The game is based on actual events that took place during the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan. 9th Company follows the story of a ragged band of young recruits undergoing brutal training in Uzbekistan’s Fergana Valley and culminates with a bloody stand against the Mujahideen warriors on a nameless mountain top in Afghanistan. It’s the Battle of Thermopylae all over again: one Russian fighter against 10 Afghanis!
9th Company recreates in detail the events that took place during the last large-scale Soviet military operation. Few know the history: the 9th Company of the 345th Guards Airborne Regiment came under heavy fire on “Hill 3234” on January 7th, 1988. They managed to stop several attacks by an estimated 400 Mujaheddin and Pakistani mercenaries and held their position for two gory days. The company lost 6 men, and the remaining 28 of the total 39 were wounded. Two 9th Company soldiers were posthumously awarded the Golden Star medal and the title of Soviet Hero.
Source: Wikipedia, Game’s homepage
Minimum system requirements
OS: Windows XP SP2/Vista
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2400 MHz and higher
Memory: 1024 Mb (2048 Mb for Windows Vista)
Graphics: 3D accelerator with 128Mb video memory (NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 Rro and higher)
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0 or higher
Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card
Recommended system requirements
OS: Windows XP SP2/Vista
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.0 MHz and higher
Memory: 2 GB (4 GB for Windows Vista)
Graphics: 3D accelerator with 256Mb video memory (GeForce 9400GT or ATI RADEON HD 3600 Series and higher)
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0 or higher
Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card
