Vietcong: Fist Alpha
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| Developer(s) | Pterodon Illusion Softworks |
| Distributor(s) |  Gathering of Developers |
| Engine | Ptero-Engine II |
| Release date(s) | February 2004 (Windows) |
| Genre(s) | Tactical shooter |
| Mode(s) | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Platform(s) | PC (Windows) |
| Media | CD-ROM |
Vietcong: Fist Alpha is an expansion pack for the computer game Vietcong. It was released in February 2004.
It is a prequel to Vietcong, occurring a 3 months before the events of that game. In Fist Alpha you play the main character of Sergeant First Class Douglas Warren. All the members of the team from the original Vietcong are present, except initially for Le Duy Nhut (Nick). The teams pointman and translator is Vietnamese Sergeant Nham Nguyen, he is killed in action on the attack on the Nui Pek base camp on the 15th May 1967, from there he is replaced by Nhut.
The fate of SFC Douglas Warren is mentioned at the end of the game in a paragraph, but also it is mentioned on the Arrival mission 27th June 1967 in the original Vietcong. As his replacement; Steve R. Hawkins is being airlifted into Nui Pek base, C.J. Hornster talks of the circumstances of which led to Douglas's death, he was killed in action by a single AK shot to the head on a night ambush, at a village, where the VC had been stealing the rice off of the local villagers.
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[edit] Vietcong: Fist Alpha Single Player Campaign Missions
- Prolouge
- Thunder Over The Jungle
Mission Two - 17th March 1967
- Day In Pleiku
- Operation Golden Gift
- Hanging Bridge
Mission Three - 27th April 1967
- Day On Nui Pek
- Operation Pandora's Box
- Night Guard
- Nui Pek Under Attack
- Nui Pek After Attack
- Operation Fist Alpha
- Death Valley
- Field Gun Battery
- Burn The Jungle
[edit] Weapons In Vietcong: Fist Alpha
The expansion introduced Bayonets to many of the games original weapons (noted below and here). In addition to this, a few side specific weapons were also added:
[edit] United States / South Vietnam
- M21 Sniper Weapon System (Cannot be fitted with a bayonet in game, unlike its real life counterpart)
- Sten Mk.IIS (silenced version)
[edit] North Vietnamese
- CZ vz.61 Scorpion
- SVT-40 + (SVT-40 With Optics) (Actually an AVT-40) (Cannot be fitted with a bayonet in game, unlike its real life counterpart)
- Degtyarev DP
[edit] Maps In Vietcong: Fist Alpha
Vietcong: Fist Alpha added a number of maps, to play in the quick fight mode, and to play on numerous multiplayer modes. Many of them use the setting of the missions of the single player campaign.
- Bridge
- Cambodia
- Death Valley
- Hamburger Hill
- Indian Country
- Jarai
- Moorland
- Nui Pek
- Old Temple
- Thundercreek
- Three Canyons
