys

ShooterPre-ESRB

The story

Toys (also known as Toys: Let the Toy Wars Begin!) is an action video game for the Super NES and Sega Genesis released in 1993. The game is based on the 1992 film Toys starring Robin Williams. Chaos has been spread at a toy factory that must be stopped by the player.

Specifications

Released: April 1993
Developer: Imagineering
Publisher: Absolute Entertainment
Genre: Shooter
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Themes: Action

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

GamePro: 3.8/5 stars
Mega: 20%

BE KIND, REWINDApril 1993

#1 song

InformerSnow

#1 albumThe BodyguardWhitney Houston / Soundtrack

Admit one · #1 movie

Cop and a Half$6,027,285 weekend

Vol. 3 · No. 85Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

The Omaha World-Pixel

Week of April 2, 1993

Apr. 4

The World Wrestling Federation holds WrestleMania IX from Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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Data: IGDB · Wikipedia · libretro-thumbnails · Charts: Billboard · Box office: Box Office Mojo via Wikipedia. Today’s money uses US CPI-U, 2025 dollars.