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Impossible Mission
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Release Date :
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September 3, 2009
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Publisher :
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Epyx,Atari,Warner Bros
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Type :
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ISO
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Size :
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90 Mb
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Region :
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Europe
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Impossible Mission; back in those pre-NES days, if it was powerful enough and if it played videogames, you released your game on it. The game was a moderate success back then, successful enough for a sequel…and even inspired the Epyx Lynx developers to produce a 3D version on the Atari-released handheld, eventually ending up as Electrocop. Time has not been kind to Impossible Mission. It may have had some innovative design ideas two decades ago, but bringing it all back in a straightforward Nintendo DS port probably wasn't a good idea…it might've worked as a game in a bundle, but as a headlining retro release this one's a dud.
Not to be confused with Mission: Impossible, Impossible Mission is a game where you explore an underground base, room by room, owned by the sinister Professer Elvin Atombender (with a name like that, you pretty much forced into the Evil business). This is an old-school game design: no scrolling, and only the ability to leap around with a limber flip. The task is to hit the rooms, use the elevator platforms, avoid the robotic sentries, and inspect the furniture for pieces to the puzzle that'll shut down the bomb just aching to go off. It's a lot like the original Pitfall design, but far more complicated due to randomized room designs that require a lot of retracing footsteps due to specific elevator layouts.