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{{Infobox video game
|image = [[Image:Hidden and dangerous cover-01.jpg|185px|Hidden and Dangerous box art]]
|title = Hidden & Dangerous
|developer = [[Illusion Softworks]]
|image = Hidden and dangerous cover-01.jpg
|publisher = [[Take 2]]
|caption = European Windows cover art
|designer =
|developer = [[Illusion Softworks]]<br />[[Tarantula Studios]] {{small|(PlayStation)}}
|publisher = [[TalonSoft]]<br />[[Take-Two Interactive]]
|director =
|producer =
|designer = Michal Bačík<br />Radek Bouzek
|programmer = Michal Bačík
|artist =
|writer =
|composer = Jim Rose
|engine =
|engine =
|released = '''Windows'''<br />{{vgrelease|EU|2 July 1999<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-02-10 |title=Gone Gold : EuroGold |url=http://www.gonegold.com/golden/eurogold99.shtml |access-date=2023-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210220535/http://www.gonegold.com/golden/eurogold99.shtml |archive-date=10 February 2001 }}</ref>|NA|26 July 1999<ref name="rel">{{cite web |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Take-Two+Interactive+Software+Inc.+Subsidiary+TalonSoft+to+Ship...-a055246558 |title=Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Subsidiary TalonSoft to Ship "Hidden & Dangerous" |website=[[Business Wire]] |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale Group]] |date=26 July 1999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055441/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Take-Two+Interactive+Software+Inc.+Subsidiary+TalonSoft+to+Ship...-a055246558 |archivedate=3 December 2018 |url-status=dead |accessdate=3 December 2018 |via=[[TheFreeDictionary.com]]}}</ref>}}'''Dreamcast'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|31 July 2000<ref>{{cite web |last=Justice |first=Brandon |date=31 July 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/01/hidden-and-dangerous-deployed |title=Hidden and Dangerous Deployed |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref>|EU|8 September 2000}}'''PlayStation'''<br />{{vgrelease|EU|23 November 2001}}
|version =
|genre = [[Tactical shooter]]
|released = [[July 29]], [[1999]] ([[PC]] version), [[July]]-[[September]], [[2000]] [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[November]], [[2001]] [[Sony PlayStation]] (developed by Tarantula Studios)
|genre = [[Tactical]] [[action]] [[war-game]]
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
|modes = [[Multiplayer]]
|ratings = [[ESRB]]: Teen (T)
|platforms = [[PC]], [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[Sony PlayStation]]
|media = [[Compact disc|CD]] (1)
|requirements =
|input = [[computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[computer mouse|Mouse]]
}}
}}
'''''Hidden & Dangerous''''' is a 1999 [[tactical shooter]] video game developed by [[Illusion Softworks]] and published by [[Take-Two Interactive]] and [[TalonSoft]] for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Dreamcast]] and [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. The PlayStation port of the game was developed by [[Tarantula Studios]]. It is regarded as a pioneering tactical shooter. A sequel, ''[[Hidden & Dangerous 2]]'', was released in 2003.


==Gameplay==
Hidden and Dangerous is a late-ninties computer/console video game developed by [[Illusion Softworks]] and published by [[Take Two]]. The player takes the role of a four man [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Special Air Service]] (or SAS) team executing a number of important sabotage and/or rescue campaigns during [[World War II|World War 2]]. The game takes a realisitc approach where the player must use stealth for the most part to complete the objectives.
The [[Player character|player]] controls a four-man [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Special Air Service]] (SAS) team executing a number of important [[Level (video games)|missions]] during [[World War II]]. The game features soldier selection prior to each mission. A comprehensive load-out sequence is also available where players have access to a variety of weapons and equipment. Mission briefings outline objectives, intelligence on enemy strengths and recommended plans of advance. During missions, players can command directly by toggling through the soldiers in their squad, voice commands or a tactical map which allows for [[Real-time game|real time]] control or planned maneuvers once the map is exited.


Missions include sabotage, search and destroy, POW rescue, and resistance aid. The game features 6 campaigns taking place in Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany, Norway, the [[North Sea]] and Czechoslovakia. 3 additional campaigns were added with the add-on released later. Despite certain historical liberties taken with actual SAS missions and time-lines, the game retains a degree of historical accuracy and intense atmosphere, including realistic wounding as squad members can be heavily wounded or killed by even brief enemy contact.
The game has been released for free, as a commercial promotion for [[Hidden and Dangerous 2]].


The game supports play in either the third or first-person perspectives, with the player able to actively switch between the two while in-game.
==List of weapons==


==Reception==
SMGs
{{Video game reviews
*[[Sten|Sten Gun]]
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| title = Hidden & Dangerous
| SDC = true
| PC = true
| na = true
| MC_SDC = 72/100<ref name=MCDC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/hidden-and-dangerous/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast |title=Hidden & Dangerous for Dreamcast Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref>
| MC_PC = 74/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/hidden-and-dangerous/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Hidden & Dangerous for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=Red Ventures |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref>
| CNG_SDC = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Scott |date=24 August 2000 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Dreamcast/Reviews/Hidden/ |title=Hidden & Dangerous (DC) |website=Gamecenter |publisher=[[CNET]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001018152058/http://www.gamecenter.com/Dreamcast/Reviews/Hidden/ |archivedate=18 October 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=3 June 2021}}</ref>
| CNG_PC = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Chick |first=Tom |date=10 August 1999 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-3050,00.html |title=Hidden & Dangerous (PC) |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816095406/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-3050,00.html |archivedate=16 August 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=3 June 2021}}</ref>
| CGSP_PC = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Peter |date=19 August 1999 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/022/053/hiddend_review.html |title=Hidden & Dangerous |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030816235750/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/022/053/hiddend_review.html |archivedate=16 August 2003 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| CGW_PC = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Liberatore |first=Raphael |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_184.pdf |title=Hidden Agenda (''Hidden & Dangerous'' Review) |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=184 |date=November 1999 |pages=162–64 |accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>
| EGM_SDC = 5.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mielke |first=James "Milkman" |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/c0/EGM_US_136.pdf |title=Hidden and Dangerous [sic] |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=136 |date=November 2000 |page=248 |accessdate=5 January 2022}}</ref>
| GI_SDC = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hidden & Dangerous (DC) |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |publisher=[[FuncoLand]] |issue=90 |date=October 2000}}</ref>
| GameFan_PC = 78%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=REVIEW for Hidden & Dangerous (PC) |magazine=[[GameFan]] |publisher=Shinno Media |date=20 September 1999}}</ref>
| GamePro_SDC = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Cheat Monkey |date=23 August 2000 |url=http://gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/6505.shtml |title=Hidden & Dangerous Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com |magazine=[[GamePro]] |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG Entertainment]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207022837/http://gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/6505.shtml |archivedate=7 February 2005 |url-status=dead |accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>
| GamePro_PC = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Olafson |first=Peter |url=http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/2407.shtml |title=Hidden & Dangerous Review for PC on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |year=1999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211212903/http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/2407.shtml |archivedate=11 February 2005 |url-status=dead |accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>
| GSpot_SDC = 6.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Ryan |date=30 August 2000 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hidden-and-dangerous-review/1900-2622121/ |title=Hidden and Dangerous Review (DC) |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=Red Ventures |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref>
| GSpot_PC = 7.1/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Kasavin |first=Greg |date=16 August 1999 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hidden-and-dangerous-review/1900-2537683/ |title=Hidden & Dangerous Review (PC) |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref>
| GSpy_SDC = 5.5/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Mad Carl |date=15 August 2000 |url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/hiddenanddangerous/ |title=Hidden and Dangerous |website=[[GameSpy|PlanetDreamcast]] |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131015718/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/hiddenanddangerous/ |archivedate=31 January 2009 |url-status=dead |accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>
| IGN_SDC = 6.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunham |first=Jeremy |date=15 August 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/16/hidden-dangerous |title=Hidden & Dangerous (DC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref>
| IGN_PC = 7.6/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Blevins |first=Tal |date=11 August 1999 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/08/12/hidden-dangerous-3 |title=Hidden & Dangerous (PC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref>
| NGen_SDC = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=NGen>{{cite magazine |last=Kenyon |first=Garrett |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen71Nov2000/page/n119/mode/2up |title=Hidden and Dangerous [sic] (DC) |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] |publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] |issue=71 |date=November 2000 |page=118 |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| PCA_PC = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Shoults |first=Jeff |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL16Dec1999/page/n97/mode/2up |title=Hidden and Dangererous [sic] |magazine=[[PC Accelerator]] |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=16 |date=December 1999 |page=95 |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| PCGUK_PC = 93%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |url=http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=537 |title=Hidden And Dangerous [sic] |magazine=[[PC Gamer|PC Gamer UK]] |publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]] |issue=71 |date=July 1999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020317041830/http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=537 |archivedate=17 March 2002 |url-status=dead |accessdate=5 January 2022}}</ref>
| PCGUS_PC = 55%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Williamson |first=Colin |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/hidden_dangerou_1.html |title=Hidden & Dangerous |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=6 |issue=11 |date=November 1999 |page=180 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315131435/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/hidden_dangerou_1.html |archivedate=15 March 2006 |url-status=dead |accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>
}}

The PC and Dreamcast versions received "average" reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MCDC/><ref name=MCPC/> Garrett Kenyon of ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]]'' said of the latter version, "While the minor bugs and graphic shortcomings keep this game from being a classic, TalonSoft has done an excellent job presenting a solid game with enough missions, options, and surprises to keep you coming back for more."<ref name=NGen/>

''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' gave the PC version nine out of ten, saying, "Certain aspects of the control system are clunky, and there are occasional graphical anomalies, but ''Hidden and Dangerous'' {{sic}} is such a sweeping success that it dwarfs any criticism. It's challenging, deep, acutely atmospheric and an intense adventure. PC gaming triumphs."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/a/ac/Edge_UK_073.pdf |title=Hidden and Dangerous [sic] (PC) |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=73 |date=July 1999 |pages=80–81 |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref> However, Stephen Redwood of ''[[AllGame]]'' gave the same PC version three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it was "best described as boxed potential, but consumers don't pay for potential. They pay for results."<ref>{{cite web |last=Redwood |first=Stephen |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=18781&tab=review |title=Hidden & Dangerous (PC) - Review |website=[[AllGame]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115052729/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=18781&tab=review |archivedate=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref> Kevin "BIFF" Giacobbi of ''GameZone'' similarly gave the Gold Edition seven out of ten, saying that it "has potential - but until more patches are released and the multi-player online issue is solved, the best I would give it is just above average."<ref>{{cite web |last=Giacobbi |first=Kevin "BIFF" |date=3 June 2000 |url=http://gamezone.com/gzreviews/r14978.htm |title=Hidden & Dangerous Gold Edition (PC) |website=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210050737/http://gamezone.com/gzreviews/r14978.htm |archivedate=10 February 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref>

The PC version was a commercial success, with 350,000 units sold globally by May 2000.<ref name=PCA>{{cite magazine |last=Olafson |first=Peter |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL21May2000/page/n75/mode/2up |title=Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge |magazine=PC Accelerator |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=21 |date=May 2000 |page=74 |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref> Sales had surpassed 1 million copies by 2007.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kim |first=Tom |date=14 November 2007 |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2131/the_strange_history_of_gamecocks_.php |title=The Strange History Of Gamecock's Mike Wilson |website=[[Gamasutra]] |publisher=[[Informa]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325035317/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2131/the_strange_history_of_gamecocks_.php |archive-date=25 March 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was particularly popular in the UK.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Allan |first=Darren |url=https://archive.org/details/PCGamer_86/page/n47/mode/2up |title=Gaming Goes Global (England: Hating Nazis for Fun and Profit) |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=8 |issue=7 |date=July 2001 |page=46 |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref> According to ''[[PC Gamer|PC Gamer US]]'', most of the game's success derived from European markets. A writer for the magazine reported: "The game wasn't so fortunate in the States, where it received warm reviews but endured poor sales — partly because of intense competition from ''Rainbow Six'', a lack of multiplayer options, and relatively little marketing exposure."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=World War 2.0 Cover Story: Hidden and Dangerous 2 |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=8 |issue=2 |date=February 2001 |pages=37–38}}</ref>

{{clear}}

==''Hidden & Dangerous: Fight for Freedom''==
{{Infobox video game
|title = Hidden & Dangerous: Fight for Freedom
|image =
|caption =
|developer = Illusion Softworks
|publisher = [[TalonSoft]]
|director =
|producer =
|designer = Tomáš Pluhařík
|programmer = Michal Bačík
|artist =
|writer =
|composer =
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|released = {{vgrelease|EU|December 10, 1999<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-02-10 |title=Gone Gold : EuroGold |url=http://www.gonegold.com/golden/eurogold99.shtml |access-date=2023-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210220535/http://www.gonegold.com/golden/eurogold99.shtml |archive-date=10 February 2001 }}</ref>|NA|28 January 2000<ref>{{cite web |last=Fudge |first=James |date=31 January 2000 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/025/181/hddb.html |title=Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge Hits Retail |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030524183804/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/025/181/hddb.html |archivedate=24 May 2003 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref>}}
|genre = [[Tactical shooter]]
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
}}
An expansion was released in 1999, titled '''''Hidden & Dangerous: Fight for Freedom''''' in Europe and '''''Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge''''' in the US in 2000. This added new soldiers, weapons and missions in new locations including Poland, the Ardennes and postwar Greece.

===Reception===
{{Video game reviews
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| title = Hidden & Dangerous: Fight for Freedom
| Allgame = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Melville |first=Bryan |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=23420&tab=review |title=Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115180814/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=23420&tab=review |archivedate=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| CNG = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Chick |first=Tom |date=29 February 2000 |url=http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-3810,00.html |title=Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815085526/http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-3810,00.html |archivedate=15 August 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=3 June 2021}}</ref>
| CGSP = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Perkins |first=Dave |date=28 February 2000 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/026/121/devilsb_review.html |title=Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030521170129/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/026/121/devilsb_review.html |archivedate=21 May 2003 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| CGW = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Liberatore |first=Raphael |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_190.pdf |title=Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=190 |date=May 2000 |page=116 |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| GamePro = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dy |first=Bernard |date=4 April 2000 |url=http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/5229.shtml |title=Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge Review for PC on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050214065040/http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/5229.shtml |archivedate=14 February 2005 |url-status=dead |accessdate=3 June 2021}}</ref>
| IGN = 6.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Butts |first=Steve |date=25 February 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/26/hidden-dangerous-devils-bridge |title=Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| PCA = 4/10<ref name=PCA/>
| PCGUK = 62%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |url=http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=3420 |title=Hidden And Dangerous [sic]: Fight For Freedom |magazine=PC Gamer UK |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=78 |date=January 2000 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000525021031/http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=3420 |archivedate=25 May 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=5 January 2022}}</ref>
}}

''Fight for Freedom'' received mixed to unfavorable reviews from critics, more unfavorable than the original game.

{{clear}}

==''Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe''==
A fully updated version of the game, ''Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe'', was released for free as a commercial promotion for the sequel ''[[Hidden & Dangerous 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamershell.com/news_9714.html |title=Free Full Game: Hidden and Dangerous Deluxe |website=GamersHell |date=9 October 2003 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083814/http://www.gamershell.com/news_9714.html |archivedate=12 February 2018 |url-status=dead |accessdate=30 December 2008}}</ref> It is still available as freeware.

==See also==
* [[Video games in the Czech Republic]]


==References==
Rifles
{{Reflist}}
*[[Stg44]]
*[[M1 Carbine]]
*[[Karabiner 98k]] (sniper)
*[[Lee Enfield]] (sniper)
*[[Johnson M1941 Rifle]] (erroneously a 5 shot bolt-action in game)


==External links==
MGs
*{{moby game|id=/hidden-dangerous}}
*[[Bren]]
*{{moby game|id=/windows/hidden-dangerous-devils-bridge|name=''Hidden & Dangerous: Fight for Freedom''}}
*[[MG42]]
*{{curlie|Games/Video_Games/Action/H/Hidden_and_Dangerous_Series/Hidden_and_Dangerous/|''Hidden & Dangerous''}}
*[[MG34]]
*[[Browning Automatic Rifle]] (erroneously called the Browning Light Machinegun and belt-fed)


{{Illusion Softworks}}
Others
*[[Grenade|Hand Grenade]]
*'[[Model 24 grenade|Potato Masher]]'
*[[Bazooka]]
*[[Panzerfaust]]
*[[M1911|Colt M1911]] (erroneously issued to the Germans)
*[[Knife]]
*[[Explosives]]


{{DEFAULTSORT:Hidden and Dangerous}}
==List of platfroms==
[[Category:1999 video games]]
*[[Personal_Computer|PC]]
[[Category:2K Czech games]]
*[[Sega Dreamcast]]
[[Category:2K Games franchises]]
*[[Sony Playstation]]
[[Category:Cooperative video games]]
[[Category:Dreamcast games]]
[[Category:PlayStation (console) games]]
[[Category:Stealth video games]]
[[Category:Tactical shooter video games]]
[[Category:Take-Two Interactive franchises]]
[[Category:Video games about the Special Air Service]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the Czech Republic]]
[[Category:Video games set in Germany]]
[[Category:Video games set in Greece]]
[[Category:Video games set in Italy]]
[[Category:Video games set in Norway]]
[[Category:Video games set in Poland]]
[[Category:Video games set in Serbia]]
[[Category:Video games with expansion packs]]
[[Category:World War II first-person shooters]]
[[Category:World War II video games]]
[[Category:TalonSoft games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Czech resistance to Nazi occupation in video games]]
[[Category:Windows games]]

Latest revision as of 01:58, 5 April 2024

Hidden & Dangerous
European Windows cover art
Developer(s)Illusion Softworks
Tarantula Studios (PlayStation)
Publisher(s)TalonSoft
Take-Two Interactive
Designer(s)Michal Bačík
Radek Bouzek
Programmer(s)Michal Bačík
Composer(s)Jim Rose
Platform(s)Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation
ReleaseWindows
Dreamcast
  • NA: 31 July 2000[3]
  • EU: 8 September 2000
PlayStation
  • EU: 23 November 2001
Genre(s)Tactical shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Hidden & Dangerous is a 1999 tactical shooter video game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Take-Two Interactive and TalonSoft for Windows, Dreamcast and PlayStation. The PlayStation port of the game was developed by Tarantula Studios. It is regarded as a pioneering tactical shooter. A sequel, Hidden & Dangerous 2, was released in 2003.

Gameplay[edit]

The player controls a four-man British Special Air Service (SAS) team executing a number of important missions during World War II. The game features soldier selection prior to each mission. A comprehensive load-out sequence is also available where players have access to a variety of weapons and equipment. Mission briefings outline objectives, intelligence on enemy strengths and recommended plans of advance. During missions, players can command directly by toggling through the soldiers in their squad, voice commands or a tactical map which allows for real time control or planned maneuvers once the map is exited.

Missions include sabotage, search and destroy, POW rescue, and resistance aid. The game features 6 campaigns taking place in Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany, Norway, the North Sea and Czechoslovakia. 3 additional campaigns were added with the add-on released later. Despite certain historical liberties taken with actual SAS missions and time-lines, the game retains a degree of historical accuracy and intense atmosphere, including realistic wounding as squad members can be heavily wounded or killed by even brief enemy contact.

The game supports play in either the third or first-person perspectives, with the player able to actively switch between the two while in-game.

Reception[edit]

The PC and Dreamcast versions received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4][5] Garrett Kenyon of NextGen said of the latter version, "While the minor bugs and graphic shortcomings keep this game from being a classic, TalonSoft has done an excellent job presenting a solid game with enough missions, options, and surprises to keep you coming back for more."[20]

Edge gave the PC version nine out of ten, saying, "Certain aspects of the control system are clunky, and there are occasional graphical anomalies, but Hidden and Dangerous [sic] is such a sweeping success that it dwarfs any criticism. It's challenging, deep, acutely atmospheric and an intense adventure. PC gaming triumphs."[24] However, Stephen Redwood of AllGame gave the same PC version three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it was "best described as boxed potential, but consumers don't pay for potential. They pay for results."[25] Kevin "BIFF" Giacobbi of GameZone similarly gave the Gold Edition seven out of ten, saying that it "has potential - but until more patches are released and the multi-player online issue is solved, the best I would give it is just above average."[26]

The PC version was a commercial success, with 350,000 units sold globally by May 2000.[27] Sales had surpassed 1 million copies by 2007.[28] It was particularly popular in the UK.[29] According to PC Gamer US, most of the game's success derived from European markets. A writer for the magazine reported: "The game wasn't so fortunate in the States, where it received warm reviews but endured poor sales — partly because of intense competition from Rainbow Six, a lack of multiplayer options, and relatively little marketing exposure."[30]

Hidden & Dangerous: Fight for Freedom[edit]

Hidden & Dangerous: Fight for Freedom
Developer(s)Illusion Softworks
Publisher(s)TalonSoft
Designer(s)Tomáš Pluhařík
Programmer(s)Michal Bačík
Platform(s)Windows
Release
Genre(s)Tactical shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

An expansion was released in 1999, titled Hidden & Dangerous: Fight for Freedom in Europe and Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge in the US in 2000. This added new soldiers, weapons and missions in new locations including Poland, the Ardennes and postwar Greece.

Reception[edit]

Fight for Freedom received mixed to unfavorable reviews from critics, more unfavorable than the original game.

Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe[edit]

A fully updated version of the game, Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe, was released for free as a commercial promotion for the sequel Hidden & Dangerous 2.[40] It is still available as freeware.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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