Trivia
According to Matt Saettler and Lisa Sheets, Napalm was the original name for the game. It was changed to "Nam" at the request of the Wal-Mart chain of stores.
Contributed by
WildKard (11891) on Apr 12, 2006.
On April 30, 1999, NAM was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.
Contributed by
Xoleras (66998) on Dec 11, 2005.
NAM (Napalm) started of as a Total Conversion for Duke Nukem 3D called as "Platoon TC". After releasing Platoon, the team started working on a sequel to it, in early 1998 the team was contacted by GT Interactive about if the team was interested working with them, so they started making NAM.
Contributed by
Daedolon
(2634) on Sep 18, 2003.
(In the October 98 edition of PC gamer)
Pc Gamer Rated NAM 58%
According to Gt Interactive this was supposed to be a "true experience of Vietnam"
At the time there was a great deal of critism for this remark.