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Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol for PlayStation 1
Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol for PlayStation 1 is a military shooter in which you lead a pair of US Rangers through enemy territory. You choose soldiers with different specialities and decide which weapons and equipment they carry. You then carry out assignments in places including forests, snowy areas and jungles. Objectives involve reconnaissance, demolition or rescue, so the same attack will not solve every problem. Careful preparation helps you have the right resources during a firefight.
When playing alone, you switch between both Rangers and give short orders to the computer partner. You can have him follow, wait or attack. The map and compass guide you towards objectives while you watch for guards and useful cover in the terrain. Ammunition and medical kits need attention, as does your soldiers' fatigue. The weight a Ranger can carry is therefore tied to his condition when the next mission phase begins.
With two players, you cooperate locally on a split screen, each using a controller. Connect them directly; no Multitap or cable linking consoles is needed. Standard and supported analogue controllers work. After completing a mission phase, you are given the option to save to a PlayStation memory card. You therefore cannot create a save at any arbitrary moment in the middle of an attack.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 1 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol for PlayStation 1 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol
Stealth Patrol brought the Spec Ops name from PC to the original PlayStation. Runecraft created the console adaptation, with Take-Two and TalonSoft involved in its publication. The press was already discussing the game at the ECTS trade show in September 1999. Its approach revolved around a small Ranger team carrying out military assignments, with clear roles for equipment and cooperation. The series name thus took on its own form on console rather than merely a different control scheme.
The original manufacturer's text placed two possible approaches side by side: quiet infiltration or a direct attack. The manual developed this through stances, specialities, carrying capacity and orders for the other Ranger. At the same time, you still moved, aimed and fired yourself. The tactical side therefore lay mainly in preparation and directing a small team, not in moving large units across a strategic map. Two players could also divide those tasks between them.
The same foundation returned in later PlayStation instalments such as Ranger Elite and Covert Assault. The soldier duo consequently became a recognisable part of this period of Spec Ops. Airborne Commando later switched to a different developer and a single commando. Looking back, Stealth Patrol particularly shows how the series combined its military subject with directly controlled action and cooperation on one console, long before the later title The Line told a different story.
Similar games for PlayStation 1
Spec Ops: Covert Assault shares the Ranger pair, equipment choices and local cooperation with Stealth Patrol. It builds on that same structure with a different campaign, including assignments in Sicily and around Longtain Airbase. Stealth Patrol uses other locations and mission phases, so prior knowledge of the controls does not immediately reveal the route. In both, having the soldiers complement each other helps; the specific targets and terrain layout call for a new plan each time.
Spec Ops: Airborne Commando retains military preparation and specific objectives, but has one commando operate independently. Stealth Patrol instead gives you two Rangers and the choice of having a partner controlled by the computer or a second player. Both make room for reconnaissance and firefights. The difference becomes apparent when you have to divide your attention between soldiers: supporting your team matters here, while Airborne Commando organises everything around one character.
Metal Gear Solid shares watching guards and using military equipment with Stealth Patrol. It follows one infiltrator in an ongoing espionage story, with conversations and distinctive opponents as important building blocks. Stealth Patrol divides its action into military mission phases and lets you determine the equipment and position of two Rangers. In both cases, patience helps with infiltration, but Stealth Patrol makes organising cooperation a larger part of every attack.
Like Stealth Patrol, Syphon Filter combines third-person shooting with quiet approaches and concrete mission objectives. There you follow Gabriel Logan through a thriller about a biological weapon. Stealth Patrol places more choices in assembling and equipping a Ranger duo, which you can also control with two players. Both sometimes call for a targeted approach rather than constant firing; the absence of a fixed hero and the team orders give Stealth Patrol a different character.
Medal of Honor also sends you on military rescue and sabotage assignments, but does so during the Second World War and through the eyes of one agent. Stealth Patrol uses an outside view of two modern-day Rangers. In Medal of Honor, two-player action means fighting each other; here you can carry out the same operation together. The similarity lies in objectives behind enemy lines, while the period, camera and role of your second controller clearly change the play.
