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Hostage: Rescue Mission

aka: Hostages, Hostages: The Embassy Mission, Operation Jupiter, Rescue: The Embassy Mission
Moby ID: 6939

[ All ] [ Acorn 32-bit add ] [ Amiga ] [ Amstrad CPC ] [ Antstream add ] [ Apple IIgs ] [ Atari ST ] [ BBC Micro ] [ Commodore 64 ] [ DOS ] [ Electron ] [ Macintosh add ] [ MSX add ] [ NES ] [ Windows add ] [ ZX Spectrum ]

Amiga screenshots

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The title screen.
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The embassy and its surroundings. X marks the spots where you can position your snipers.
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The first sub-game: The snipers have to get to their target positions without being detected by the moving spotlights.

Amstrad CPC screenshots

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Opening sequence: an unmarked car pulls up...
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Title screen
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X marks where your snipers are to be posted
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Now you are Delta
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Your snipers must avoid the searchlight while scrambling for their positions
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Your sniper is displayed on the map

Apple IIgs screenshots

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Introduction
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Title and menu
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Hiding in a doorway to avoid being spotted.
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Duck to avoid the searchlight.
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One of my men is in position
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Loading the next scenario...
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More men arrive by helicopter...

Atari ST screenshots

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From the intro
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Title screen
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Main menu
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Loading screen
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Get your team members safely to the marks
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Running
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Two snipers in position
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Officer down, officer down
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Cut scene
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Tactical map
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Ready to fire
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Entering the building
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Inside the building
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Terrorist ahead
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In a corridor, stairs leading down and bullet holes in the wall
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A green, empty room
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Mission over?

BBC Micro screenshots

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Loading screen.
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Title page.
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Level 1: Running (the wrong way) ahead of the searchlight.
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Mike has been shot dead.
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Now starting level 2.
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Level 2: Starting to abseil down the side of the building.
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About to enter the building through a window.

Commodore 64 screenshots

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Title Screen with Terrorists in car
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Introduction Story is scrolling
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Title Screen with S.W.A.T.
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Main Menu with scrolling title
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Your mission
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Delta is starting to set in position
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Delta was shot
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Delta is in Position
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Echo near Hot Club
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Echo is jumping in Position
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Mike on the street
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Disposing three other S.W.A.T. members
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Descending from the roof
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Terrorist is in the window
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The window is clear...You may break it up.
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Breaking the window
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Inside Embassy
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Terrorist is trying to escape your shots
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Mission was failed this time

DOS screenshots

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Title and menu (EGA)
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Hostages title screen (European release)
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Intro
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Briefing
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Stage I
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Hiding in a window to avoid being seen (EGA).
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You can utilize open doors to avoid being spotted (EGA).
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Loading the next mission (EGA).
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More men arrive by helicopter (EGA).
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Snipers in position, select a unit to command (EGA).
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Sniping; do I have a target? (EGA)
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Scaling the side of the building (EGA).
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Uh oh, mission failed! (EGA)
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Title and menu (CGA)
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Mission briefing (CGA)
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Duck to avoid the searchlight (CGA).
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Hiding in a door to avoid being seen (CGA).
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Ready for the next mission? (CGA)
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More men arrive by helicopter (CGA).
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Sniping... (CGA)
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One of my men scales the wall (CGA).
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The mission failed! (CGA)
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Intro (CGA)
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Jump over wall (CGA)
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Life lost (CGA)

Electron screenshots

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Loading screen

NES screenshots

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Japanese title screen
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Opening Sequence... an unmarked car pulls up...
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Actual Title Screen
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The plan of the Embassy. X's mark where the snipers will travel to
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Getting to your sniper post is dangerous work. Avoid the spotlights
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Hide behind objects when the spotlight gets too close
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Sometimes Hiding isn't enough
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A sniper has reached his position on the map
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Phase 2 of the plan involves dropping soldiers on the roof
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With all teams in place... things are ready to get done
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Snipers aim their scopes at windows to take out lone enemies inside
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The team on the roof scales down the side of the building looking for an empty room
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Success! You have found a suitable window to crash through
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Inside, things are shown in a maze like format. Technically it's 3rd person.
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Your best plan is to sneak up on terrorists and dispose of them while they're alone
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Don't shoot the hostages please

ZX Spectrum screenshots

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Load screen.
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A short animation showing hooded guys leaving a car. This is followed by a scrolling message outlining the game plot 'An embassy has been overrun by terrorists ....
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Followed by a scrolling message. 'An embassy has been overrun by a group of terrorists stop. Their demands are unacceptable stop. it is your job to free the embassy and the hostages....
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A van then arrives, the game title assembles itself and the game displays a copyright window followed by the developer credits
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Game control menu
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The game starts with a map of the embassy and a scrolling mission briefing running across the top. The objective is to get 3 men into 3 locations, survey the embassy and intervene in the assault
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Playing as operative Delta first
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Delta comes out of the shadows and dives to avoid the search lights
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Making a dash to the right
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Successfully hidden in the next archway
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On the move again
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Caught in the spotlight....
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... and therefore dead.
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Delta angel?
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Later - more progress was made by creeping
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Hiding in another doorway
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On the move again
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Another doorway, Delta died again shortly after this
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