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Hidden & Dangerous for PlayStation 1
Hidden & Dangerous for PlayStation 1 is a military first-person shooter in which you operate behind German lines as a British SAS soldier. The Second World War provides the setting for sabotage, rescue operations and fighting around buildings, forests and railways. A briefing describes what you need to do: free prisoners, blow up a target or secure an area. You explore the environment through your soldier's eyes and decide how to reach the next objective.
Before setting out, you choose a soldier and his equipment from the available stock. Rifles, machine guns, hand grenades and dynamite each have different uses. A sniper rifle lets you aim from a distance; a sabotage assignment calls for explosives. Ammunition you use is missing from your supplies later, while weapons you find can replenish them. Your preparations therefore carry over into the next mission. You choose not only what to shoot with now, but also what you want to keep in reserve.
This PlayStation version is a single-player game, and during a mission you control one soldier rather than a four-man squad as on PC. You play with a PlayStation controller. You save progress between missions on a memory card; there is no quick save in the middle of a firefight. If you are killed, you must restart the assignment. That makes reaching the next mission screen more significant.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 1 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Hidden & Dangerous for PlayStation 1 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Hidden & Dangerous
Hidden & Dangerous began on Windows in 1999 as a game by Czech developer Illusion Softworks. It combined a Second World War setting with preparations for commando operations and direct control of soldiers. This placed it alongside tactical action games in which equipment and the chosen attack plan mattered before the first shot was fired. Its military subject was not used solely for large battles: the series focused on smaller operations behind enemy lines, with sabotage and rescue assignments playing important roles.
Following a Dreamcast release in 2000, the European PlayStation version arrived through Take-Two Interactive in November 2001. Tarantula Studios handled this adaptation. It was a late arrival on the original PlayStation, with the PlayStation 2 already on sale. The conversion changed more than the controls: during a mission, only one controllable soldier remained. Selecting personnel and equipment still took place outside combat, but the computer game's simultaneous command of a full squad disappeared.
This gives the release its own place in the history of Hidden & Dangerous. The preparations recall its tactical origins, while the missions place greater emphasis on individual first-person action. It is neither a complete copy of the PC release nor a collection containing later expansions. Hidden & Dangerous 2 followed on PC in 2003. This PlayStation disc represents the earlier attempt to bring the original concept to Sony's first console.
Similar games for PlayStation 1
Medal of Honor on PlayStation 1 also sends you on solo secret assignments during the Second World War. Both games tie shooting to specific objectives in enemy territory. Medal of Honor builds its adventure around Jimmy Patterson and clearly directed missions. Hidden & Dangerous lets you choose personnel and weapons from a stockpile beforehand, making preparation and the equipment you take a more prominent part of successive operations.
Like Hidden & Dangerous, Medal of Honor: Underground uses sabotage, enemy installations and historical weapons for its first-person missions on PlayStation 1. In Underground, you follow resistance fighter Manon through a set story. Hidden & Dangerous places the selection of a soldier and his equipment between assignments. This creates a different connection between missions: not only the storyline, but also the available supplies determine what you take into the next action.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six on PlayStation 1 shares the emphasis on a briefing, preparation and eliminating armed opponents. Its subject shifts to modern counterterrorist actions and team operations. Hidden & Dangerous uses historical weapons and Second World War locations, and has you control one soldier during the mission. Their similarity lies chiefly in thinking about an assignment before you begin; carrying out that assignment works differently in these console versions.
Syphon Filter on PlayStation 1 combines gunfights, stealth and assignments with specific objectives, much like Hidden & Dangerous. Its camera follows behind Gabe Logan through a modern espionage thriller. Hidden & Dangerous uses the soldier's viewpoint and a stockpile screen for preparation. Where Syphon Filter leads its character through a cinematically structured story, Hidden & Dangerous asks you to consider the weapons and explosives you take at the start of an individual operation.
Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol on PlayStation 1 also has you lead soldiers through military assignments, with weapons and terrain determining your approach. It uses a third-person perspective and modern troops. Hidden & Dangerous focuses on a SAS soldier during the Second World War and shows the fighting through his eyes. Both titles divide their action into individual operations, but historical equipment and preparations using a shared stockpile give Hidden & Dangerous a different character.
