Platoon

Factory Sealed Jewel Case
Thundering helicopters tear through the skies, your feet sink into the wet muddy ground and the fields around you are strewn with casualties. All the excitement of the big screen is finally coming to your PC in Platoon, the first action RTS set during the Vietnam War. Control an entire platoon through missions based on historical events such as "Operation Shiny Bayonet" and the Pleiku Campaign and take part in one of the world's most groundbreaking wars and its most legendary movie - Platoon.
Covers the war from 1965 to the height of battle in 1968
Speed and enemy detection change according to terrain
Manage up to 30 soldiers: engineers, commandos, snipers and rifle squads
3D terrain complete with elephant grass, rice paddy, jungle, marsh and bunkers
Dynamic weather effects like wind, rain, fog, monsoons, etc.
Environment effects the soldiers' abilities
Dynamic shadows on character and grass effects using vertex shaders
A scalable level of detail system (L.O.D.)
Campaign includes numerous missions based on actual U.S. Army operations
Head-to-head network play with 4 exclusive maps
Particle system for explosion effects, smoke and fire
Pentium III 600 MHZ or higher
Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP
256 MB of RAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible 3D video card with 32 MB
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
8x CD-ROM drive
Mouse

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 09 September, 2008.