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Platoon

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Genres
ShooterSimulatorStrategy
Themes
ActionHistoricalWarfare
Modes
Single player
Perspective
First personSide view
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Release dates
Platform Date
Apple II December 31, 1987
Commodore C64/128/MAX December 31, 1987
DOS December 31, 1987
Amiga December 31, 1988
Amstrad CPC December 31, 1988
Atari ST/STE December 31, 1988
ZX Spectrum December 31, 1988

About

The film Platoon featured a squad of five soldiers on their mission for the US Army in Vietnam. In this action game based around the film, you take control of these five guys in turn, with the chance to switch between them as they each take one of the 3 hits that would kill them. The game recreates each of the sections of the film, starting with a side-scrolling journey through the jungle, with paths to cross both horizontally and vertically, and the ability to jump or duck hazards. You will need to blow up a bridge and then locate a village, which contains a torch, a map and a trap-door. The enemy has booby-trapped the area and are launching airstrikes, so the danger is not all from enemy ground soldiers.

Story

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