Platoon (video game)

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Platoon was published in 1986-1988 for various home computer systems by Ocean. The object of this action game is to survive in the Vietnamese jungle against guerrilla attacks. It is very loosely based on Oliver Stone's film of the same name.

In level 1, the character leads a platoon of five men navigating a maze of paths. He must find explosives and blow up the bridge to prevent an enemy with a rocket launcher from destroying his platoon. Then, he must enter the village and continue to kill enemy soldiers without harming too many villagers, since it lowers morale. He must find a map and a compass in order to navigate the next level. Level 2 consists of an underground maze where the player has limited ammunition and must find flares and a flare gun. Level 3 requires the player to shoot down enemy machine gunners at night. Level 4 is the final confrontation in which the player must repeatedly shoot down the enemy and find his way through the maze to a bunker, at which he repeatedly throws explosives until it is destroyed.

[edit] External links

• Platoon at World of Spectrum