Battlefield Vietnam

Like their successful Battlefield 1942 series, two teams (the United States army or the ARVN, versus the North Vietnamese army or Viet Cong) compete in different settings to capture and hold onto flags which causes their opponent to lose tokens. Soldiers can use tanks, boats, helicopters or jet fighters, although due to the limiting size of the battlefield pilots will spend most of the time flying around in circles, less they stray out of the area and get shot for desertion.

Missions take place in a variety of settings, including the towns of Hue and Quang Tri, the central highlands around Khe Sanh, along the Mekong river and skirting the Cambodian borders. EA Games has put more emphasis on rendering the terrain than in Battlefield 1942 - the foilage around the Ho Chi Minh trail is particuarly dense.

The other notable feature is the soundtrack, hit 'o' and you can go into battle listening to The Kinks, CCR or The Ride of the Valkyries. One shudders what a Battlefield Iraq might offer - Justin Timberlake ?

US/ARVN weapons