Lost Patrol is a survival action role-playing game with strategy elements. In this classic multi-genre DOS game, players take command of the seven survivors of a U.S. helicopter crash in Vietnam, desperately trekking across 57 miles of harsh terrain infested with booby traps and enemy soldiers.
As a kid, I used to play this game on the Commodore Amiga when it first came out....it was frustratingly hard, but had a good story and was really atmospheric (including the music).
When I saw it on Steam, I was really excited and looked forward to trying out an 'old classic' again.
Unfortunately, the game has no sound and the controls (after figuring...
Considering that I have something of an admiration for the games of old, particularly those in the DOS era where I wasn't old enough to really experience gaming as a whole until around the fifth generation of gaming, I was naturally attracted to such a title as Lost Patrol here, whereby it's premise is fairly unique in a war setting that isn't akin...
Lost Patrol is an awesome game, but unfortunately the DOS version is pretty dreadful.
The Amiga version is a real good time, so I advise players try that out instead. If Pixel Games UK could get that version and add it to another branch, that would be amazing.
