Army Men (video game)
Army Men | |
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Developer(s) | The 3DO Company |
Publisher(s) | The 3DO Company |
Producer(s) | Nicholas Earl |
Designer(s) | Keith Bullen |
Programmer(s) | Nicky Robinson |
Artist(s) | Keith Bullen Walter Ianneo |
Series | Army Men |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color |
Release | Microsoft WindowsGame Boy Color |
Genre(s) | Real-time tactics |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Army Men is a real-time tactics video game developed and published by The 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Color.
Plot[]
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At the beginning of this game Sarge is tasked with a simple recon mission on the front line - locate some documents - that takes place in 3 regions: Desert, Alpine and Bayou. At the end of this game, Sarge finds a strange portal that leads to the next dimension - the Real World - and the next game. Regarded as a classic by fans, this is one of the few games to actually display Sarge and his squad as merely pawns in a bigger battle. Two features that make this game almost unique in the series are its storytelling (Black-White spoofs of old-time, World War II-style newsreels) and the fact that it often depicts a frontline or other fighting that doesn't involve the main characters.
Development[]
Army Men was originally in development for the Panasonic M2, but that version was never released due to the system's cancellation.[3][4]
Reception[]
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | (PC) 60.91%[6] (GBC) 74.67%[7] |
Publication | Score |
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Next Generation | [5] |
Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "it's a solid, fun example of the genre, and anyone looking for a new strategy game with a very nice graphic twist should seriously consider this".[5]
Aggregating review website GameRankings gave the Game Boy Color version 74.67% based on 6 reviews[7] and the Microsoft Windows version 60.91% based on 17 reviews.[6]
References[]
- ^ "News for April 30, 1998". Online Gaming Review. April 30, 1998. Archived from the original on December 4, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
"April 30, 1998: "3DO announced that two of their titles should be hitting store shelves...Army Men, their action, strategy game featuring the little plastic guys..." - ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20010417134948/http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_022500.html
- ^ "News - E3 '96: 3DO? - M2 Dream List". 3DO Magazine. No. 12. Paragon Publishing. July 1996. p. 4.
- ^ "Preview - Coming Soon - M2". 3DO Magazine. No. 12. Paragon Publishing. July 1996. p. 34.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 44. Imagine Media. August 1998. p. 98.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Army Men for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Army Men for Game Boy Color". GameRankings. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
External links[]
- 1998 video games
- Army Men
- Cancelled Panasonic M2 games
- Game Boy Color games
- Real-time strategy video games
- Single-player video games
- Video games developed in the United States
- Windows games