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FranchisePlatoon

Platoon

Critic score2 critics
First release
1987
Genres
Shooter, Simulator, Strategy · Warfare, Action, Historical

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.

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Release dates
DOS
1987
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1987
Apple II
1987
All 7 release dates
Amstrad CPC
1988
ZX Spectrum
1988
Amiga
1988
Atari ST/STE
1988
Age ratings
ESRB T
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view, First person
Keywords
modern warfare, vietnam war, war, based on - movie, 8-bit
… All 8, modern military, bpjm indexed, vietnam

At a Glance

Critic Score
80