Lost Patrol
Lost Patrol is a survival action role-playing game with strategy elements. In this classic multi-genre DOS game, players take command of the seven survivors of a U.S. helicopter crash in Vietnam, desperately…
Lost Patrol is an adventure developed by Shadow Development, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Lost Patrol is
Lost Patrol is an adventure game developed by Shadow Development and released in 1990. It was published by Ocean Software. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game follows a platoon stranded behind enemy lines after its helicopter is shot down during a mission. With the pilot killed in the crash, the surviving soldiers must make their way back to friendly territory through jungles, rice fields, and hostile settlements. Along the route, they face ambushes, guerrilla forces, and the constant threat of enemy-controlled villages disguised as safe locations. Tension within the group also grows as the squad leader begins to suspect that one of the soldiers is psychologically unstable, creating additional pressure on morale and survival.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Lost Patrol launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
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