<s>
Hostages	B-Device
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
Archimedes	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Hostage	B-Device
:	I-Device
Rescue	I-Device
Mission	I-Device
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Operation	O
Jupiter	O
in	O
France	O
;	O
the	O
NES	O
port	O
is	O
titled	O
Rescue	B-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Embassy	I-Device
Mission	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
six-man	O
GIGN	O
team	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
free	O
the	O
hostages	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
bring	O
three	O
men	O
into	O
position	O
so	O
they	O
can	O
snipe	B-Protocol
the	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
caught	O
in	O
a	O
searchlight	O
,	O
the	O
sniper	B-Protocol
is	O
shot	O
at	O
and	O
risks	O
being	O
gunned	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
men	O
abseil	O
down	O
the	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
building	O
to	O
choose	O
which	O
room	O
to	O
enter	O
from	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
snipers	B-Protocol
who	O
were	O
positioned	O
earlier	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
shoot	O
the	O
terrorists	O
through	O
the	O
windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
building	O
must	O
then	O
be	O
searched	O
,	O
shooting	O
the	O
terrorists	O
and	O
finding	O
the	O
hostages	B-Device
in	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
hostages	B-Device
must	O
be	O
taken	O
to	O
a	O
safe	O
room	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hostages	B-Device
was	O
well-received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
called	O
Hostages	B-Device
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
better	O
Amiga	B-Device
combat	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
involve	O
aliens	O
or	O
swords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
Hostages	B-Device
,	O
Alcatraz	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
