Small Soldiers Globotech Design Lab

Small Soldiers Globotech Design Lab is a toy design and arena combat game released for Windows PCs in 2000, developed by DreamWorks Interactive and published by Hasbro Interactive. Tying into the 1998 film Small Soldiers, players take on the role of a new hire at Globotech, tasked with creating the next generation of battle-ready toys. The game is built around a design studio where you assemble a fighter from a library of torsos, limbs, heads, outfits, special moves, and voice taunts, all constrained by a microchip budget. Once a warrior is built, the game shifts to fighting arenas: suburban settings like kitchens, bathrooms, and bedrooms, where two toy soldiers battle to dismemberment using kicks, punches, and improvised weapons ranging from toothbrushes to pizza cutters. Five warriors form a team, and players can swap between them to tackle five difficulty levels across five distinct arenas. Combat rewards aggression and flawless victories with medals up to diamond, and losing only means you get knocked apart rather than killed. The game supports keyboard and gamepad control, with enough keyboard separation for two players to share one PC. While clearly aimed at younger fans of the movie, its simple build-and-brawl loop and surprisingly violent damage model give it a distinctive edge that earned it a loyal following among family PC gamers.