Army Men

• Platform: IBM PC Compatible
• Release Date: April 28, 1998
• Genre: Action
• Style: Combat
• Similar Games: Cannon Fodder (IBM PC Compatible), Cannon Fodder (Sega Genesis), Cannon Fodder (Atari Jaguar), Cannon Fodder (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), Army Men: World War (IBM PC Compatible)

Game Description

It's war! Watch those plastic, green, and tan toy-soldier figurines come to life and vie for supremacy in this squad-level real-time action/strategy hybrid. In Army Men, you take on the role of Sarge, a grizzled veteran leading his troops through desert, alpine, and bayou settings, grabbing weapon power-ups and blasting your way to victory. Call in air strikes and paratrooper drops. Steal tanks and jeeps for destructive uses. Almost everything can be destroyed in this gasoline-soaked world. Soldiers die in a manner appropriate to the weapon that killed them: rifles break off plastic limbs, flame-throwers melt them into puddles of goo, and rockets send them flying into little bits. Both action and strategy elements are in abundance.

Roots & Influences

Army Men simulates gameplay with green and tan plastic soldiers that were popular with children following World War II prior to the proliferation of combat computer war games.

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