Toys - the 1992 satirical fantasy film directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams - is the most bizarre, yet intriguing commercial flop ever committed to celluloid. Fight fire with marshmallows is my (no doubt inadequate) effort to make sense of it, as well as its unlikely adaptation to the world of licensed video games.

Published in 1993 for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was met with an equally bemused critical response. Many gaming aficionados aren't even aware it exists. Those who are, like to pretend it doesn't.