Tommy Tronic

Bizarre little game designed by a Ukrainian developer, Oasis Games and published by Interplay. The premises is that you are a child in a Nintendo-esqe / Commander Keen type world jumping, shooting, dodging and exploring various levels while fighting living veggies/fruits and gathering candy for bonus points. You eat vitamins to regain health (which begs the question why not eat the veggies!) In the first scene, you have to bribe an overgrown gnomish drunk with 'stinky booze' to progress to the next level. Mixed messages if you are going to have your child play it. Plus, gathering items to progress to the next level can be complicated for a younger child without adult supervision. The lack of support from the developer, other than an update on 4/2011 and a nearly haunted community on Steam makes it one of the strangest purchases in my library. Then again, it was on sale cheap and no reviews to speak of, so I couldn't resist. It has strange retro-charm and might keep you entertained for a while.