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It is your responsibility to direct the 6-member Assault Force team in a daring rescue attempt. Your objective is to bring all the hostages to safety and neutralize any terrorists who open fire. You are given the choice of five missions. To succeed, you must rescue all the hostages without losing any men.

After selecting a mission, your Command Console will display a map of the Embassy and the surrounding area. Note the three locations that are marked on the map with an "X." Your first assignment is to place the team's three marksmen (DELTA, ECHO, and MIKE) in these strategic locations across the street from the Embassy. Once inside the selected building, they will make their way to the roof and set up sniper positions to provide cover for the Direct Intervention Team.

An image of the man you are directing will appear on the map in his current location. You change between which man you want to control by pressing Caps Shift + 1, 2, 3 (+ 4, 5, 6 when you also get to control HOTEL, TANGO, and BRAVO).

Terrorists sweep the area with spotlights, looking for Assault Force team members. Once the man you are directing leaves his hiding place, he runs the risk of being caught in the spotlights. If they spot him, the terrorists will immediately open fire and he will have to move quickly to avoid being gunned down. (Your marksmen are vulnerable when out in the open, since they have no protection and are not able to fire back.) The marksmen can drop, roll, duck into doorways, or dive through windows to avoid the gunfire.

Once your marksmen are in place, a helicopter will carry the three-member Direct Intervention Team (HOTEL, TANGO, and BRAVO) to the roof of the Embassy. Once your men are on the roof, the Console screen will display a map of the Embassy and the surounding buildings. An "X" shows the position of each man on the roof, as well as the locations of the men stationed across the street.

A control panel on the right side of the Console shows the time remaining and the names of surviving team members. If one of the team members is in immediate danger, his name will begin to flash. In this case, you should switch to that man and take whatever action is necessary to prevent him from being killed.

By selecting one of the marksmen across the street from the Embassy, you can survey the side of the Embassy in his field of vision. To view the Embassy from the vantage point of a marksman, select that man and press ESC. The Console screen will show your marksman on the left, and a view of the Embassy as seen through his gunsight on the right.

The Direct Intervention Team (HOTEL, TANGO, and BRAVO) must gain access to the Embassy by positioning themselves on the edge of the roof, rappelling down the side, and breaking in through a window.

Once inside the Embassy, a view of the room your man is in is displayed on the right side of the Console. Above this screen is the name of the man currently being controlled. A control panel on the left shows the time remaining, and surviving team members. If one of the team members is in immediate danger, his name will begin to flash. In this case, you should switch to that man and take whatever action is necessary to prevent him from being killed. A mini-map is shown in the center of the control panel.

The mini-map shows the rooms and hallways of the floor that your man is on. By noting where he came in, you will be able to pinpoint his location on the map and then follow his progress as he moves from room to room. The floor number is shown in the lower right corner of the map. Use the stairways on the east side of the building to move to a different floor; the stairs to a higher floor are marked with an up-arrow, the stairs to a lower floor with a down-arrow.

The hostages are scattered throughout the Embassy, and can be alone or guarded by terrorists. When you meet face-to-face with a hostage, he will automatically follow you (as long as another hostage is not already following you). In order to secure the hostages you must move them all, one by one, to the small room in the upper right corner of the third floor (the room without any windows). Once you lead a hostage into this room, he will remain there and will not follow you out. When your men have secured all the hostages, or killed all the terrorists the game is completed.

This is a stealth game not to be missed, it plays fast and smooth, and the 128k version features great AY music and sampled speech.

The game was published by Infogrames in 1990.

Rating = 95%

The game can be downloaded here: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002354