Small Soldiers (PS1)

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Small Soldiers is a third-person action game for the Sony PlayStation, released in 1998 and loosely based on the film of the same name. Rather than retelling the plot of the film, the game depicts the fictional universe of the Small Soldiers brand, where the Gorgonites and Commando Elite exist as living creatures rather than toys.

Plot[]

The Commando Elite are waging war on the Gorgonites' homeworld, Gorgon. The Gorgonite leader, Archer, has sworn to protect his homeworld and journey to the Commandos' own homeworld and defeat their leader Chip Hazard, to end the war once and for all.

Gameplay[]

The game has both a one and two player mode. One player involves controlling the main character Archer on a mission to save Gorgon from destruction and defeat Chip Hazard and the Commando Elite on their war-torn homeworld.

The player 2 mode involves a split screen showing both Archer and Chip Hazard allowing the characters to either fight in frag mode, using various weaponry to defeat each other, and whoever has five victories first wins. The other mode is flag mode, where each player starts with a flag on their base, and one in the level. When a player has retrieved all three flags on their base, they win. A crown indicator will appear on a player when in possession of a flag, and is also shown in their inventory. When a player carrying a flag dies, they drop their flag and return to their base, allowing the other player to retrieve the dropped flag.

An added bonus to this game is the soundtrack. The creators designed the disk to both run the game, in the Sony PlayStation, and the soundtrack. Some of the tracks are corrupted due to the lack of clean-up, but the music from most of the levels are also available.

Character Descriptions[]

Gorgonites[]

Image	Title	Description
	Archer	You play Archer, savage warrior and leader of the Gorgonites. Loyal to his planet, he will use all his might to defend his homeworld and his people.
	Punch-It	Stand clear when Punch-It starts to throw his weigh around. He's tough as a rhino and has sabre claws that cut through Archer's enemies like butter!
	Insaniac	Insaniac rules! He's got a few screws loose, but when he lets the twisted mojo rip, Commandos start making out their wills.
	Slamfist	Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he's always ready to rumble. With a boulder for a fist, any Commando in his way is between a rock and a hard place.
	Scratch-It	Punch-It's best buddy, a hyper spaz weasel with frightening dental work, is hell on two legs in battle.
	Nibble	This flying freak is a mutant menace. With Nibbles as your wingman, Commandos are grass - and you're the lawnmower.
	Ocula	Nothing gets past her evil eye ... alive.
(Image needed)	Stench	Stench is a real stinker! A walking whoopee cushion, he packs an arsenal of air biscuits that sends Commandos running for cover.
(Image needed)	Chanters	The mysterious Chanters hold the keys to the Gorgonite realms. Use the keys to unlock the coloured gates to get through the levels. When assembled together, the Chanters tap the ether to open portals to other worlds.

Commando Elite[]

Image	Title	Description
	Chip Hazard	Leader of the Commando Elite, Chip Hazard will stop at nothing to defeat his hated rival Archer and crush the Gorgonites. Packing a potent plasma pistol, Hazard wrote the field manual on combat tactics.
	Nick Nitro	Demolitions Expert. This bombastic brute loves to launch his high explosives and watch the wreckage. He'll try to keep his distance and lob grenades. Run him down and take him out!
	Kip Killigan	Assassin. He's the psycho killer of the Commandos, wielding some heavy artillery, including a massive flamethrower, a laser-sighted gun and ninja throwing stars.
	Butch Meathook	Master at Arms. With his rocket launching Gatling gun, he's a one-stop Commando shop for Gorgonite Population control.
	Bipod	Sporting the latest destructive Commando technology, the XJ-57 Bipedal Walking Weapons Platform is a Commando's best friend and a menace to Gorgonite society.
	Sentry	This flying food processor is programmed to slice and dice all Gorgonites. Featuring experimental mag-lev propulsion and motion-sensitive targeting.
	Mortar	The Q36 Mobile Artillery Unit is a combat-proven veteran with concussive projectile launchers. Deadly from a distance.

Levels[]

You play as Archer in fourteen levels which take you from the realms of Gorgon to the Commando homeworld. Most of the player 1 levels involve Archer collecting keys of different colors from either Chanters or killing Commandos, which will give him access to a door to help him on his mission or a place that gives him power ups or hidden secrets. Each level has a password. Note that an incorrect password will take the player to the first level, Gorgon.

Single Player[]

Title	Main objective	Password
Gorgon	Rescue several instances of Insaniac.	X, X, Triangle, Square, Square, X, Circle, X
Dimensional Temple	Open the portal by summoning the Chanters with Chanter tokens.	Square, X, Triangle, Square, Square, Square, Circle, X
Floating Fortress	Protect the Gorgonite Flagship.	Circle, X, Triangle, Square, Square, Circle, Circle, X
Spirit Bog	Destroy the Commandos' Walker War Machine.	Triangle, X, Triangle, Square, Square, Triangle, Circle, X
Canyon Village	Destroy the Commando Elite Supply Shuttle.	X, Square, Triangle, Square, Square, X, Triangle, X
Creepy Caverns	Destroy the Commando Elite mining machine.	Square, Square, Triangle, Square, Square, Square, Triangle, X
Space Ship	Disable the Commando Elite Spaceship Devastator.	Circle, Square, Triangle, Square, Square, Circle, Triangle, X
Hall of Patriots	Destroy the Commandos' Secret Super-weapon.	Triangle, Square, Triangle, Square, Square, Triangle, Triangle, X
Graveyard of War	Blow up the Commandos' Fuel reserves and Shuttlecraft.	X, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square, X, X, Square
Nuclear Mine	Destroy the Commando Atomic Mining Reactor.	Square, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square, Square, X, Square
Launch Center	Destroy the Navigation computers in the Control Center to prevent any further Commando invasions.	Circle, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square, Circle, X, Square
Ulhaden Fier	Fight your way through the Commando Home World to reach their main base.	Triangle, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square, Triangle, X, Square
Garrison Prime	Reach the Inner Sanctum.	X, Triangle, Triangle, Square, Square, X, Square, Square
Inner Sanctum	Defeat Chip Hazard.	Square, Triangle, Triangle, Square, Square, Square, Square, Square

Multiplayer[]

Note that the level appearance differ to the ones in the player 1 mode.

Title	Features	Gorgonites/Commando Elite
Dimensional Temple	1x Harpoon	Stench and Bipod
Creepy Caverns		Ocula and N/A
Spirit Bog	1x Harpoon	Nibble and Sentry
Hall of Patriots	2x War Machine	Nibble and Sentry
Nuclear Mine	2x Harpoon	Stench and Mortar
Garrison Prime	2x Harpoon/1x War Machine	N/A and N/A

Power-Ups[]

In the player 1 mode, Archer's life meter is made of four rectangular red bars in the top left corner of the screen. This meter is filled up by wind, a pickup found through the levels. When the meter runs out upon death, a life is lost, in which Archer starts with four. Collecting spirit pickups will increase the lives Archer has. At the right are two column which show two different types of weapon. The left represents the ammo in Archer's crossbow. The red one is the weakest ammo available and is unlimited. Archer can find pickups triangular in shape which offer different powers and deal more damage. There are blue, green and a more stronger red gun. The blue and green ones have semi-aiming abilities to aim at the enemy. The more powerful red gun is the most effective, as it will only take two or three hits to defeat a basic enemy.

The other meter is for drops. Archer can collect up to nine of one type of power up. He can hold nine of the Gorgonite spawn so if one dies another can take its place, but only one of the Gorgonite is allowed to spawn at a time. Traps are also found and can be dropped on the floor in a circle shape, and each pickup gives three traps. They can be shot or stood on, causing damage. They also run out after 30 seconds or so.

Another drop is the bomb. It is red and can be thrown, exploding after about 2 seconds. A rare drop is the earth power up. It allows the player to cause every enemy around him to be immediately destroyed.

Cheats[]

(See table for level passwords.)

Infinite Ammo - Triangle, Circle, Circle, Circle, Square, X, Triangle, Square
Invincibility - Circle, Circle, Triangle, Triangle, Circle, X, Square, X
All Weapons - Triangle, Triangle, Circle, Circle, Circle, X, Square, X.

Soundtrack[]

The game features 14 tracks composed by Michael Giacchino, who also composed tracks for the Medal of Honor franchise. This game's soundtrack was produced in conjunction with Medal of Honor: Underground, and was recorded with a live orchestra.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery[]

Media[]

Small Soldiers longplay via World of Longplays on YouTube

Small Soldiers multiplayer mode via RETRODERN on YouTube

External Links[]

Aggregates	Reviews
Small Soldiers on Behind The Voice Actors Small Soldiers on Giant Bomb Small Soldiers on HowLongToBeat Small Soldiers on IMDb Small Soldiers on Metacritic	Small Soldiers review by Craig Harris, IGN (7.2/10); November 12, 1998 Small Soldiers review by PekoeBlaze, independent (3.5/5); January 5, 2015