Hostages (video game)
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European MS-DOS cover art
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| Developer(s) | New Frontier |
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Infogrames Superior Software |
| Designer(s) | Philippe Agripnidis |
| Composer(s) | Alberto Jose González |
| Platform(s) | Acorn Electron, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum |
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| Genre(s) | Action game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hostages is an action video game developed by New Frontier and published by Infogrames. It was released for the Acorn Electron, Archimedes, Atari ST, Amiga, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, NES and ZX Spectrum platforms in 1988. The game was released as Hostage: Rescue Mission in the United States and Operation Jupiter in France; the NES port was titled Rescue: The Embassy Mission.
In Hostages, a terrorist group have overrun an embassy in Paris. The player takes control of a six-man GIGN team on a mission to free the hostages.
The game is split into two or three (depending on platform) distinct sections:
Hostages was very well received by critics. The game received 5 out of 5 stars in Dragon.Computer Gaming World gave the PC version a positive review, noting poor joystick/keyboard response was a significant problem in an otherwise "great" game.Compute! called Hostages "one of the better Amiga combat games", noting that it did not involve aliens or swords.
A sequel to Hostages, titled Alcatraz, was released by Infogrames for the Amiga, Atari ST and DOS platforms in 1992.
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