Army Men (GB)

"Army Men" delivers slower paced action in a very repetitive fashion. Players of this title control a green troop leader, "Sarge", and complete missions as outlined at the outset of each round. The main objective usually is to obliterate enemy forces within an occupied territory unassisted, though there are later opportunities to lead riflemen or pilot helicopters to assist with this objective. Gameplay is rather simple. The player's character is presented in an overhead view as he runs through the, initially, desert campaign using the arrow keys. "A" will fire the designated weapon and "B" allow switching through these ...  Read the complete review

Ahhh a game where you get to control those green plastic soldiers of your childhood against the tan plastic soldiers who were always their sworn enemy. Well ok, in my childhood the enemy was always grey, but then I suppose it depends who your countriy's enemy was - obvious the American's were against tan soldiers, we were up against grey...ermmm... Well, colourisms aside, Army Men is a pretty decent game, not without its problems of course, but still pretty decent. You get to control 'Sarge' against the tyrranical Tan army. These missions are quite caried and may be a simple, rush in kill everything which doesn't move(the opposition are a ...  Read the complete review

Those little green plastic soldiers get EVERYWHERE! You've got Army Men games on the PC, Nintendo 64, PlayStation…soon to be Army Men games on the Dreamcast – and now, Army Men on the Game Boy. So, what's it like? It's a bit like Ikari Warriors on the Spectrum, or maybe Cannon Fodder for the Amiga. If you haven't played them, then I'll elaborate! You wander around a map with a sort of pseudo isometric viewpoint, trying to wipe out the enemy soldiers (the Tan lot). The game plays well enough, and missions where you get to drive a jeep or a tank which breaks up the monotony, but maybe there should have been more opportunities for ...  Read the complete review