Nam

Synopsis

by Nick Smith

Do you "love the smell of Napalm in the morning?" If so, chances are that you're going to love Nam, a first person shooter from GT Interactive Software. You play a U.S. soldier fighting the enemy in the jungles, riverbanks, and airfields of Vietnam.

Starting off with the standard-issue Colt 45 pistol and knife combination, you'll come across much heavier weaponry as the game progresses, including machine guns, rocket launchers and the always-effective grenade.

The computer-controlled Vietnamese are always cunning and the game has plenty of levels to keep you occupied. Multiplayer support gives Nam an aspect of teamwork, as you fight with other soldiers positioned around you and learn important defensive tactics.

Features

• Enter the Vietnam War in 1966 as a Marine Corps sergeant
• Features 34 single and multiplayer levels
• Internet multiplayer modes include Capture the Flag, Fireteam, Co-op and Gruntmatch

Extra Credits

by Nick Smith

Shooters started off as scrolling platform games. With the advent of 3D games like Doom, adventures could be constructed in more realistic virtual environments. Nam is the first first-person shooters to put the player in a situaltion based on actual historical events.

A special, "toned down" version was created and released as "Napalm" exclusively at Wal-mart to meet retailer's conservative policies.

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