Mission: Impossible (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
477A playthrough of Ultra's 1990 NES game, Mission: Impossible.
Mission: Impossible for the NES seems to be somewhat ironically named - unless you take the considerable amount of time needed to master it, it really is virtually impossible to play it well, but it can indeed be finished. Even once you have mastered it, you still have to be extremely careful, since one wrong move can wipe out a party member, and if you needed that person to get through an area... well, the reset button invites your attention.
I did get a game over once - I ate it on the skiing level, and since you only get one life, I had to continue. Thank God it only put me back at the beginning of the stage. Unlimited continues are about the only grace the game ever allows you.
It really brings back memories of Metal Gear and the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games. It's fairly nonlinear, so you have to really get to know the areas, and there's often a balance you have to strike between risk and reward. If Grant can only take one more hit, do you go to another building, risking someone else to find him a health pack, or do you continue on, hoping that you can limp by with the others? It's extremely difficult (this one had me throwing controllers as a kid), but the satisfaction of beating it finally is worth it in the end. That, and there's some great Engrish at play. It all makes sense, but some of this dialogue sounds ridiculous.
It rocks Konami's trademark visual and music styles (both very good things) and there's a good amount of depth to the action. If you're over 30, though, make sure you have antacids in the cupboard before you begin ;)
Someone requested this a while back. I don't remember it was, but if it was you, here you go!
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