Mission: Impossible (1999 video game)
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Mission: Impossible
|image = Mission Impossible GBC.jpg
|caption = North American cover art
|developer = Rebellion Developments
|publisher = Infogrames
|released = {{vgrelease|FRA|November 23, 1999{{Cite web |title=Mission: Impossible sur GBC |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/gameboy-g-boy/00003185-mission-impossible.htm |access-date=February 22, 2025 |website=Jeuxvideo.com}}|NA|February 22, 2000|EU|August 1, 2000}}
|platforms = Game Boy Color
|genre = Adventure
|modes = Single-player
}}
Mission: Impossible is an adventure video game based upon the Mission: Impossible film series. It was developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Infogrames for the Game Boy Color in 1999.
Gameplay
Mission: Impossible is an adventure game where the player must control the film series' character Ethan Hunt through ten levels.{{cite web |last=Provo |first=Frank |date=April 3, 2000 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mission-impossible-review/1900-2536194/ |title= Mission: Impossible Review |publisher=GameSpot |accessdate=April 27, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511081120/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mission-impossible-review/1900-2536194/ |archivedate=2017-05-11 |url-status=live}} The game also contains a number of utility programs which include a calculator, an address book, and a notebook which can print entries when connected to a Game Boy Printer. The utilities also include a message transmitter and a universal remote which both use the system's infrared port.{{cite web |last=Nix |first=Marc |date=March 2, 2000 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/03/mission-impossible |title=Mission: Impossible |publisher=IGN |accessdate=April 27, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305111201/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/03/mission-impossible |archivedate=2016-03-05 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/01/14/secret-agent-tools |title=Secret Agent Tools |publisher=IGN |date=January 14, 2000 |accessdate=April 27, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322070903/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/01/14/secret-agent-tools |archivedate=2016-03-22 |url-status=live}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| Allgame = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=White |first=Jason |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=18751&tab=review |title=Mission: Impossible - Review |publisher=AllGame |accessdate=April 27, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116093048/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=18751&tab=review |archivedate=November 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
| NP = 6.9/10{{cite magazine |title=Mission: Impossible |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |issue=128 |date=January 2000 |page=148}}
}}
Mission: Impossible received mixed reviews according to video game review aggregator GameRankings.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gbc/250608-mission-impossible/index.html |title=Mission: Impossible for Game Boy Color |publisher=GameRankings |accessdate=April 27, 2016}} Reviewers compared it negatively to Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, but praised the game's extra features. N64 Magazine described it as a "painfully average" game, stating that opponents wander around in set patterns and that they are not smart enough to notice the player.{{Cite magazine |title=Mission Impossible |magazine=N64 Magazine |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=36 |page=39 |date=Christmas 1999}}
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References
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External links
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Category:Game Boy Color-only games
Category:Mission: Impossible video games
Category:Paramount Pictures video games
Category:Rebellion Developments games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games based on adaptations
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
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