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Impossible Mission

The situation: for three days have the strategic central computers of the great powers acted up. An unknown person manipulates their programmes; at the end of these programmes is the starting command for the…

100 31 December 1984

Impossible Mission is an arcade developed by Epyx, released 31 December 1984 on PlayStation Portable, Wii, Atari 7800 and Sega Master System/Mark III.

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What Impossible Mission is

Impossible Mission is an arcade game developed by Epyx and released in 1984. It was published by Atari Corporation. It is available on PlayStation Portable, Wii, Atari 7800, Sega Master System/Mark III, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Impossible Mission is a video game written for the Commodore 64 by Dennis Caswell and published by Epyx in 1984. The game features a variety of gameplay mechanics from platform and adventure games, and includes digitized speech. Impossible Mission, which casts the player in the role of a secret agent infiltrating an enemy stronghold, is considered one of the best games for several platforms.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Impossible Mission holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1984 averaged 73, so it scored 27 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Impossible Mission launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack and Karateka. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack, Karateka.

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When did Impossible Mission come out?
Impossible Mission was released on 31 December 1984 for PlayStation Portable, Wii, Atari 7800, Sega Master System/Mark III, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1 and ZX Spectrum.

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