Army Men II
Army Men II is a 1999 real-time tactics video game developed and published by The 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Color. The game differs from the first installment in that it has battles in both the "real world" and the "plastic world". It was also the first to introduce the concept of portals between the real world and their world, a topic that was expanded upon in later games.
Also recorded as Army Men 2
Army Men II
- Model
- Army Men.
- Date
- 1999.
- Publisher
- The 3DO Company.
- Language
- English.
- Genre
- real-time strategy.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Army Men II is a 1999 real-time tactics video game developed and published by The 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Color. The game differs from the first installment in that it has battles in both the "real world" and the "plastic world". It was also the first to introduce the concept of portals between the real world and their world, a topic that was expanded upon in later games.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Army Men II. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q4794188 · wikipedia · Army Men II
In this article
The object
The object
The registers place that work in real-time strategy. This article rests on 13 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Key facts
Key facts
• Developer — The 3DO Company • Publisher — The 3DO Company • Series — Army Men • Platforms — Windows, Game Boy Color • Released — Windows'Game Boy Color • Genre — Real-time tactics • Modes — Single-player
Background
Background
In Army Men, the Tan commander Plastro, invades the green lands. At the end, Sarge races the tan forces to a portal and enters, finding himself in a kitchen. The game begins with a massive tan force including Plastro himself chasing him through the portal. Major Mylar betrays Plastro, destroys the portal as he enters it and takes control of the tan army and territories.
Levels
Levels
The game continues from the kitchen with Sarge and a small squad fighting their way across the kitchen counter, finding a portal back to the plastic Jungle (Level 1). Securing a radio installation, Sarge contacts HQ for instructions (Level 2), using which he wins a tank fight (Level 3), save a blue spy from the tan forces and escapes through an airfield (Level 4). In search for a missing colonel in plastic tropical islands, Sarge finds soldiers from all four armies banded together in what is called "the Cult". Colonel, gone mad, is found to be the leader of this cult (Level 5). He escapes through a portal and is followed by Sarge into a front yard where he is taken out by Sarge himself (Level 6). Sarge's plane is shot down into a plastic tropical island full of zombies created by Dr. Madd, an insane Grey scientist working for the Tan Army, who creates Cult forces by injecting different color liquids to soldiers. Sarge destroys the zombie mold factory generators (Level 7) and chases Dr. Madd to a desert where he must take out other scientists (Level 8). He then goes through another portal to a hobby table in a garage to stop several scientists from escaping back into the plastic world (Level 9). Through a portal he emerges at a forested, middle-of-nowhere tan base to fight the last enemy scientists protected by zombies, suicide bombers, etc. (Level 10) Sarge finally attacks the tan fortress, evades a massive wave of angry soldiers, rescues the blue spy, finds a key leading to a weapon of mass destruction located in the center of the fortress. bombs and destroys it before the tans use it, and goes out through a portal (Level 11) to Mylar's HQ in a child's bedroom, crawling with tan soldiers. He takes out Major Mylar on a fortress-like playset (Level 12).
Epilogue
Epilogue
In the closing movie, the greens swoop in, taking out the remaining tans and enjoying a major victory for the Green Army. On top of a nightstand or dresser, General Plastro can be seen spying on them. Under his breath, he "thanks" Sarge for getting rid of Mylar, and "encourages" him to revel in his victory for now. Laughing maniacally, he says that he something special planned for the next time they meet. An ominous scene involving Dr. Madd working on the remains of Mylar in his lab concludes the ending movie.
History of the object
Dated record
History of the object
The full dated record · 2 entries
1999
Army Men II published.
1999
Army Men II (1999) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
Reception
The PC version received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. However, the Game Boy Color version was met with slightly more positive reception than the PC version. Next Generation said of the same PC version, "If you can overlook the flaws, Army Men II is a guilty pleasure."
Context
Primary material
Context
The circumstances in which Army Men II stands. Developed by The 3DO Company. Published by The 3DO Company. Issued for Microsoft Windows. Recorded as video game.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
institutional register
- Internet Archive holdings naming Army Men II
General reference · Internet Archive
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4794188: Army Men II
General reference · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Army Men II”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.IGN staff. News Briefs. IGN. Ziff Davis. March 3, 1999.
- 2.Gone Gold : EuroGold. 2001-02-10.
- 3.3DO Ships New Army Men(R) Games for Game Boy(R) Color. The 3DO Company. November 22, 2000.
- 4.CBS Interactive. Army Men II for PC. GameRankings.
- 5.Thompson, Jon. Army Men 2 (GBC) - Review. AllGame. All Media Network.
- 6.House, Michael L. Army Men II (PC) - Review. AllGame. All Media Network.
- 7.Schuytema, Paul. Army Men II (PC). Gamecenter. CNET. March 16, 1999.
- 8.Smith, Peter. Army Men II. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. April 8, 1999.
- 9.Chick, Tom. Battle Fatigue (Army Men II Review). Computer Gaming World. Ziff Davis. 179. 143. June 1999.
- 10.Conlin, Shaun. Army Men II (PC). The Electrtic Playground. Greedy Productions, Inc. August 16, 1999.
- 11.Brenesal, Barry. Army Men II Review for PC on GamePro.com. GamePro. IDG Entertainment. 1999.
- 12.Ryan, Michael E. Army Men II Review (PC). GameSpot. CBS Interactive. March 17, 1999.
- 13.Harris, Craig. Army Men 2 (GBC). IGN. Ziff Davis. November 8, 2000.
- 14.Butts, Steve. Army Men 2 (PC). IGN. Ziff Davis. April 5, 1999.
- 15.Imagine Media. Army Men II (PC). Next Generation. 53. 95. May 1999.
- 16.Klett, Steve. Army Men II. PC Accelerator. Imagine Media. 9. 90. May 1999.
- 17.Williamson, Colin. Army Men II. PC Gamer. Imagine Media. 6. 136. June 1999.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
institutional register
Internet Archive holdings naming Army Men IIInternet Archive
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Wikidata, structured authority record Q4794188: Army Men IIWikimedia Foundation
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Collectables
20,755 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Army AttackWork
- army menTerminology
- Army Men 3DWork
- Army Men AdvanceWork
- Army MovesWork
- Army of TwoWork
- ArnhemWork
- ArnieWork
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a copy of Army Men II?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.