Platoon cover

Platoon Series

Platoon

Shooter Simulator Strategy Action Historical Warfare
December 1, 1988
Released 13660 days ago
Nintendo Entertainment System

About

The NES port of Platoon. 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 by Platform

Nintendo Entertainment System Worldwide
Dec 1, 1988

Game Info

Developer
Ocean Software
Publisher
Sun Corporation of America
Perspective
First person, Side view
Genres
Shooter Simulator Strategy
Themes
Action Historical Warfare

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