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Box artwork for Hostages Hostage: Rescue Mission Operation Jupiter.
Box artwork for Hostages
Hostage: Rescue Mission
Operation Jupiter.
Hostages
Hostage: Rescue Mission
Operation Jupiter
Developer(s)Infogrames
Publisher(s)Infogrames, Mindscape, Digital Integration, Superior Software, Superior Interactive, Byte Back, Piko Interactive
Year released1988
System(s)Commodore Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128, DOS, Mac OS, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron
Genre(s)Action
ModesSingle player
Rescue: The Embassy Mission
Developer(s)Kotobuki System
Publisher(s)Kemco, Seika
Year released1989
System(s)NES
Hostage: Rescue Mission
Developer(s)Obscure Designs
Publisher(s)Superior Software
Year released1990
System(s)Acorn Archimedes
Hostage: Rescue Mission
Developer(s)New Frontier
Publisher(s)Infogrames
Year released1990
System(s)Amstrad CPC, MSX, Sinclair ZX Spectrum
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Hostages is a tactical shooter game developed and published by Infogrames Entertainment. It was released for the Acorn Electron, Archimedes, Atari ST, Amiga, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, 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 is titled Rescue: The Embassy Mission.

Story[edit]

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 plot is presented in the form of a telegram: "An EMBASSY has been overrun by a group of terrorists STOP. Their demands are unacceptable STOP. It's up to you to free the EMBASSY and disarm the terrorists STOP". The NES version waters this down slightly, describing the attackers as "political fanatics".

Gameplay[edit]

The game has three basic stages: you first move snipers into position, then take out terrorists and position men to rappel into the building, and finally breach the Embassy to rescue hostages. This game is seen as a forerunner of more recent games such as Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, which feature plots and gameplay of a similar nature.

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