Hostage: Rescue Mission

I feel like I'm being held hostage playing this game. HELP!

While the Amiga version was prodigal, this one here sucks big. Could have gotten the code from archive.org, but no - I was really thinking that buying it on steam had some benefits. like bypassing the copyright protection. like the need of a joystick. No. I have to look up some words from a manual that's hidden in some folder and try to figure how to play without a joystick since controller is not supported. Big disappointment. no recommendation. Graphics and sounds are abysmal compared to the Amiga version. I asked for a refund. Even 2,27€ on sale seems to much to me.

Silly and boring stealth game, the gameplay gets dull within 5 minutes.

I played this game originally as kid in the 1980s on an IBM 8086 using 5 1/4-inch floppy disks. It had a whopping 4 colors, and the joystick control left much to be desired. It was still fun and I enjoyed the heck out of it back then. To find it on Steam years later, and actually playable, feels like quite a treat. Unfortunately like many of these old games this title is really only going to be enjoyed by those of us with fuzzy nostalgic memories of it. To me it's wonderful and easily worth a couple bucks to play it again (even for only 10 minutes), but if you've never heard of it until now, I can't help but feel like your money might be better spent elsewhere. As with all things your mileage may certainly vary. I'm giving it a positive review because I am glad to see it on steam, but I can't really recommend buying it for most people.

Hostage: Rescue Mission is a classic tactical action game developed by Infogrames and later published by Atari on modern platforms such as Steam. Originally released in the late 1980s under the title Hostages, the game emerged during a time when computer games were beginning to experiment with more complex mission structures and realistic military scenarios. Rather than presenting a straightforward arcade shooter, the game places players in command of a specialized counter-terrorist unit assigned to resolve a high-risk hostage crisis. The central scenario revolves around a group of armed terrorists who have taken control of an embassy building and captured several civilians. The player’s mission is to coordinate a rescue operation, eliminate the hostile forces, and ensure the safe extraction of the hostages. The structure of the game is built around several distinct phases that represent different parts of a coordinated tactical assault. Instead of a single continuous level, the mission unfolds through multiple gameplay segments that each focus on a different aspect of the operation. This design was particularly ambitious for its time because it attempted to simulate the complexit…

https://youtu.be/ofIo4JpgFQ0 More than three decades later this game is barely functional if at all.