[Roms] Army Men - Air Combat

The series was based on a war between four main sets of plastic army men: the Green, the Tan, the Blue, and the Grey. Two other factions, red and orange, had brief appearances, but neither played a large part in the story. Two factions, the Galactic army and the Alien army, were introduced in Army Men: Toys in Space.

The series was started with Army Men (PC) in 1998, then the sequel Army Men 2 (PC) was released in 1999. Around that time the first console game, Army Men 3D, was released for the Sony PlayStation. In these early games, before Army men had established itself, it is probably easy to say the biggest draw card for Army Men was that it was a -sophisticated version of Virgin Interactive's Cannon Fodder. In Army Men, especially early in the series, realistic physics and combat situations were off-set by soldiers melting into puddles, or snapping like broken plastic as well as an apparent sense of humour on behalf of the development team.

The series continued with Army Men: Toys in Space (PC), before branching out with the World War series for both PC and console (mainly the PlayStation 1 & 2). At around the same time period Sarge's Heroes was released, a sequel was released a year later.

Other variations and spin-offs of the series were also released. They included the helicopter themed games Air Tactics, Air Attack (1 & 2), Air Combat, & Air Combat: The Elite Missions. They also included the World War series. There is also a Contra-inspired game called Green Rogue.

The only spin-off of the series, was Portal Runner. A spin-off of Sarge's Heroes 2, it was released just a year-and-a-half after the original game.

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