Army Men Advance appeared in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance and belongs to the Army Men series published by 3DO. The whole brand rests on one simple idea: you fight as the plastic toy soldiers children get in a bucket, and the battlefields are kitchens, gardens and bedrooms seen at their scale.\n\nThe Game Boy Advance version was one of the console's earliest games - the GBA launched in 2001, and that first wave of titles mostly exploited the fact that the hardware could deliver something close to Super Nintendo quality in a handheld. That meant a 32-bit processor, smooth scrolling and far more colours than the original Game Boy managed.\n\nMechanically it is action seen from the side, or from an angled overhead view, in which you clear levels, shoot enemy soldiers and work through a weapon set ranging from a rifle to a flamethrower. A multiplayer mode is supported, which the GBA handled over a link cable.\n\nThe Army Men series had a reputation for uneven quality - many entries appeared across many platforms and individual releases varied widely. The handheld version counts among the more acceptable ones, because simple controls and short levels suited the format.\n\nOn OldGame.cz the title has a profile with release details and screenshots.

One more note on the series. The Army Men brand shipped at a rapid pace from the mid-nineties and its entries varied in genre as well as quality, taking in strategy and racing alongside action. It was 3DO's main financial pillar, and when the company collapsed in 2003 the series ended with it, so its entire output fits into less than a decade.