| Hostages |
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| Release Date | 1990 |
| Original Publisher | Infogrames (France/UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £9.99 |
| Disk Price | £14.99 |
| Features | AY Sound, AY Speech, Multi-Genre, Multi-loader in 128K mode, Multi-loader in 48K mode |
| Graphical Views | Side-view 2D Graphics |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Other Platforms | Acorn, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, Macintosh, NES, PC/DOS |
| Average mag. score | 82.00% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 80.9% (47 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) | (1990) | ||
| #2 - Musical 1 S.A. (Spain) | (1990) |
Authors/Contributors
| Philippe Agripnidis (France) | at Infogrames [FR] | - Game Design/Concept | |
| Zydro (Spain) | at New Frontier | - Code | |
| Fustor (Spain) | at New Frontier | - In-game Graphics | |
| Joe McAlby [Alberto Jose Gonzalez Pedraza] (Spain) | at New Frontier | - In-game Graphics, Music |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #79 - 1990/Aug | page 44 |
Compilations
| Demo version in | MicroHobby issue 200: Tape 24 | (1990/Jun) | by Magazine MicroHobby - covertape from issue #200 - 1990/Jun |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Hostages48.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| Hostages.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (None) | English | |
| Hostages128.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (???) | English | |
| Hostages.dsk.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English | ||
| Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Zydroload) | English | ||
| Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).dsk.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Hostages.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Hostages.gif | 6,356 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Hostages.jpg | 754,364 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Hostages.ay.zip | 5,718 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| Hostages(EN).txt | 22,015 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Hostages(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 1,396,926 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, French | ||
| Hostages.png | 108,541 | Original | Game map | |||
| Hostages.jpg | 254,750 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| hostages.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by xmikex (with rollback) | ||
| Hostages (1990)(Infogrames).pok | 402 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| Hostages_1stStageGraphicsMapper.z80.zip | 11,633 | Original | ? | - 1st stage graphics mapper | ||
| Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 62,348 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf | 34,244 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
| Hostages(Musical1S.A.).jpg | 181,215 | #2 | Inlay - Front |
Magazine Reviews
| BiT | issue #5-1992/Feb | page 13 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #79-1990/Aug | page 44 | - Review: 90% | |
| FIFO | issue #13-1992/Apr | page 22 | - Review | |
| MicroHobby | issue #201-1990/Jul | page 29 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #102-1990/Aug | page 4 | - Review: 83% | |
| The Games Machine | issue #13-1988/Dec | page 43 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #58-1990/Oct | page 67 | - Review: 73% | |
| ZX Magazín | issue 1998/Mar | page 6 | - Review |
Magazine References
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #15-1988/Dec | page 11 | - CompoEntry | |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #17-1989/Feb | page 122 | - CompoResult | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #77-1990/Jun | page 26 | - Preview | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #86-1991/Mar | page 35 | - Tips | |
| MicroHobby | issue #197-1990/Mar | page 10 | - Preview - Premiere | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #29-1988/Jul/28 special "week#4" | page 35 | - News/Note | |
| The Games Machine | issue #11-1988/Oct | page 13 | - Preview | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #54-1990/Jun | page 88 | - Preview |
Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #14-1988/Nov | page 83 | - Full-page ad | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #85-1988/Nov | page 118 | - Full-page ad | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #38-1988/Sep/29 special "week#5" | page 2 | - Full-page ad | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #41-1988/Oct/20 special "week#3" | page 56 | - Full-page ad | |
| The Games Machine | issue #12-1988/Nov | page 12 | - Full-page ad |
Related Magazine References
| MicroHobby | issue #200-1990/Jun | page 53 | - CoverGame - MH Seleccion (MicroHobby issue 200: Tape 24) | |
| MicroHobby | issue #200-1990/Jun | page 54 | - CoverGame - MH Seleccion (MicroHobby issue 200: Tape 24) |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
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| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
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| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
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