| Mission: Impossible | |
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| Developer(s) | Distinctive Software |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release | 1991 |
Mission: Impossible is a 1991 adventure video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Konami.
| Mission: Impossible | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Developer(s) | Distinctive Software |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release | 1991 |
Mission: Impossible is a 1991 adventure video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Konami.
Mission: Impossible is a game in which the player assembles a team of four agents with different skills and abilities. [1]
Charles Ardai reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and wrote that: "A player looking for a good thriller or espionage game would do better to get Countdown or Covert Action instead. A player looking for a good Mission: Impossible adventure is directed, with regret, to the late-night listings of the current TV Guide." [1]
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