Other than the ludicrous discrepancy between the amount of content on this disc (only 2 very simple mini games) compared to the high cost (triple digits!) this rarity barely gets a mention by the only ones who would, the 3DO hardcore. Only the head scratching pairing of Toyota with Hitchcock


An admittedly catchy soundtrack will greet you at the opening menu ... although I don’t seem to recall having heard this style of music in connection with ol’ Alfred.


Game 1 lets you select the length of play (time count) between 2, 1 ½ , or 1 minute. After you decide you’ll see the Toyota logo, followed by classic black & white footage of the master of the macabre. The dubbing is laughable as expected, and the video will continually loop unless you hit a button to exit.
Finally you’ll reach the game … a small matching affair in the mold of ‘Memory’. Flanked by a large timer on the left and a creepy looking Hitchcock on the right, your goal is to uncover hidden portions of video by finding identical pairs. This game is as dull as ever. The footage you reveal never changes, the items are always the same, and the selection of them is quite small.

One small note, but worth mentioning as an example of stupidity … when a match is made two things occur, a zoom on the item and a comment by the announcer (presumably Alfred) This takes several seconds, yet the timer keeps running. Now this is no issue on the generous 2 min setting or even the 1 ½ one. But I challenge anyone to accomplish this is one minute.

Game 2 is the ‘Roulette game’, and the only other playing option. As dull as the 1st? Even duller. The nice jazzy soundtrack is the only thing I enjoyed, and once again it seemed out of place. Featuring the same whopping 6 items from the previous game (so much for a little variety) you attempt to land on the same spot twice. That is all. C’mon, at least the memory variant offered footage and a score. Appropriate for a homebrew disc maybe, but laughable for a commercial release.


My side note for this game serves the same function as the former. Stupidly, the roulette wheel routinely stops just before or after your item (the far too long a pause is a very obnoxious giveaway) 100% random. 100% not fun.

Having established that this rarity is not only a gigantic rip-off but also an embarrassingly awful game, I must confess that I am of course glad to own a copy … quite glad actually.



-Trev