Hostages at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware

General info for: Hostages [#ID: 2354]

Title:

Hostages

Release Date:

1990

Original Publisher:

Infogrames (France/UK)

Creators:

Philippe Agripnidis (France)
Zydro (Spain)
Fustor (Spain)
Joe McAlby [Alberto Jose Gonzalez Pedraza] (Spain)

Availability:

Available

Message Language:

English

Machine Type:

ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K

Genre:

Arcade Game: Action

Maximum Players:

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

Original Price:

£9.99

Disk Price:

£14.99

Other platforms:

Acorn, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, Macintosh, NES, PC/DOS

Average mag. score:

82.00% (3 reviews)

Review Awards:

"Crash Smash" at Crash issue v.1 #79 - 1990/Aug page 44

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User Score

Score:

8.2

Total votes:

Stats:

10:

8.3% (1)

33.3% (4)

16.7% (2)

8.3% (1)

Main File Downloads

Spectrum Computing acknowledges the rights of copyright holders. If you would like your software removed from our preservation archive and made unavailable for download (or have any queries) please contact spectrumcomputing@outlook.com.

TAP

JSSpeccy QAOP

Infogrames (France)

1990

Hostages48.tap.zip

English

TZX

JSSpeccy

Infogrames (France)

1990

Hostages.tzx.zip

English

TAP

JSSpeccy QAOP

Infogrames (France)

1990

Hostages128.tap.zip

English

DSK

Infogrames (France)

1990

Hostages.dsk.zip

English

TZX

Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)

1990

Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip

English

DSK

Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)

1990

Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).dsk.zip

English

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RZX Archive

Speccy Screenshot Maps

http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Hostages

Releases

Release

Publisher

Date

Release Price

Budget Price

Microdrive Price

Disk/ Cartridge

Alternate Title

Original Release

Infogrames (France/UK)

1990

£9.99

£14.99

Re-release #1

Erbe Software S.A. (Spain)

1990

Re-release #2

Musical 1 S.A. (Spain)

1990

Authors/Contributors

Author/Contributor

Team

Role

Philippe Agripnidis (France)

Infogrames [FR]

Game Design/Concept

Zydro (Spain)

New Frontier

Code

Fustor (Spain)

New Frontier

In-game Graphics

Joe McAlby [Alberto Jose Gonzalez Pedraza] (Spain)

New Frontier

In-game Graphics, Music

Compilations featuring this title

Name

Publisher

Date

Release Type

Alternate Title

Title: MicroHobby issue 200: Tape 24

Publisher: Magazine MicroHobby - covertape from issue #200 - 1990/Jun

Date: 1990/Jun

Release Type: Demo version

Alternate Title:

Additional File Downloads

Loading screen

Hostages.scr

Running screen

Hostages.gif

Inlay - Front

Double jewel case (square)

Hostages.jpg

Media scan

Hostages_Media.jpg

Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format

Hostages.ay.zip

Instructions

Hostages(EN).txt

Instructions

Hostages(MULTI-LANG).pdf

Game map

Hostages.png

Hostages.jpg

RZX playback file

Recorded by xmikex (with rollback)

hostages.rzx

POK pokes file

Hostages (1990)(Infogrames).pok

Z80

1st stage graphics mapper

Hostages_1stStageGraphicsMapper.z80.zip

Inlay - Front (#1)

Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg

Instructions (#1)

Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf

Inlay - Front (#2)

Hostages(Musical1S.A.).jpg

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Magazine Reviews

Magazine

Issue

Page

Type

Score

BiT

Issue: #5 - 1992/Feb

Page: 13 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Review

Crash

Issue: v.1 #79 - 1990/Aug

Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Review

Score: 90%

FIFO

Issue: #13 - 1992/Apr

Page: 22 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Review

MicroHobby

Issue: #201 - 1990/Jul

Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Review - Nuevo

Sinclair User

Issue: #102 - 1990/Aug

Page: 4 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Review

Score: 83%

The Games Machine

Issue: #13 - 1988/Dec

Page: 43 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Review - not a Spectrum article

Your Sinclair

Issue: #58 - 1990/Oct

Page: 67 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Review

Score: 73%

ZX Magazín

Issue: 1998/Mar

Page: 6 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Review

Magazine References

Magazine

Issue

Page

Type

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)

Issue: #15 - 1988/Dec

Page: 11 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: CompoEntry

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)

Issue: #17 - 1989/Feb

Page: 122 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: CompoResult

Crash

Issue: v.1 #77 - 1990/Jun

Page: 26 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Preview

Crash

Issue: v.1 #86 - 1991/Mar

Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Tips

MicroHobby

Issue: #197 - 1990/Mar

Page: 10 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Preview - Premiere

Popular Computing Weekly

Issue: v.7 #29 - 1988/Jul/28 special "week#4"

Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: News/Note

The Games Machine

Issue: #11 - 1988/Oct

Page: 13 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Preview

Your Sinclair

Issue: #54 - 1990/Jun

Page: 88 (PDF) (VIEW)

Article Type: Preview

Magazine Advertisements

Magazine

Issue

Page

Type

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)

Issue: #14 - 1988/Nov

Page: 83 (PDF) (VIEW)