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148 · Platoon

December 4, 2020 · 1 hr 2 min
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IN the jungle, everything is invisible. Including the enemy. Suddenly, a firefight explodes all around you. That's jungle combat as you saw it in the movie Platoon.

Now, Sunsoft's Platoon takes you right into the action, You'll fight for your life against deadly guerrillas and hidden snipers, always on guard against the booby traps and napalm air strikes that could end it all in an instant. Jungle combat, as close as you'll ever want to get to the real thing.

You've got it right in the palm of your hand.

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Show notes

  • Are you ready for the real thing?
  • Introductions
    • War games
    • This also had a movie
  • Gameplay
    • The Morale Bar
    • aiming controls
    • Objectives
      • STAGE 1 - The goal of the first stage is to find the explosives buried deep within the jungle and then navigate out and plant the explosives on the bridge
        • Enemies spawn and don’t care. You have to be incredibly careful...but they don’t?
        • Why would trees block the path forward?
        • Trip-wires are a cool touch
      • STAGE 2 - the player is now in a tunnel system and the point of view has changed to a first-person shooter
        • The player must navigate through the tunnel system and collect flares and a compass along the way.
        • THE SIDE BY SIDE WITH MAP IS GREAT
        • THE ACTUAL FPS MODE SUCKS
      • STAGE 3 - the player is stuck in a bunker overnight that is under constant siege by enemy AI.
      • STAGE 4 - The player has 4 minutes to complete this level and must navigate through the jungle while killing enemies as well as avoiding sniper fire.
        • The compass obtained in the tunnel system is used here to help the player navigate through the jungle.
        • At the end of the jungle is the game's boss, Sergeant Barnes, who is held up in a brick bunker and shooting at the player. The player must be able to land five grenade shots to defeat Sergeant Barnes.
  • Sequels and Spinoffs
    • Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam
      • 2002 RTS game
  • EGL
  • Next week - Rampage
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