Vietcong is a first-person shooter PC game, developed by Pterodon and Illusion Softworks, published by Gathering in April 2003, and set during the Vietnam War. The player takes on the role, in the single-player campaign, of Sergeant First Class Steve Hawkins, who has been assigned to the Special Forces camp at Nui Pek. Nui Pek is situated near where the Ho Chi Minh trail reenters Vietnam from Cambodia, so it is considered one of the most dangerous areas in all of Vietnam. Steve leads the rest of the Special Forces stationed at Nui Pek, each of whom is a Sergeant in their own right, and has their own specialties: Doom, one of the games that defined the first-person shooter genre. ... This computer/video game related article needs cleanup. ... Illusion Softworks is located in Brno, in the Czech Republic, and was founded by Petr Vochozka and the venture capital investors, Cash Reform Group. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 230,000 South Vietnamese wounded: 300,000 US dead... Sergeant First Class insignia Sergeant First Class (SFC) is the seventh enlisted rank in the U.S. Army, just above Staff Sergeant and below Master Sergeant, and is a non-commissioned officer. ... Special forces or special operations forces are military units which are formed and trained to conduct missions involving unconventional warfare, counter-terrorism, reconnaissance, direct action and foreign internal defence. ... The Ho Chi Minh trail was a network of roads built from North Vietnam to South Vietnam in the neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia to provide logistical support to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War. ...

• Thomas Bronson, an African-American who chose Vietnam over jail. Bronson serves as the engineer and demolitions expert on the team.
• Joe Crocker, a San Franciscan who dropped out of Stanford to join the Army. Crocker serves as the combat medic on the team.
• P.J Defort, a young and highly intelligent former Air Force Cadet. Defort serves as the radio operator on the team.
• Le Duy Nhut, a Vietcong defector, with extensive knowledge of the area around Nui Pek. Nhut serves as the pointman and translator on the team.
• C.J. Hornster, an all-round hardcase, eager (often too eager) to engage the enemy no matter the odds. Hornster serves as the machinegunner on the team.

In addition to the linear campaign, the game features several stand-alone single player maps and network and online multiplay. Multiplay game modes include capture the flag (CTF), deathmatch (DM), team deathmatch (TDM), assault team game (ATG), last man standing (LMS) and real war (RW). Nearly three years after the game's release, Vietcong as a multiplayer is still extremely popular. An African American is a U.S. citizen who is socially perceived as being at least part black, especially one with ancestors imported to America during slavery. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Stanford Medical School Stanford University School of Medicine is affiliated with Stanford University and is located at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and Menlo Park. ... A combat medic is a trained soldier who is responsible for providing first aid and frontline trauma care on the battlefield. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces. ... Cadet refers to a person or people who are junior in some way. ... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ... Capture the flag is a traditional outdoor game often played by children where two teams each have a flag and the objective is to capture the other teams flag, located at the teams base, and bring it back to their own base. ... Deathmatch (abbreviated DM) is a widely-used gameplay mode very well integrated into first-person shooter computer games. ... Deathmatch (abbreviated DM) is a widely-used gameplay mode very well integrated into first-person shooter computer games. ...

In addition to the original game, expansion pack 'Vietcong: Fist Alpha' was released in February 2004, with some new features, and was bundled with Vietcong as 'Vietcong: Purple Haze' for the PC, and released in October that year as an expanded version for PlayStation 2 and Xbox developed by Coyote Games. 'Purple Haze' is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's song of the same name. An expansion pack is an addition to an existing game. ... PS2 redirects here. ... The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. ... James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and cultural icon. ... For other meanings of Purple Haze, see Purple Haze (disambiguation). ...

The game has a controversy however, as in the training there is profuse swearing, and the PEGI symbol warning buyers of this is AWOL. PEGIs logo Pan European Game Information, or more commonly PEGI, is a European system for rating the content of computer and video games, and other entertainment software. ... AWOL (pronounced a-wall) is an acronym for the United States and other armed forces expression Absent WithOut Leave or Absence Without Official Leave. The United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy use the term Unauthorized Absence (UA) instead. ...

The sequel to Vietcong, Vietcong 2, was released in late October 2005. A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Weapons In Vietcong

United States

• Knife
• Colt M1911A1 .45
• .38 Revolver
• Smith & Wesson Model.39 "Hush Puppy"
• M1 Carbine
• M1D Garand
• Winchester 70
• M1A1 Thompson
• M3A1 "Grease Gun"
• M16
• Remington 870
• M60 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun)
• M79 (Only available in single player mode).

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North Vietnamese

• Knife
• Makarov PM
• TT-33
• .38 Revolver
• SKS Simonov
• Dragunov SVD
• Mosin Nagant
• PPSh-41
• PPS-43
• AK-47
• Baikal IZH-43
• RPD Degtyrev

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Weapons In Vietcong: Fist Alpha

United States

• M14 + (M14 With Optics)
• Sten Mk.IIS

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North Vietnamese

• CZ vz.61 Scopion
• SVT-40 + (SVT-40 With Optics) (Actually an AVT-40)
• Degtyarev DP

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Maps In Vietcong

• Ambush
• Arroyo
• Bahnar
• Halong Port
• NVA Base
• Radio Relay
• Storm
• Waterfall
• Stream

Maps In Vietcong: Fist Alpha

• Bridge
• Cambodia
• Death Valley
• Hamburger Hill
• Indian Country
• Jarai
• Moorland
• Nui Pek
• Old Temple
• Thundercreek
• Three Canyons

External links

• Pterodon and Vietcong official site