Platoon cover art

Game entry

Platoon

1987 · FPS, Strategy, Simulation · DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amiga, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC · Ocean Software

Platoon is listed in the GameForever catalogue but not in the duel pool: this game is never offered for a vote, its 1,500 points are never at stake and it does not appear in the world ranking. Its entry and its debate stay open.

World rank

ELO score

1,500

Wins

Duels played

0

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About 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.

ELO progression

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Head-to-head

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