|  Impossible Mission * 3 | | Posted by Csabo on 2020-01-15 |
First off, don't get excited - we don't really have Impossible Mission for Plus/4. Now, with that out of the way, what we do have are some genuine Plus/4 oddities, three of them in fact. Read on, if you're interested.
Let's start with the first one: Impossible Mission. I wouldn't want to use the word "garbage" to describe a piece of software, but in this case it might be appropriate. Here we have a short BASIC program, 17 lines, which prints some text, inputs a string, and resets. So what gives? Back in the day (pre 90's), there was no internet, all we had were envelopes mailed to each other with cassettes and lists. Some enterprising (or mischievous) soul must have created this, and it started spreading. Who wouldn't want Impossible Mission? It probably works, you just need the code!... Well, we now know better.
Round two: Impossible Mission (Mr. Soft), this being the reason for this little editorial. It's a new cover and TAP file we got from Lacus. It's yet another Italian hack, we have our fair share of them. Imagine buying this at the store (or at the newsstand?), taking it home, loading it up on your computer, only for it to turn out to be... Raffles. Ugh, what a letdown. It's nice to have this in our database though (thanks, Lacus!)
And finally: Impossible Mission. This appears to have been the real deal, key phrase being "have been". It was a game written by a young Hungarian developer, taking 2nd place in a competition, but unfortunately this game is lost. Click the link for more info.
There we have it; garbage, hack, lost. If you really want to play, better load up A-07 or perhaps Rózsaszín Párduc - or pick a different platformer. |
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