Hostile All-Terrain Encounters await in this shoot 'em up notable for it's unusual diagonal scroll, which is similar to Costa Panayi's previous Highway Encounter series. As nobody is qualified to take the enemy on, your task is to complete the 30 levels of training (the actual war could've been the basis for a sequel, although this never happened).

The levels alternate between controlling a Star Fighter plane and a Ground Assault Vehicle; the latter is faster but is confined to ground motion. The plane can move up and down to make dodging the simulated enemy fire easier. This generally comes at you in waves, although there are also ground installations.

Central to the game is to shoot at the cases of plasma crystals, and then fly over these so as to carry them to the end of the level. Dying loses you one of these crystals if you have at least one, or a life if you do not. Completing a level with at least 2 crystals is effectively a restart point as well, as when you die you are sent back to a level in which you collected at least 2.

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H.A.T.E: Hostile All Terrain Encounter Commodore 64 Game Over - You'll only see this on the 1st and 11th stages

H.A.T.E: Hostile All Terrain Encounter Atari ST High scores

H.A.T.E: Hostile All Terrain Encounter Atari ST Ready to go

H.A.T.E: Hostile All Terrain Encounter ZX Spectrum Main menu

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Alternate Titles

"Hostile All-Terrain Encounter" -- Unabbreviated Title
"HATE" -- Alternative spelling

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Highway Encounter series

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Critic Reviews

Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Jun, 1989	90 out of 100	90
The Games Machine (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Jun, 1989	80 out of 100	80
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Jun, 1989	78 out of 100	78
Zero	Atari ST	Nov, 1989	78 out of 100	78
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amstrad CPC	Jul, 1989	635 out of 1000	64
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1989	643 out of 1000	64
The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Aug, 1989	58 out of 100	58
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Jan, 1990	55 out of 100	55
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Jul, 1989	5.6 out of 12	47
Power Play	Amstrad CPC	Jun, 1989	17 out of 100	17