Captives
Creatures theme
Confined prisoners, hostages or other captives play a part in the story.
240
games
55platforms
Alternate names: Prisoners, Hostages
X360 2009-06-02
CPC 1986
LIN 2010-03-05
MSX2 1987
DOS 1993-10-10
X360 2009-09-08
WIN 2008-10-28
WIN 1999
DOS 1985-09-16
SX1 1987
DOS 1995-03-17
ELEC 1990
Although there's a notable difference between the meaning of hostage and a prisoner, for now these should share the same tag as gameplay mechanics tend to make no difference between the two.
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The first Captives video game was released in 1983.
Eidos Interactive, Origin and Ubisoft published most of these games.