I always wonder if C64 games were so hard for us because nobody ever had an original disk w/ a manual! Besides this one I was hard pressed to find a point or direction for Back to the Future, V, Below the Root, Transformers (drive around on the platform), Friday the 13th, and so many others just didn't seem like they made any sense. Or maybe they just didn't!
I didn't even know you can actually finish this game. The 8 year old me never got the point of the puzzles, but all that jumping down the holes with Aaaaaaaaaargh!...oh man, 80's :)
Yep what a well designed game. It was waaay ahead of its time ... and recently i hae benn playing it again ... never failed to lose but i can only go to 2:14
I remember this when i was little... It was a great feeling to finish it becuase it was challenging and it took a long time. The ending should of been longer though but in a way it still brings an accompishment.
This was one of the best games ever produced for the 64. Challenging gameplay and attention to detail made it a true five star experience. Check out the UK version of "Edge" magazine (Oct 2006) to read a fantastic piece from the developer himself regarding this game.
Impossible Mission was trully an impossible mission as the first release of the game had a missing puzzle, so you could never, ever assemble all the missing pieces to enter the final!
@jci10: I don't know about "first release" or not on the C=64, but I finished my copy of the game several times. However, I learned more recently that the Atari 7800 version of the game was literally impossible because some puzzle pieces would be hidden in computer terminals (which can't be searched, only accessed). There is now, however, a homebrew "fixed" edition of the 7800 version available, re-titled "Possible Mission".
I never understood this game when I was a kid, the puzzles confused me.
I just loved jumping around the robots and hearing the digitized voice from the bad guy.
This ending is kinda random, but the voice is great for C64!
AchtungBaby77 3 weeks ago
DESTROY HIM MY ROBOTS
tulkasainur 2 months ago
My brother was able to finish it. I was lucky enough to sit beside him, as a kid. :))
VanBullock 2 months ago
Mission Accomplished congratulations! still music to my ears!
TheGhostprotocol 2 months ago
This is almost as bad as beating 1942 for NES.
DJCandyManMike 2 months ago
If this was M.Bison he would have said " YES! YES! YES!"
R3trogam3er77 5 months ago
Best ending to a video game....possibly ever
DrkPhoenixSaga 8 months ago
If Elvin Atombender (the bad guy) were Hungarian, he would say "No! NO! NEVEEER!"
1xWertzui 1 year ago
DOH! Spoiler alert! Thanks, been playing this for 30 years aswell...
tomthumbplum 1 year ago
OMG! All that shit for nothing!!! Glad i just had the illegal copy of it!
roskildahphreak 1 year ago 2
No? No. No!
joaovictor1994 1 year ago 3
No manual. lol. I remember stumlbling on how to solve the puzzles! One of the great C64 games
J1515 2 years ago
Lack of manuals indeed.. oh how many precious space-craft i've written off while trying to figure out how to dock a spacestation on Elite.
tanriovert 2 years ago 2
No. No. No.
DarkvindFromIllier 2 years ago 4
true, no manual, took forever to figure it out.
SUNSHINE21480 2 years ago
Wow, I never reached that point ...
SaschaSass 2 years ago 2
Elvin Atombender for president.
HalfEatenDimSim 3 years ago
I always wonder if C64 games were so hard for us because nobody ever had an original disk w/ a manual! Besides this one I was hard pressed to find a point or direction for Back to the Future, V, Below the Root, Transformers (drive around on the platform), Friday the 13th, and so many others just didn't seem like they made any sense. Or maybe they just didn't!
giantsean 3 years ago 11
Below the Root = awesome. Took me forever to figure out what I was supposed to do, but it was such a fun game. I used to love flying.
I mis my childhood. C64 emulator = fun.
Freecell82 3 years ago
Heh, yeah, we all bought our games by the boxful, out the back of some guy's Volvo, right next to the ham radio equipment and RF switches.
MyNameIsBucket 2 years ago
I didn't even know you can actually finish this game. The 8 year old me never got the point of the puzzles, but all that jumping down the holes with Aaaaaaaaaargh!...oh man, 80's :)
BadlyDG 3 years ago 3
Great game of my childhood :) I finished it also.
I'll install C64 emulator and give a try to sequel.
bbkr2 3 years ago
I could have sworn this game was rigged and couldnt be beat, now I stand corrected
Xeper1979 3 years ago 14
agree :p
Eqvaliser 3 years ago
C64 version was finishable. Wiki says there was bug with amiga one.
bbkr2 3 years ago
The ending was such a letdown after all those incredibly frustrating puzzle pieces.
One word: ALBATROSS
AFTrash 3 years ago 4
A major anti-climax when you consider what it took to get to the end!!!! Im glad I never finished it and saw this video instead.
tfal23 3 years ago
Hell yeah. It took me forever to master (excuse me, I mean finish) that game and that was one lame-ass ending
jdhoffman1221 3 years ago
i couldn't understand what the hell i was doing....it was a frustrating game...to me
pogijuice9061 3 years ago
Stay a while, staaaaaay forever. Still in my mind. 1 Of the greatest games ever made.
Jointz77 3 years ago 3
thank you for showing me what happens at the end. I've never gotten that far.
carlswitzerfan 3 years ago
Awesome! I just finished this game for the Wii, and it's toooootally addictive.
unusualcatperson 3 years ago
Hehehe, I can see his bald spot! =)
RobotwarsKing 4 years ago
wat is he saying...
shinn4 4 years ago
no....no....no....
unusualcatperson 3 years ago
Yep what a well designed game. It was waaay ahead of its time ... and recently i hae benn playing it again ... never failed to lose but i can only go to 2:14
osalot00 4 years ago
One of my fav games on C64! Completed a lot ;)
dexter1981 4 years ago
I remember this when i was little... It was a great feeling to finish it becuase it was challenging and it took a long time. The ending should of been longer though but in a way it still brings an accompishment.
DC180 4 years ago
I prefered Impossible Mission 2 :)
cosine303 5 years ago
bah! this game isnt that hard. i have completed it lots of times in less then 2 hours
great game tho. the pussles are the most fun part of the game. realy mind boggling sometimes :D
Kabigon666 5 years ago
This was one of the best games ever produced for the 64. Challenging gameplay and attention to detail made it a true five star experience. Check out the UK version of "Edge" magazine (Oct 2006) to read a fantastic piece from the developer himself regarding this game.
robertgrasso 5 years ago
He's saying, "No.. No... No!"
fasteddie949 5 years ago
I've never finished the game. Thank you so much!!
fedecris 5 years ago
I loved playing this. It was one of the most state of the art games at that time. Thank you!
JACM10 5 years ago
I loved that game but was so hard!!!
RG7621 5 years ago
Wow, there was actually an ending. What is he saying?
jasonlava 5 years ago
Impossible Mission was trully an impossible mission as the first release of the game had a missing puzzle, so you could never, ever assemble all the missing pieces to enter the final!
jci10 5 years ago
@jci10: I don't know about "first release" or not on the C=64, but I finished my copy of the game several times. However, I learned more recently that the Atari 7800 version of the game was literally impossible because some puzzle pieces would be hidden in computer terminals (which can't be searched, only accessed). There is now, however, a homebrew "fixed" edition of the 7800 version available, re-titled "Possible Mission".
MrMammophile 1 year ago
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MrMammophile 1 year ago
Correction on the game title -- it should be "Impossible Mission".
Holmes3000 5 years ago
I struggled for years with that game. For me, it truly was an impossible mission. Cograts!
Holmes3000 5 years ago
There are a few passwords. I had "artichoke" for example. I spent hours to win that game! :)
Raunchola 5 years ago
Another visitor.Stay a while.Stay forever! Destroy him my robots. I've heard the password is Albatros.
McLarenMercedes 5 years ago