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Video game series featuring toy soldiers

Army Men is a series of video games developed by 3DO and Global Star Software. It is based on various conflicts between four kinds of plastic army men, distinguished by their color: the Green, the Tan, the Blue, and the Grey. Two other factions, the Red and the Orange, as well as a much smaller army, the Black, also contribute to the story. Two additional factions, the Galactic Army and the Alien Army, were introduced in Army Men: Toys in Space.

The idea of a strategy game using plastic army men arose from the developers' desire to avoid censorship issues with the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle ratings board when publishing the game in Germany. Chris Wilson, producer of the original Army Men, explained:The Germans are extremely uptight about realistic violence, so Command & Conquer, for instance, changed all its units into robots and changed some of the cut scenes. But we didn't want to have to do two versions, and very early on in the design process we'd been planning things out with little plastic army men, so we suddenly realized that this was what everyone always likens a game like this to anyway! Army Men used cutscenes done in the style of Movietone News clips. In 2004, Global Star Software published Sarge's War. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were completed by some members of the original Sarge's War development team from 3DO. Global Star then released Army Men: Major Malfunction for the Xbox and PlayStation 2, and planned a Nintendo DS version, which was not released. Both Major Malfunction and Soldiers of Misfortune were unfavorably received by critics. Army Men: Mobile Ops was released for mobile phones in 2010. The series is currently owned by 2K after buying out Global Star in 2007.

A fan made Army Men III was under development by Neotl Empire, but was cancelled and resulted in an open source release of the unfinished game in April 2018. In December 2017, a licensed mobile game in the series was made by Volcano Force Studios under license from 2K Play under title Army Men: Strike that incorporates characters from the Sarge's Heroes subseries.

Title Release date Platforms Genre Notes Army Men 1998 Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color Real time tactics Army Men II 1999 Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color Real time tactics Army Men 3D 1999 PlayStation Third person shooter Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 1999 Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows Third person shooter The first installment in the Sarge's Heroes subseries. Army Men: Toys in Space 1999 Microsoft Windows Real time tactics Army Men: Air Attack 1999 PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows Third person shooter Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color versions are re titled Army Men: Air Combat. Army Men: World War 2000 PlayStation, Microsoft Windows Third person shooter (PS)Real time tactics (WIN) The first installment in the World War subseries. Titled Army Men: Operation Meltdown in PAL regions. Army Men: Air Tactics 2000 Microsoft Windows Real time tactics Army Men: World War Land, Sea, Air 2000 PlayStation Third person shooter The second installment in the World War subseries. Titled Army Men: Land, Sea, Air in PAL regions. Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 2000 Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 Third person shooter Army Men: Air Attack 2 2000 PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube Third person shooter Titled Army Men: Air Attack Blade's Revenge in PAL regions. GameCube version titled as Army Men: Air Combat The Elite Missions Army Men: World War Final Front 2001 PlayStation Third person shooter The third installment in the World War subseries. Titled Army Men: Lock 'N' Load in PAL regions. Army Men: Green Rogue 2001 PlayStation 2, PlayStation Shoot 'em up Titled Army Men: Omega Soldier in PAL regions for PlayStation. Army Men Advance 2001 Game Boy Advance Top down shooter Portal Runner 2001 PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color Platform Spin off of Sarge's Heroes subseries. Army Men: World War Team Assault 2001 PlayStation Third person shooter The fourth and last installment in the World War series. Titled Army Men: Team Assault in PAL regions. Army Men: Operation Green 2001 Game Boy Advance Isometric shooter Army Men: RTS 2002 PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, GameCube Real time strategy A 3D real time strategy game. Army Men: Turf Wars 2002 Game Boy Advance Isometric shooter Army Men: Sarge's War 2004 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube Third person shooter The third and last installment in the Sarge's Heroes subseries. Army Men: Major Malfunction 2006 Xbox, PlayStation 2 Third person shooter Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune 2008 Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 Third person shooter Army Men: Mobile Ops 2010 Mobile Isometric shooterArmy Men Strike: Toy Wars 2017 Mobile Real time strategyVolcano Force Studios.

During its later years, the Army Men series was criticized by X Play and Seanbaby of EGM, for the frequency and declining quality of each new title. The Official UK PlayStation Magazine awarded six games in the series a score of 3/10 or less.