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| Full title | Impossible Mission |
| Year of release | 1985 |
| Publisher | US Gold Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | ABC Soft (Spain) Compulogical S.A. (Spain) D3M Software (UK) Dro Soft (Spain) Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) Ricochet (UK) |
| Author(s) | Softstone Ltd (Gary Knight) |
| Tie-in licence | Epyx Inc (USA) (original game: Impossible Mission) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2 and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Adventure |
| Message language | Multiple languages (see individual downloads) |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £7.95 2300 ptas. |
| Budget price | £1.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation History in the Making (US Gold Ltd)
Appeared on tape 1, side B of the compilation Play It Again (US Gold Ltd) Appeared on the compilation Summer Gold (US Gold Ltd) Appeared on side A of covertape ACE issue 09 (A.C.E. [3]) Participant in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards Participant in the Game of the Year Awards 1985 Part of the Flippy Flippy series Features Multi-machine Medium This title has known errors Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| Remarks | Winner of the Game of the Year Awards 1985 - Best Platform Game. |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Impossible Mission 2. Impossible Mission II |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and Sega Master System |
| Score |
7.97 (47 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Language | Year | Encoding scheme | ||
 | ImpossibleMission.tzx.zip | 27,609 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5013442532232 | English | 1985 | SpeedLock 1 | |||
| | ImpossibleMission(BUGFIX).tzx.zip | 28,501 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5013442532232 | English | 1985 | None | ||
|  | ImpossibleMission.tap.zip | 26,061 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | English | 1985 | |||||
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| | ImpossibleMission(CompulogicalS.A.).tzx.zip | 26,581 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | EPTX1001 | M-35461-1985 | Spanish | 1985 | None | |
| ImpossibleMission(D3MSoftware).tzx.zip | 26,268 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | English | 1985 | Unspecified custom loader | ||||
| ImpossibleMission(DroSoft).tzx.zip | 27,647 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 2MT130 | M-20913-1988 | English | 1988 | SpeedLock 1 | ||
| ImpossibleMission(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | 27,502 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | M-33134-1987 | English | 1987 | SpeedLock 1 | |||
| ImpossibleMission(Ricochet).tzx.zip | 27,616 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | RAS030 | 5012967250461 | English | 1985 | SpeedLock 1 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | ImpossibleMission.gif | 5,173 | (Loading screen) |
| ImpossibleMission.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| ImpossibleMission.gif | 3,117 | (In-game screen) | |
 | ImpossibleMission.pdf | 42,467 | (English instructions) |
| ImpossibleMission.zip | 26,135 | (English instructions) |
| ImpossibleMission(CompulogicalS.A.).txt | 22,184 | (Spanish instructions) |
| ImpossibleMission(DroSoft).pdf | 110,539 | (Spanish instructions) |
| ImpossibleMission(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).zip | 613,921 | (Scanned Spanish instructions) |
| ImpossibleMission.jpg | 507,077 | (Game map) |
| ImpossibleMission_2.png | 564,774 | (Game map) |
| ImpossibleMission.jpg | 111,634 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| ImpossibleMission(CompulogicalS.A.).jpg | 144,793 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| ImpossibleMission(DroSoft).jpg | 78,762 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| ImpossibleMission(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 69,434 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| ImpossibleMission(Ricochet).jpg | 289,058 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| ImpossibleMission.jpg | 237,726 | (Advertisement) | |
| ImpossibleMission-BUGFIX-Patch_SourceCode.zip | 14,402 | (Patch source code) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
| Title | Author | Year | Platform | Status |
| Implausible Mission | Julian Olds | 2006 | PC/Windows | available |
| No player reviews yet [ Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Home Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 301 | (News/Note - Late start for CBS) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 5.85 | page 6 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.85 | page 5 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.85 | page 83 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.85 | page 88 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.85 | page 914 | (Map - Book of Maps) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 12.85 | page 63 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 22 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.85 | page 30 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.85 | page 37 | (Feature - Impossible Dream) | [full page] |
| ACE | 6.88 | page 24 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.88 | page 65 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.88 | page 25 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.91 | page 63 | (Feature - The ACE guide to THE GREATEST GAMES of all time (probably)) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 3.86 | page 15 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 5.87 | page 29 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 7.87 | page 27 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 9.87 | page 29 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Crash | 9.85 | page 132 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.85 | page 2 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.85 | page 28 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.85 | page 132 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 12.85 | page 99 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.85 | page 172 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 12.85 | page 2 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.86 | page 134 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.86 | page 117 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 1.86 | page 67 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.86 | page 60 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.86 | page 79 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.86 | page 25 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.86 | page 3 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.88 | page 55 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
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