Interviews with people involved into the Army Men videogames franchise
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- Heroes may die, but plastic lasts forever. By Zoey Handley – destructoid.com – including some words from Michael Mendheim – Jun 27, 2021
- How 3DO Creates Video Games – By: Jeff Tyson
- Behind the scenes: Army Men: Major Malfunction
- Making the Microverse, Part 1: Miniaturization secrets on Cinema!
- Combat in the Skies. Interview with director Kudo Tsunoda. By Matt Casamassina – ign64.com – Jan 7, 2000
- Sarge’s Hero. We talk with Michael Mendheim. By Dean Austin ign64.com Sep 24, 1999 / Jun 20, 2012
- Trip Hawkins, The 3DO Company and other interviews: Army Men highlights!
Interviews
Heroes may die, but plastic lasts forever. By Zoey Handley – destructoid.com – including some words from Michael Mendheim – Jun 27, 2021
Army Men: Sarge’s War: The eulogy for an entire series It’s a complicated subject, the Army Men series. The 3DO Company released somewhere in the realm of 25 games between 1998 and 2002. When you consider some of the ports were made from the ground up and entirely distinctive to the platform they were released on, the … Continue reading Heroes may die, but plastic lasts forever. By Zoey Handley – destructoid.com – including some words from Michael Mendheim – Jun 27, 2021
How 3DO Creates Video Games – By: Jeff Tyson
Article from howstuffworks.com – Nov 17, 2008 3DO is one of the top video game companies in the U.S. with dozens of popular titles. Go behind the scenes and learn how 3DO creates a new game! Lots of us play video games. In fact, the number of people playing video games only seems to increase … Continue reading How 3DO Creates Video Games – By: Jeff Tyson
Behind the scenes: Army Men: Major Malfunction
This proves that canonically, Sarge died. The first very revealing article was Team17’s recalling history of their first 100 games, when celebrating the release of game number one hundred, PLANET ALPHA. In this chapter, they’re heading to 2005 & 2006, a time of both 2D and 3D Worms games and their first foray into work-for-hire projects on … Continue reading Behind the scenes: Army Men: Major Malfunction
Making the Microverse, Part 1: Miniaturization secrets on Cinema!
Before 3D design and video game design, other talented artists had to face the challenge of making small beings look realistic, and showing giant environments from their perspective. In this first part of this series, we will reveal some of its ingenious secrets, knowledge that will help improve the experience of the small world of … Continue reading Making the Microverse, Part 1: Miniaturization secrets on Cinema!
Combat in the Skies. Interview with director Kudo Tsunoda. By Matt Casamassina – ign64.com – Jan 7, 2000
IGN64 brings you an interview with Army Men: Air Combat’s director plus the first-ever N64 screens. The Army Men franchise has proved to be most profitable for 3DO. The company recently released Army Men: Air Attack, a polygonal 3D top-down shooter similar to the Nuclear Strike series. Now Nintendo 64 owners get their own take on the experience with Army … Continue reading Combat in the Skies. Interview with director Kudo Tsunoda. By Matt Casamassina – ign64.com – Jan 7, 2000
Sarge’s Hero. We talk with Michael Mendheim. By Dean Austin ign64.com Sep 24, 1999 / Jun 20, 2012
IGN64 talked with Michael Mendheim, Creative Director on Sarge’s Heroes, about the game & the industry. IGN64: How did you get into the industry and what were the first titles you worked on? Michael Mendheim: I started in advertising and eventually became a freelance illustrator. I got involved in the industry by designing and painting … Continue reading Sarge’s Hero. We talk with Michael Mendheim. By Dean Austin ign64.com Sep 24, 1999 / Jun 20, 2012
Trip Hawkins, The 3DO Company and other interviews: Army Men highlights!
1) Trip Hawkins 3DO Interview, September 23, 1999 on futuregamez.net by David Warner ~ Dreamcast Australia The games industry can be tough at times. Trip Hawkins should know. He built Electronic Arts from nothing to become the largest gaming company in the world. Several years later he left Electronic Arts to form the 3DO company. … Continue reading Trip Hawkins, The 3DO Company and other interviews: Army Men highlights!