Tommy's Space Farmer

Tommy's Space Farmer is a video game in the strategy genre developed by Tommy's Toys and published by Tommy's Toys originally released in 1988. It is currently playable on DOS.

Tommy's Space Farmer is a shareware card game in which the player plays against six AI opponents.The Earth game on which it is based is for two to eight players, but this is the version played in space by aliens.

It is played with a standard deck from which all the eights and three of the four sixes have been removed, leaving the six of hearts. The game is similar to blackjack, since the objective is to draw cards worth sixteen. It is played for chips and the pot is called 'The Farm' and the dealer is known as 'The Farmer'. At the end of a round the players' cards are revealed. Whoever has a point count of sixteen wins, if there is a tie then there are rules to decide who should take the farm. There are additional rules that award tokens in special circumstances, for example, any player whose hand count exceeds sixteen must pay 'The Farmer'.

It is a sad fact that, in the space where this game is played by aliens, not all aliens are honest and some of them cheat. To replicate the fun this can bring to the game there is an optional CHEAT function. When activated, AI opponents can cheat and the player can challenge them. If the challenge is successful, the AI player is eliminated and the other players share their stack. However, if the player challenges someone when they are not cheating, they are eliminated and the game ends.

The game is controlled entirely with the keyboard. It has basic sound effects and command line switches to start the game with the sound off and to force a color or monochrome display.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.