Impossible mission… when one thinks about those words, the first thing that comes to mind is the awesome classics back on the arcade machines. That this arcade classic has made its way to our beloved handheld doesn’t come as much of a surprise, considering all the classic ports we have seen on the PSP lately.
Impossible Mission was originally made in 1984 for the Commodore 64, and included some good gameplay for that time. You would see your character moving through rooms, avoiding multitudes of strange robots, exploring cupboards and the like. The Impossible Mission PSP version isn’t unlike the original. It even has the blocky graphics and the weirdly cool sound effects to complement the game’s classic sense, giving you the ’80s feel when you play it.
Improvements in the port include two new game modes apart from the classic mode. The ‘new’ mode has a significant uplift in Visuals and sound, while the ‘merged’ mode has a funny mixed of the two, mixing various parts of the old and new versions.
The original was most well known for its sounds, considering it was one of the first titles to implement digitized speech. The new version has improved on this a bit. The backgrounds also seem more detailed in the PSP, but since the game takes you through rooms that are randomly generated, you can’t expect the detail to be perfect.
Gameplay-wise, the old and new versions are almost the same, the only difference being that while you were given 6 hours to complete the original, you will have the pleasure of playing for an extra two to complete this version. Dying in the game however will bite a chunk out of the timer, and when time runs out, there are no other options except to start over. This could have been made optional to accommodate the more casual gamers, but I guess that wasn’t really on their minds.
A major drawback to the PSP version is that while other classics were offered as a collection, comprising of numerous titles for the price of one, impossible mission came alone, which could have been avoided by releasing a couple of others with it to reduce the overall cost, making it more affordable.
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