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{{Short description|1998 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = NAM
| title = NAM
| image = [[File:NAM Coverart.png|frameless|NAM]]
| image = NAM cover art.jpg
| caption = Cover art
| caption = North American cover art
| developer = TNT Team
| developer = TNT Team
| publisher = [[GT Interactive]]
| publisher = [[GT Interactive]]
| engine = [[Build engine|Build]]
| engine = [[Build engine|Build]]
| platforms = [[MS-DOS]]
| released = {{vgrelease|NA=July 31, 1998}}
| released = {{Video game release|NA|July 31, 1998}}
| genre = [[First person shooter]]
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]] <br> [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]<br />Players: 1-8
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| ratings = {{vgratings|ESRB=Mature <small>(M)</small>}}
| director = Dante Anderson
| platforms = [[DOS]] <br> [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| producer = {{Unbulleted list|Dante Anderson|Nicolas Lavroff|Greg Williams}}
| media = [[CD-ROM]]
| designer = {{Unbulleted list|Lado Crnologar|Heikki Korva|Tuomo Korva}}
| requirements =
| programmer = Matt Saettler
| artist = {{Unbulleted list|Lado Crnologar|Heikki Korva|Tuomo Korva}}
| writer = {{Unbulleted list|Lado Crnologar|Heikki Korva|Tuomo Korva}}
| composer = Atom Ellis
}}
}}


'''''NAM''''', sold under the name '''''Napalm''''' in [[Walmart]] retail outlets, is a [[first-person shooter]] set during the [[Vietnam War]]. It was developed for [[MS-DOS]] by TNT Team and published by [[GT Interactive]] in 1998. A direct sequel, ''[[World War II GI]]'', was released in 1999.
'''''NAM''''' (also known as ''Napalm'' in selected markets & a person, member of BUPA Travel sales team located in UK) was a commercial [[Build engine]] first person shooter set during the [[Vietnam War]] and designed by the TNT Team (Reactor4), creators of the ''Platoon'' [[total conversion]] for ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'',<ref>http://www.giantbomb.com/nam/3030-526/</ref> picked up by [[Infogrames]] and put them to work [[Video game remake|remaking]] ''Platoon'' with more professional art and some custom source code modifications by Matt Saettler, who is the originator of the EDuke project. [[U.S. Marine]] Sergeant Dan Snyder, who helped pioneer computer simulation training for American troops with a ''[[Doom (video game)|Doom]]'' army mod, was a consultant on the project.<ref>http://www.gamespot.com/nam/</ref> A sequel was released the following year in 1999 called, ''[[World War II GI]]''.
''NAM'' was re-released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] on November 6, 2014, with [[Retroism]] and [[Night Dive Studios]] as the publishers.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://store.steampowered.com/app/329650/ | title = NAM | website = [[Steam (service)|Steam]] | publisher = [[Valve Corporation]] | access-date = October 19, 2020 | archive-date = October 20, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201020204245/https://store.steampowered.com/app/329650/ | url-status = live }}</ref> It was released on [[GOG.com]] on March 20, 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.gog.com/news/b5_classic_games_from_ziggurat_interactive_join_gogcom_todayb | title = 5 classic games from Ziggurat Interactive join GOG.COM today | website = [[GOG.com]] | publisher = [[CD Projekt]] | date = March 20, 2020 | access-date = October 19, 2020}}</ref>


==Gameplay==
== Gameplay ==
The game itself is very similar to ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]''. Very little was changed in regards to controls, movement rate, physics, and [[Console (video game CLI)|con]] language. The only immediately noticeable change in the game code was the removal of the remote detonator for weapon 6, the grenade, which was a pipebomb in ''Duke Nukem 3D''. In the game, there are AI marines which will help the player in some levels, each with different classes and specialties. Mines are present in most levels, requiring players to activate his mine detector.<ref>http://www.gamespot.com/nam/reviews/nam-review-2543679/</ref>
The game is very similar to ''Duke Nukem 3D''. The game consists of 34 levels divided into four episodes; there are two single player episodes with fifteen levels and two multiplayer episodes with nineteen levels. Very little was changed in regards to controls, movement rate, physics, and CON (control file) language. The only immediately noticeable change in the game code was the removal of the remote detonator for weapon 6, the grenade, which was a pipebomb in ''Duke Nukem 3D''. In the game, there are AI marines which will help the player in some levels, each with different classes and specialties. Mines are present in most levels, requiring players to activate his mine detector.<ref name="GSpot" />


==Plot==
== Plot ==
The player assumes the role of Alan "''The Bear''" Westmoreland, a United States Marine Corps Sergeant. The story begins with a dead Viet Cong raid, where you are left to survive of your own accord. The player must deal with various firefights, ambushes, booby traps, snipers, air strikes, anti-personnel mines, and more in order to finish their way to the end of each level.<ref>http://www.mobygames.com/game/nam</ref>
The player assumes the role of Alan "The Bear" Westmoreland, a [[United States Marine Corps]] Sergeant. The story begins with a deadly [[Viet Cong]] raid, where Westmoreland is left to survive of his own accord. The player must deal with various firefights, ambushes, booby traps, snipers, air strikes, anti-personnel mines, and more in order to finish their way to the end of each level.<ref name="GSpot" />


The player is placed in the center of the Vietnam war in 1966, playing as Westmoreland, who is a very deadly and highly trained U.S. Marine. Westmoreland is under the command of the Central Intelligence Agency and has undergone genetic engineering to become a super human war machine. He is given standard military orders, and is usually placed alone or with small teams, pitted against overwhelming odds. To prove himself a successful experiment, he must survive several tours of duty in order to show that the side effects of the serum can be overcome.<ref>http://www.hotud.org/component/content/article/43-action/43/24179</ref>
The player is placed in the center of the Vietnam War in 1966, playing as Westmoreland, who is a very deadly and highly trained U.S. Marine. Westmoreland is under the command of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and has undergone genetic engineering to become a super human war machine. He is given standard military orders, and is usually placed alone or with small teams, pitted against overwhelming odds. To prove himself a successful experiment, he must survive several tours of duty in order to show that the side effects of the serum can be overcome.<ref name="GSpot" />


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== Development ==
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==External links==
It originated from the creation of TNT Team's 1997 [[total conversion]] mod for ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' titled ''Platoon''. It was picked up by [[Infogrames]], who put them to work on a [[Video game remake|remake]] with more professional art and some custom [[source code]] modifications by Matt Saettler, product manager for ''[[Blood (video game)|Blood]]'', which resulted in ''NAM''. The game was released on July 31, 1998. [[U.S. Marine]] Sergeant Dan Snyder, who helped pioneer computer simulation training for American troops with a [[Marine Doom|''Doom'' army mod]], was a consultant on the project.<ref name="GSpot">{{cite web | url = https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nam-review/1900-2543679/ | title = NAM Review | last = Gregson | first = Chris | date = August 5, 1998 | website = [[GameSpot]] | publisher = [[CBS Interactive]] | access-date = November 29, 2015 | archive-date = July 31, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150731054535/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nam-review/1900-2543679/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/198029-nam/data ''NAM''] at [[GameFAQs]]

*[http://www.mobygames.com/game/nam ''NAM''] at [[MobyGames]]
== Reception ==
*[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/nam/review.html ''NAM'' review] at [[GameSpot]]
{{Video game reviews
*[http://www.jonhunt.com/redneck/nam.html ''NAM'' story] at Jon Hunt's Totally Redneck website
| GR = 39%<ref name="GR">{{cite web | url = https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/198029-nam/index.html | title = NAM for PC | website = [[GameRankings]] | publisher = CBS Interactive | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190512135802/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/198029-nam/index.html | archive-date = May 12, 2019 | url-status = dead | access-date = October 19, 2020}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14453&tab=review | title = Nam [sic] - Review | last = Smith | first = Nick | website = [[AllGame]] | publisher = [[All Media Network]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141116111104/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14453&tab=review | archive-date = November 16, 2014 | url-status = dead | access-date = March 30, 2017}}</ref>
| CGSP = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cdmag.com/articles/014/158/nam_review.html | title = Nam | last = D'Aprile | first = Jason | website = [[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] | publisher = Strategy Plus, Inc. | date = October 7, 1998 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030523193537/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/014/158/nam_review.html | archive-date = May 23, 2003 | url-status = dead | access-date = October 19, 2020}}</ref>
| CGW = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_172.pdf | title = Spittoon Platoon (''NAM'' Review) | last = Carter | first = Tim | magazine = [[Computer Gaming World]] | publisher = [[Ziff Davis]] | issue = 172 | date = November 1998 | page = 280 | access-date = March 30, 2017 | archive-date = April 5, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200405203921/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_172.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
| GSpot = 4/10<ref name="GSpot" />
| IGN = 3/10<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/08/13/nam | title = Nam [sic] | last = Bates | first = Jason | website = [[IGN]] | publisher = Ziff Davis | date = August 12, 1998 | access-date = March 30, 2017 | archive-date = March 31, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170331033303/http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/08/13/nam | url-status = live }}</ref>
| NGen = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref name="NGen">{{cite magazine | url = https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_47/page/n163/mode/2up | title = NAM | magazine = [[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] | publisher = [[Future US|Imagine Media]] | issue = 47 | date = November 1998 | page = 160 | access-date = October 19, 2020}}</ref>
| PCA = 2/10<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://archive.org/details/PCXL02Oct1998/page/n113/mode/2up | title = Nam [sic] | last = Egger | first = Dan | magazine = [[PC Accelerator]] | publisher = Imagine Media | issue = 2 | date = October 1998 | page = 109 | access-date = March 30, 2021}}</ref>
| PCGUK = 72%<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=781 | title = Nam [sic] | last = Donald | first = Mark | magazine = [[PC Gamer|PC Gamer UK]] | publisher = [[Future plc|Future Publishing]] | issue = 63 | date = December 1998 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010504214348/http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=781 | archive-date = May 4, 2001 | url-status = dead | access-date = August 25, 2021}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 53%<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://archive.org/details/PCGamer199810/page/n239/mode/2up | title = Nam [sic] | last = Poole | first = Stephen | magazine = [[PC Gamer]] | publisher = Imagine Media | volume = 5 | issue = 10 | date = October 1998 | page = 225a | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000306233258/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/85.html | archive-date = March 6, 2000 | url-status = live | access-date = March 30, 2017}}</ref>
| PCZone = 28%<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_68_October_1998/page/n105/mode/2up | title = NAM | last = Shoemaker | first = Richie | magazine = [[PC Zone]] | publisher = [[Dennis Publishing]] | issue = 68 | date = October 1998 | page = 107 | access-date = October 19, 2020}}</ref>
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The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[GameRankings]].<ref name="GR" /> ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' said, "This horrendous ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' conversion should have stayed on the Net as freeware. The GT logo on the box certainly doesn't warrant its $20 price tag, nor does the game's heavily hyped claim to fame: 'Created with the developer of the ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'' conversion for the Marine Corps.' We certainly feel sorry for the Marines."<ref name="NGen" />

The game was nominated for ''[[GameSpot]]''{{'}}s "Worst Game of the Year" award in its Best & Worst of 1998 Awards, which went to ''[[Trespasser (video game)|Trespasser]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://gamespot.com/features/awards1998/dubious2.html | title = Best & Worst of 1998 (Worst Game of the Year) | website = GameSpot | publisher = Ziff Davis | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20001025124512/http://gamespot.com/features/awards1998/dubious2.html | archive-date = October 25, 2000 | url-status = dead | access-date = August 25, 2021}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 01:09, 3 January 2025

Not to be confused with NAM-1975.

NAM
North American cover art
Developer(s)TNT Team
Publisher(s)GT Interactive
Director(s)Dante Anderson
Producer(s)
  • Dante Anderson
  • Nicolas Lavroff
  • Greg Williams
Designer(s)
  • Lado Crnologar
  • Heikki Korva
  • Tuomo Korva
Programmer(s)Matt Saettler
Artist(s)
  • Lado Crnologar
  • Heikki Korva
  • Tuomo Korva
Writer(s)
  • Lado Crnologar
  • Heikki Korva
  • Tuomo Korva
Composer(s)Atom Ellis
EngineBuild
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release
  • NA: July 31, 1998
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NAM, sold under the name Napalm in Walmart retail outlets, is a first-person shooter set during the Vietnam War. It was developed for MS-DOS by TNT Team and published by GT Interactive in 1998. A direct sequel, World War II GI, was released in 1999.

NAM was re-released on Steam on November 6, 2014, with Retroism and Night Dive Studios as the publishers.[1] It was released on GOG.com on March 20, 2020.[2]

Gameplay

[edit]

The game is very similar to Duke Nukem 3D. The game consists of 34 levels divided into four episodes; there are two single player episodes with fifteen levels and two multiplayer episodes with nineteen levels. Very little was changed in regards to controls, movement rate, physics, and CON (control file) language. The only immediately noticeable change in the game code was the removal of the remote detonator for weapon 6, the grenade, which was a pipebomb in Duke Nukem 3D. In the game, there are AI marines which will help the player in some levels, each with different classes and specialties. Mines are present in most levels, requiring players to activate his mine detector.[3]

Plot

[edit]

The player assumes the role of Alan "The Bear" Westmoreland, a United States Marine Corps Sergeant. The story begins with a deadly Viet Cong raid, where Westmoreland is left to survive of his own accord. The player must deal with various firefights, ambushes, booby traps, snipers, air strikes, anti-personnel mines, and more in order to finish their way to the end of each level.[3]

The player is placed in the center of the Vietnam War in 1966, playing as Westmoreland, who is a very deadly and highly trained U.S. Marine. Westmoreland is under the command of the Central Intelligence Agency and has undergone genetic engineering to become a super human war machine. He is given standard military orders, and is usually placed alone or with small teams, pitted against overwhelming odds. To prove himself a successful experiment, he must survive several tours of duty in order to show that the side effects of the serum can be overcome.[3]

Development

[edit]

It originated from the creation of TNT Team's 1997 total conversion mod for Duke Nukem 3D titled Platoon. It was picked up by Infogrames, who put them to work on a remake with more professional art and some custom source code modifications by Matt Saettler, product manager for Blood, which resulted in NAM. The game was released on July 31, 1998. U.S. Marine Sergeant Dan Snyder, who helped pioneer computer simulation training for American troops with a Doom army mod, was a consultant on the project.[3]

Reception

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The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[4] Next Generation said, "This horrendous Duke Nukem 3D conversion should have stayed on the Net as freeware. The GT logo on the box certainly doesn't warrant its $20 price tag, nor does the game's heavily hyped claim to fame: 'Created with the developer of the Doom conversion for the Marine Corps.' We certainly feel sorry for the Marines."[9]

The game was nominated for GameSpot's "Worst Game of the Year" award in its Best & Worst of 1998 Awards, which went to Trespasser.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "NAM". Steam. Valve Corporation. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "5 classic games from Ziggurat Interactive join GOG.COM today". GOG.com. CD Projekt. March 20, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e Gregson, Chris (August 5, 1998). "NAM Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "NAM for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Smith, Nick. "Nam [sic] - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  6. ^ D'Aprile, Jason (October 7, 1998). "Nam". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on May 23, 2003. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  7. ^ Carter, Tim (November 1998). "Spittoon Platoon (NAM Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 172. Ziff Davis. p. 280. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 5, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  8. ^ Bates, Jason (August 12, 1998). "Nam [sic]". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  9. ^ a b "NAM". Next Generation. No. 47. Imagine Media. November 1998. p. 160. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  10. ^ Egger, Dan (October 1998). "Nam [sic]". PC Accelerator. No. 2. Imagine Media. p. 109. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  11. ^ Donald, Mark (December 1998). "Nam [sic]". PC Gamer UK. No. 63. Future Publishing. Archived from the original on May 4, 2001. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  12. ^ Poole, Stephen (October 1998). "Nam [sic]". PC Gamer. Vol. 5, no. 10. Imagine Media. p. 225a. Archived from the original on March 6, 2000. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  13. ^ Shoemaker, Richie (October 1998). "NAM". PC Zone. No. 68. Dennis Publishing. p. 107. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  14. ^ "Best & Worst of 1998 (Worst Game of the Year)". GameSpot. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 25, 2000. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
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