I am told that it is a Japanese tradition to paint one of the eyes on that kind of doll when you make a wish. If you get your wish, you then paint the other eye.
Actually I'll bet my Panasonic 3DO still works, which I got at a Goodwill for 50 bucks specifically to play Dueling Firemen when it came out, so I didn't really play it too much. But I got my money's worth.. Star Control 2 is still probably the best game I've ever played, and my Japanese version of Policenauts, which should've helped me learn Japanese like the gentleman in this video but didn't..