I Saw A Strange Little Man

by Essex Interactive Media

Product Details

• ASIN: B000RRMTQY
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,673 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Follow an unseen narrator as he watches a funny little man paint a doorway in mid-air with a magic paint brush which reveals a beautiful, spectacularly colorful 3D landscape. Another odd fellow emerges from the land on the other side of the doorway and erases the doorway the strange little man had just passed through, but before the door disappears, the narrator gains possession of the magic paint brush and heads out to paint his own doorway. The story then diverges into six alternative plots. After reading the story book section, children enter the landscape themselves, taking an extensive first person virtual reality exploration through 220 individual 3D scenes. Then, by finding and correctly answering reading comprehension questions, they discover the secret behind the mysterious paint brush.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I found a strange little game, March 12, 2010

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This review is from: I Saw A Strange Little Man (CD-ROM)

This has got to be one of the strangest games I've ever played, and I mean that in a good way. It's like a child's abstract, fantasy world come to life. Everything about this game will active your child's imagination. Its interactiveness will also delight your child's senses, further driving his/her imagination to the max.

The graphics for this game are were great for its time. But as of now? I would say that it has aged pretty well. The richness of the graphics' color saturation that is scattered all over the place is still quite pleasing to the eyes.

The strangeness of the game's storyline fairly complements the game's graphics: their strangeness combine to create a wonderful surrealistic masterpiece. I can't remember much of the game's story as it has been more than a decade since I last played this game (I also lost the game CD and still can't find where I last put it), but I wouldn't want to give away much of the story anyway. All that I can remember is that you are out to find something surreal and magical, and have to go through a lot of pleasing sensory experiences in order to that magical something. It's akin to exploring Salvador Dali's artworks, and I mean literally exploring. Just imagine yourself exploring everything inside Dali's "The Persistence of Memory", and to see, hear, etc. everything that is inside that painting. It's almost synesthetic in a way.

That is how "I Saw A Strange Little Man" is. This game is wonderful for not only children, but for people of all ages. One is never to old to visit the land of dreams and make-believe, and indulge in all that is has to offer.