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Army Men 3D (PlayStation)
Army Men 3D is a third person action game released in 1999 by 3DO for the PlayStation. It basically turns the idea of playing with those green plastic toy soldiers into a 3D action game. Your enemies of course, are the tan soldiers.
You play the role of Sarge who must lead his armies against the tan soldiers across various terrain. Since this game is based on toys, some of those terrains will be familiar household territory such as the kitchen or backyard. The game is pretty straightforward 3rd person run-and-gun action with a variety of weapons including rifles, bazookas, grenades, flamethrowers and more. You can also control vehicles such as jeeps and tanks. Generally, each mission or level has a specific goal. Once you achieve the goal, you can move on to the next level.
The graphics were pretty average for a PlayStation game at the time. However, it did do a good job of making the characters and other items seem toy like. It’s sort of like you are playing an interactive version of Toy Story (of course, there were Toy Story games as well). Likewise, the voice acting is campy and cartoon like adding a touch of humor to the game.
This was not a great game but it’s still ok for a bit of fun if you are into the toy soldier theme. Camera angles aren’t great, missions are somewhat repetitive, and perhaps worst of all there is no multi-player. None of this is enough to really make it a bad game though. It is to other 3rd person action games what Micro Machines is to racing games.
This wasn’t the only Army Men game. In fact, there were quite a few. This was the third game in the main series and the first to appear on the PlayStation. There were nearly two dozen Army Men games in total with some being better than others.
The ad above is from the March 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly.
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GamePro (February 1997)
Source: GamePro – February 1997
Along with Electronic Gaming Monthly, GamePro was one of the most popular gaming magazines for a long time. In 1997 is was primarily covering the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn and was also still covering the Super NES, Sega Genesis and Neo Geo. It also had a little PC and arcade coverage. The February 1997 issue includes:
Cover Story
- Killer Instinct Gold – A preview of ths $80 cart for the Nintendo 64 and is basically a combination of Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2.
Special Features
- Resident Evil 2: The Horror Continues – The first sequel to the immensely popular survival horror game on the PlayStation.
- Have Gun Game, Will Travel – A somewhat humorous light gun game that combines both first person and side-scrolling sections. It can be played with one or two players.
SWATPro Strategy Section
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy – A strategy guide for Mortal Kombat Trilogy on the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. As the name suggests, this game is really a combination of the first three Mortal Kombat games.
- The Fighter’s Edge: Virtua Fighter 3 – A complete move list for all characters and how to counterattack in Virtual Fighter 3 in the arcade.
- Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey – A strategy guide for this arcade hockey game featuring various secrets and cheats.
- Madden ’97 – A strategy guide for this early Madden game on the PlayStation.
- SWATPro – Codes and various tips for Twisted Metal 2 (PlayStation), Tomb Raider (PlayStation, Saturn), Mortal Kombat Trilogy (Nintendo 64), and lots of other games.
ProReviews
- PC GamePro – Reviews of Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Duke Nukem 3D Plutonium PAK, SkyNET, and MDK.
- Nintendo 64 – Reviews of Killer Instinct Gold, and Cruis’n USA.
- PlayStation – Reviews of Tomb Raider, Dark Forces, Ten Pin Alley, Power Slave, PitBall, Burning Road, Robotron X, Hardcore 4×4, The King of Fighters ’95, Dare Devil Derby, Starwinder, Iron and Blood, Samurai Showdown III, Tempest, Machine Head, and Tunnel B1.
- Saturn – Reviews of Bug Too!, Crusader, Virtua Cop 2, Area 51, Virtual On Cyber Troopers, Batman Forever: The Arcade Game, Spot Goes to Hollywood, and Crime Wave.
- Super NES – Reviews of Street Fighter Alpha 2, Prince of Persia 2, Incantation, and War 3010: The Revolution.
- Genesis – A reviews of Williams Arcade’s Greatest Hits.
- Sports Pages – Reviews of NFL GameDay ’97 (PlayStation), NBA Hang Time (Nintendo 64), Andretti Racing (Saturn), Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition (Saturn), NBA In The Zone 2 (PlayStation), NFL ’97 (Saturn), NHL ’97 (Saturn), NBA Hangtime (Genesis), NBA Shoot Out ’97 (PlayStation), FIFA Soccer ’97 (Nintendo 64),
- Role-Player’s Realm – Reviews of Dragon Force (PlayStation), Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (PlayStation), and Persona (PlayStation).
Departments
- Head-2-Head: Letter from the GamePros – Discussion about 3DO’s upcoming new M2 system.
- The Mail – Letters from readers about 3DO, secret codes for Twisted Metal 2, Tecmo’s Deception, and more.
- Art Attack – Reader submitted artwork.
- Buyers Beware – Modifying your PlayStation to play Japanese games, Nintendo 64 controller problems, Xband support, and more.
- ProNews – N64 and PSX game releases delayed, including Shadows of the Empire, Curis’n USA, Tetrisphere, Turok, Mission Impossible, and others; Virtual Boy discontinued; and more.
- NetPro – How to play online games via TEN.
- Overseas Prospects – A look at Sony PlayStation Expo ’96 in Chiba, Japan. Some new games shown include Final Fantasy VII, Puzzle Fighter, Rockman (Mega Man) 8, Ace Combat 2, Soul Edge, and more.
- Sneak Previews – Previews of upcoming games including Spider (PlayStation), City of Lost Children (PlayStation), WCW vs. The World (PlayStation), League of Pain (PlayStation), Carmageddon (PlayStation, DOS), Rush Hour (PlayStation), Peak Performance (PlayStation), and Test Drive: Off-Road (PlayStation DOS, Windows 95).
- Hot at the Arcades – A look at Mace: The Dark Age, a 3D fighting game from Atari Games.
…and more!
