Impossible Mission II

Elvin returns in a high rise duel to the death. He's built a futuristic fortress filled with the most sophisticated destructive devices, deadly to anyone determined to stop him. That's where you come in. As a 25th century sleuth, your mission is to find the secret code accessing the stronghold of ELVIN, that malicious mastermind bent on world domination. Uncover clues in the executive office suites without being zapped by lightning-shooting push-bots. Or maybe you'd rather search the parking garage where you'll have nasty mine layers to deal with. Each tower is wired with state-of-the-art surveillance cameras, robot guards, and secret security-encoded passageways. Impossible Mission II requires strategic moves and sharp investigative sense to outsmart Elvin and his band of destructive evil doers!

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1989 by American Video Entertainment Inc. in USA (unlicensed)
1990 by SEI in USA (Licensed)
1990 by SEI in USA (unlicensed)
1990 by HES Interactive in Australia (unlicensed). This cart has a slot on top to plug in a licensed game in order to bypass the NES' lock-out chip.
1990 by HES Interactive in Australia (unlicensed). Normal cartridge.
1991 by Milmar Indústria in Brazil

The original computer versions of Impossible Mission were developed by EPYX, which is why their name appears on packaging and in the game itself, even though they (apparently) did not contribute any code for the NES versions. It seems that the NES versions were started from scratch by Novatrade, rather then ported. Apparently SEI did something that Epyx didn't like and they revoked their license. EPYX also got the game's code and a deal was struck with AVE for publishing. Undeterred, SEI went on to manufacture and sell more MI2 carts, these illegal versions are the ones with the black and white label. Neither Epyx nor AVE would not need to bother with suing them, SEI quickly went bankrupt.

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The SEI cartridge had a color label and a later black and white label. At anytime, without restrictions, players can save and then later return to that point. Like a mobile checkpoint. However, they will lose their saved game if they switch off the NES unit. There is no battery backed save RAM.

(Zerothis) - # 2008-08-12 04:58:07

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Impossible Mission II (MS-DOS)
Impossible Mission II (Amstrad CPC)
Impossible Mission II (C64)
Impossible Mission II (ZX Spectrum)
Impossible Mission II (Amiga)
Impossible Mission II (Atari ST)
Impossible Mission II (Apple II E)
Impossible Mission II (Enterprise)
Impossible Mission II (Apple IIGS)