Lost Patrol (Amiga)

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Description

You and your squad are on their way back from R&R in Saigon to your operations base when Viet Cong guerillas force your helicopter to crash land in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. It's now your responsibility to lead the remaining survivors to the nearest U.S. base, evading or facing an elusive and dangerous enemy on his own grounds.

Most of the time, you'll see a map of the country on the screen and navigate your men through the country. It's important to watch your men's health and morale by getting them food, water, ammo and letting them rest, etc. When reaching certain spots on the map, e.g. a native village, the game presents the current situation in a nice graphic scene. Sometimes you'll run into V.C. snipers, patrols, whole ambushes or encounter minefields. Then the game offers some small arcade sequences like firing your guns or fighting it out in desperate hand-to-hand combat. The progress of your party is accompanied by video sequences from the Vietnam War.

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Promo Images

Alternate Titles

• "The Lost Patrol" -- In-game title

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Historical conflict: Vietnam War
• Setting: 1960s

User Reviews

Very atmospheric, but unfortunately short-lived

EboMike (3120)

Critic Reviews

Zero	Mar, 1990	89 out of 100	89
The Games Machine (UK)	Mar, 1990	85 out of 100	85
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Sep, 1990	10 out of 12	83
CU Amiga	Mar, 1990	83 out of 100	83
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Sep, 1990	73 out of 100	73
The One	Feb, 1990	73 out of 100	73
Zzap!	Sep, 1990	70 out of 100	70
Amiga Joker	Oct, 1990	62 out of 100	62
Amiga Power	May, 1991		33
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jun, 1991		0

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Description mistake...	26	Depeche Mike (17555) Jan 19, 2008
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Trivia

German index

On March 31, 1992, Lost Patrol 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.

Related Web Sites

• The Lost Patrol - Webshrine (Background information, graphics, interviews.)