Hostages

1988 computer game

Video gamevideo gameQ2129938

Also known as Hostage: Rescue Mission · Operation Jupiter · Rescue: The Embassy Mission

Developer: Bit Managers
Publisher: Infogrames
Released: 1988
, March 27, 1991
, January 1990
Platforms: ZX Spectrum
, Acorn Archimedes
, DOS
+7 more
Genre: action game
, first-person shooter
Game mode: single-player video game

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Rescue: The Embassy Mission, released on PC as Hostages is a 1988 tactical shooter video game developed and published by Infogrames for the Acorn Electron, Archimedes, Atari ST, Amiga, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, and ZX Spectrum. The game depicts a terrorist attack and hostage crisis at an embassy in Paris, with the player controlling a six-man [counterterrorist team as they are deployed to defeat the terrorists and free their hostages.

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Distribution format: floppy disk
Composer: Alberto Jose González
Country of origin: France
Narrative location: Paris
Title: Hostages
Review score: 89% review score by: Gen4 · platforms: Commodore Amiga
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89% review score by: Gen4 · platforms: Atari ST
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