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Full title | Hostages |
Year of release | 1990 |
Publisher | Infogrames (UK) |
Re-released by | Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) Musical 1 S.A. (Spain) |
Author(s) | New Frontier (Zydro, McAlby, Fustor) |
Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K/128K |
Number of players | 1 |
Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Redefineable keys |
Type | Arcade: Action |
Message language | English |
Original publication | Commercial |
Original price | £9.99 (£14.99 for disk version) |
Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
Additional info | A demo version appeared on side B of covertape MicroHobby issue 200: Tape 24 (MicroHobby)
Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and MSX |
Score |
8.09 (47 votes) ![]() |
Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Encoding scheme | ||
![]() ![]() | ![]() | Hostages.tzx.zip | 160,343 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 3329720002857 | None | ||
![]() | Hostages.dsk.zip | 105,232 | (+3 disk image) | Original release | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Hostages128.tap.zip | 101,017 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Hostages48.tap.zip | 102,516 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | |||||
![]() | Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | 163,471 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | SE585 | M-16472-1990 | Zydroload | ||
![]() | Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).dsk.zip | 105,866 | (+3 disk image) | Re-release | M-17701-1990 |
Filename | Size | Type | |
![]() | Hostages.gif | 1,656 | (Loading screen) |
![]() | Hostages.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
Hostages.gif | 6,356 | (In-game screen) | |
![]() | Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf | 34,244 | (Spanish instructions) |
![]() | Hostages.png | 108,541 | (Game map) |
Hostages.jpg | 173,109 | (Cassette inlay) | |
Hostages(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 62,348 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
Hostages(Musical1S.A.).jpg | 181,215 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
Hostages.jpg | 254,750 | (Advertisement) | |
Hostages_1stStageGraphicsMapper.z80.zip | 11,633 | (1st stage graphics mapper) | |
![]() | Hostages.ay.zip | 5,718 | (Ripped in-game and theme music in AY format) |
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Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
Popular Computing Weekly | 7.88 | page 435 | (News/Note) | |
Games Machine | 10.88 | page 13 | (Preview) | [full page] |
Games Machine | 12.88 | page 43 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | [full page] |
Crash | 6.90 | page 26 | (Preview) | [full page] |
Your Sinclair | 6.90 | page 88 | (Preview) | [full page] |
Crash | 8.90 | page 44 | (Review) | [full page] |
Sinclair User | 8.90 | page 4 | (Review) | [full page] |
Your Sinclair | 10.90 | page 67 | (Review) | [full page] |
Crash | 3.91 | page 35 | (Tips) | [full page] |
MicroHobby | 3.90 | page 10 | (Premiere) | [full page] |
MicroHobby | 7.90 | page 29 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
Popular Computing Weekly | 9.88 | page 502 | (Full-page ad) | |
Popular Computing Weekly | 10.88 | page 356 | (Full-page ad) | |
ACE | 11.88 | page 83 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
Computer & Video Games | 11.88 | page 118 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
Games Machine | 11.88 | page 12 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
ACE | 12.88 | page 11 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
ACE | 2.89 | page 122 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
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