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Platoon

Strategy game which takes place in vietnam. You control a platoon of GIs through a campaign with 14 missions. Platoon is the second video game adaptation of the 1986 war film of the same title, following the…

5 November 2002

Platoon is a strategy developed by Digital Reality, released 5 November 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Platoon is

Platoon is a strategy game developed by Digital Reality and released in 2002. It was published by Monte Cristo. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Strategy game which takes place in vietnam. You control a platoon of GIs through a campaign with 14 missions. Platoon is the second video game adaptation of the 1986 war film of the same title, following the 1987 game by Ocean Software
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How it plays

Its themes are historical and warfare.

Where it sits in the Platoon series

Platoon is the fourth of 4 entries we hold in the Platoon series. It arrived 13 years after Blaze Out. It is the most recent released entry in the series.

See all 4 Platoon games in release order →

What it launched against

Platoon launched on 5 November 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Metroid Fusion.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Fusion.

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When did Platoon come out?
Platoon was released on 5 November 2002 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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