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…
Platoon is a shooter developed by Ocean Software, released 31 December 1987 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II and Atari ST/STE.
What Platoon is
Platoon is a shooter game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1987. It was published by Data East. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Platoon is an action game developed and published by Ocean Software for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and ZX Spectrum in 1988. It was licensed by Data East and Erbe Software for release in North America and Spain, and by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Platoon series
Platoon is the first of 4 entries we hold in the Platoon series. The next entry was Platoon in 1988.
How it was received
Platoon holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1987 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Platoon launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Platoon yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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