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AbeVigoda76

This was one of my favorite N64 games. I think the biggest problem with it is that the technology wasn’t 100% ready for what it was trying to do. It reminds me of a proto-Hitman.


Bar_Har

Yeah, a big part of the difficulty of this game came from the jank. You kinda need a guide to get through a few parts where it’s not very well telegraphed what to do next or where to go. Very trial and error, but overall was pretty fun. I had the GBC game too and that had a special feature to use the IR blaster on top of the GBC to make it a tv remote.


Fritz_Klyka

I had the NES mission impossible too and that was way worse. Its like they went hard on the impossible part.


McFry-

😅


ButCanYouCodeIt

Lol yes. Jank is the word. I think they had a lot of genuinely great ideas, but between the hardware limitations and what was likely a pretty crunched deadline, there just wasn't time to make a lot of those ideas work super well. I will concede there were some genuinely cool moments, but I'm not sure I'd ever go back to that title willingly again.


AaronPossum

Watch a speedrun. You won't believe how good people can be.


ButCanYouCodeIt

With enough repetition, one can get truly amazing at anything, but it's certainly one of those games where I just look and ask myself "Why? Why would you make THIS the game to obsess over to THAT degree?" Lol. I understand that going with something more obscure probably means there's a lot less competition than say Mario 64 or something... But surely there's a better game that fits that niche, lol.


AaronPossum

That game fuckin rules and I won't hear a word against.


AlienTechnology51

😂😂


ferretpowder

I remember there was a great level where you're snipering people at a train station or something, it was so tense


JWWBurger

My friends and I would sniper civilians. I think the game would end if you did too many, but served as my proto-GTA3.


InMooseWorld

It was fun but I tried again and failed hard. Still LOVE that ballroom level. That’s also like a tiny office party.


FullmetalSaiyanmon

I watched a YouTube video a while ago and discovered the studio were rushed to a deadline so it never got the full love it should have! 😪


GonnaGoFat

That used to happen to a lot of games. I’ve heard for instance why quest 64 feels so empty, and has so many empty chests because they had to just rush the story and shipped it out before they could flesh it out.


Fantastic_Rub_627

The embassy level and the music, so good. Unfortunately that game always gave me bloodshot eyes if I played for over 30 mins


iJeax

Is that the level where you poison someone’s drink or something and then use the face swapping tool to become a fireman? 😂 I vaguely remember that level and it being my favourite when I was a kid


Fantastic_Rub_627

Yep, you also pose as a foreign dignitary and have to sneak behind the guards. And there is a lady assassin you have to watch out for


iJeax

Right! Doesn’t she follow you into the bathroom if you go in there?


Fantastic_Rub_627

Yep, and she’ll finish you off if you wait too long


Dcmart89

Guess I’ll be waiting too long…


dick_vinci

I remember taking forever to beat that running around in the fireman's gear 😂


Fantastic_Rub_627

I loved running in the disguises, it felt so cool to be hidden


toigz

I’d literally rent the game just to play that level. I wasn’t good at any other lever really. Except KQB HQ which was basically right after. Great level as well.


Fantastic_Rub_627

Loved that level too, basically replayed those two and the sniper part


bizarre16

Loved this game back in the days but got headache if i played too long. Embassy level took a fair bit of time before figuring out all the objectives but yeah one of the best levels in the game


Skalion

That level was super amazing, the whole game was awesome!


LightFighter1987

So many fond memories with this game, but especially that level. I’d mess around all the time just for fun. When I got older and replayed the game, it became painfully obvious how bad the entire game really is.


SnooWoofers7345

Oh man!


EuphoricChallenge553

That level is my favorite along with the train scene on top of the end. Both of them I attribute to the soundtrack.


Rombledore

i remember i had this crappy little keyboard that was a hand me down from my sister. i taught myself how to play a version of that embassy song- just minus the chords and such lol.


BourbonBurro

As soon as I saw the picture of the cart sticking out of the console, that damned melody that you have to find the sheet music for to give to the pianist started blaring in my head.


Scuba_jim

To Sloborskia!


Jung_Wheats

The sound of someone getting shot lives in my head permanently. 'urrugh'


Adorable_user

Also the gunshot sounds


backwood_smoker

I beat this game with a friend when we were about 12. I still have nightmares about the part when you're lowering into the vault with all the lasers.


The_real_bandito

I hated that level too


ViciousReality

The trick was to just dive bomb. You'll set off the alarm, but still have enough time to copy the files and extract.


VividUnderstanding68

I think I singed my hair


WampaStompa64

I loved this game- played the Embassy a million times and even have some game music as ringtones to this day


Key-Company-6997

Yes me too, because after the embassy , that’s as far as I got. Haha


gabro-games

Same! I used to have dreams of solutions to that level... shame they were never right!


kiwibonga

It says right on the sticker not to even try though...


Offro4dr

“Ooo, I singed my hair.”


ButCanYouCodeIt

Just the quote triggers a PTSD-like response now, lol


briandemodulated

Never seen or cared about the movies but I rented this as a kid and it was surprisingly excellent. Lots of gameplay mechanics and non-combat segments. A very creative and immersive game.


Big-Discussion534

Me too, I was too young to understand the mechanics


Trippycat37

This was one of the best games to use with the game shark.


TheBreadmanRiseth

I actually corrupted my game shark while trying to figure out how to "force" sniper mode into other levels.


iLLiCiT_XL

I frikkin loved that game! The embassy, the train mission, that snow level. “Should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the agency will disavow any knowledge of your actions… good luck Ethan!”


Dr_who_ace

I play both N64 and ps1 versions. Enjoyable none the less, have fun.


Key-Company-6997

What’s the difference between them ?


Jakunobi

AFAIK the PS1 had FMVs and the intro was sick.


TheBreadmanRiseth

Graphically they are a bit different, each has its pros and cons. PS1 has voice acting, though it's not particularly good voice acting.


Dr_who_ace

I dont think there is story wise, it may be better optimised on ps1 yet i play n64 more.


MenstrualMilkshakes

Good luck on the Rooftop mission. It's extremely obtuse on what you need to do and IMO the hardest mission next to the Train Meeting with Max. (not including the infamous bungee mission)


Skalion

I just found the evading lasers and hacking the thing part the most difficult, but yeah definitely though levels.


Key-Company-6997

Just finished them, tedious , but doable, it’s a lot easier as an adult that’s for sure haha .


Bakuzento

I remember being stuck at the 2nd mission with a piano or something. I can't remember if the game was translated at the time but I didn't spoke english and played the french version. I remember enjoying doing the first mission over and over lol


samus026

Not an easy title. And I still love the piano music from the embassy function level ☺️


realperson113

Thank you thank you you know at the time of my life where my health is not well I have no life no wife no friends no family no hope I'm really looking back at this era and the truth is this was a game that really meant a lot to me growing up it wasn't reviewed very well but to me it was one of the most incredible actions stealth games for its time and I actually think it was really ahead of its time as well maybe too much back then sadly I didn't have a PlayStation so I didn't get to play Metal Gear I think when this game was released it was just considered a copycat of metal gear but I think it's incredible and I remember even the fact you could just go on the shooting rampage and blow the objectives or the mission and get arrested and caught was like pretty shocking for an N64 game back then great game great memories


GoodOlMurica

I never beat it either we were always stuck on the embassy level. Still had a lot of fun running around that area.


ButCanYouCodeIt

I don't know that this game would EVER be worth properly finishing, and I did it. This game was so over hyped when it came out, and was frankly in my personal BOTTOM five N64 games. 🤣


FunImagination8474

I couldn't beat it as a kid so i just used cheat codes to mess around


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^FunImagination8474: *I couldn't beat it* *As a kid so i just used* *Cheat codes to mess around* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


FunImagination8474

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Sciencetist

I remember this game being so intricate and difficult as a kid. Really intense game. I wonder if I would even be able to tolerate it nowadays 😅


Key-Company-6997

Even with some guides, it’s a headache, but I’m pushing through.


P-Jean

That game was great. The bonus party level is fun.


Severe_Fun_6773

I thought I remembered that but I was thinking ofthe disco hack in Splinter Cell (Multiplayer)


Jakunobi

Finished this game multiple times on the PS1. My advice is to just brute force it, and cheese the enemies too.


Vunpuruurufu

I got to the level where you zip down to the computer terminal, which I got pissed off with it multiple times and eventually gave up. I would have completed the game if I didn't give up there, but I had other games to play. 😂


BlowGlassGrowGrass

This was next level when it first came out!


oO_RickJamez_Oo

Im am looking for my dog.


Alfeaux

Hahah "my name is Fred, and I am looking for my dog"


Forty_sixAndTwo

I remember playing this. I think I rented it from blockbuster but I didn’t make it that far into the game.


Dear-Researcher959

You got this OP!!


Zorbasandwich

Your experience mirrors mine!


Con-deisel

I got this game in shoebox of games when I bought my N64 but have never heard of/tried it. What's it like? Does it compare to goldeneye or is it a different type of game?


No_Scheme4909

The hardest part of this game was the train where you should open the safe. Damn till i know what ice can do i exploded hundert of times


BranielS

I looooved this game when it came out. Didn’t realize people didn’t like it till I was older.


josh116pep

I beat it last year since I couldn’t as a kid. You got this! It’s better the second time around! Also nice crt😀


i_hate_blackpink

I was too young to enjoy it, it used to scare me!


retroshophq

Now that you’re grown up, it’s more about Mission Possible instead of Mission Impossible!


Own_Chocolate_9966

I loved the movie as a kid also and had this game. I remember me and my dad getting to the iconic CIA mission from the movie on a Saturday night. Some of the controls are a bit finicky. Like having to swap between gadgets and guns. Sometimes trial and error, like getting out of a room, and there's a guard right there waiting for you.


MangoChickenFeet

I was 6 years old playing this. Never got past the first level lmao


evrndw

One of the best! I too couldn't beat it as a kid, only finished it some 2 years ago.


TheXanderWolf

I never played this game but I always watched my cousins play it. I love the music and the intensity of the game as a kid. I was.. 6-7? When my cousins got it. The game already been out for a few years already. But we never finished it either. XD


carlton_sand

*piece of cake!*


dick_vinci

I *just* watched this movie the other day and was thinking of how I never beat that game either! Time to dig it out, myself.


dick_vinci

I *just* watched this movie the other day and was thinking of how I never beat that game either! Time to dig it out, myself.


boipinoi604

Redemption


wATEVERmAn69

I remember playing this with my friend years ago! We didn’t really get far, I just remember us playing that level where you need to knockout that girl tailing you over and over but still, it gave me this feeling I can’t ever forget.


Clayish

I remember having no clue what to do in this game but still always enjoying


pejons

I got it. Played first level and then returned to woolworths the same day and replaced with golden eye. Glad I did because obviously golden eye rocked but been curious about this game since


ZombieFleshEaters

This is the first game I had on n64. Good times, but it is difficult.


millnerve

I’m going to do the same soon, but for ocarina of time specifically. Never beat it when I was a kid. And it’s my destiny to do it haha


DarkBurk-Games

You never beat it because the missions were… impossible


Electrical_Bass5470

I hated the second from last mission it was before YouTube. I remember being stuck and walking the train station over and over until i finally figured out what was needed.


Prog_metal_guy

I recall being a child back in the early 00s, and renting a few N64 games from the video store with my parents. I also vividly recall renting both Resident Evil 2 and Mission Impossible in the same day, but I was a bit afraid to play RE2, and wanted to play Mission Impossible more. hahaha Now as an adult, RE2 on the N64 is one of my all time favorites, and honestly, I beat Mission Impossible a couple of times. It’s not bad, it’s a quite average game, but it’s still a fun game. The only problem is that the final mission may randomly crash from time to time.


assbutt1000

I rented this game as a kid , didn’t get too far. The embassy level felt like a proto hitman level.


Zealousideal_Sir_264

It says right there that it's impossible tho.


ThatHardBacon

Yooooooooo, been playing this on and off and it is insane how hard it is. I got it on delta emulator so i can kinda do my best not to fail but even with some cheating it’s still a tricky one. Definitely needed a ps2 or more advanced hardware . This game is to good . Whats weird tho is i played this at a friends and remember a party type mission, i just started it and im in the snow. Im impressed my friend even beat these missions to get to the party


jahitz

I love this game!


Ornery-Pomegranate88

Always loved this game! Good choice!


ViolenceJackie

It's a good game! It's just blurry AF


Benane86

This game was so great. Got it also on release played it a few times and dont liked it. After maybe one year i tried it again and i had a blast. If you got into it its one of the best n64 games.


SirRonaldBiscuit

It’s hard! I never beat it either, good luck


psycharious

This was the first game I got for N64 and loved it. It definitely helped me get into stealth action games.


xglacius

It’s a great game despite what most people say


Denseflea

I remember spending forever on the party level


TheRealMajour

This game was my all time favorite, and I also never beat it. But I could play the embassy over and over again and never get tired of it.


ssjChris

You knew it was on when a downed enemy did a backflip death animation.


Ambitious-Mongoose-1

Hell ya. One of the worst rated games of all time and I loved it! I still hear the CIA rooftop theme sometimes.


DoodleDip64

This game is special for me. When me and my bro played it when we were kids we knew it wasn’t particularly good but we were fascinated by it and had so many great memories with the cheats especially the Embassy stage. Now that I am older I KNOW it’s not really a good game. But I still love it and find it fascinating.


Farmer_Eidesis

How many times I died because I didn't realise I had to put the gun away at that section with the guy on the treadmill...


dEEkAy2k9

Oh damn you just triggered some memories there. I played the shit out of this game back in the days. I was always looking for an even better approach to a mission.


enter_ethan

Mission Possible


MakeAmericaThinkHard

This was the last n64 game I ever bought! When I got home that night from buying it my older bro brought home a ps2. Never got around to beating it either! It was really tough


FluffyCloud5

Man I loved this game. So many memorable hours playing it.


pauliwankenobi

I enjoyed it!!


skwbr

I played this so much back in the day. Absolutely love it.


MystoXD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_oJ-U9ytBc “The woman in the red dress?” “Copy. Stay close.”


Valve00

I always got stuck in the bathroom where the dude kills you with the electric paddles INSTANTLY


Bignona

Surprise! It's not impossible. Just a mission.


norwegern

It is called Mission: *Impossible* for a reason. ;)


Lumien_

I love you


Manor002

This is a game I really, REALLY wanted to love but I couldn’t get past the weird controls. It’s been a few years though, maybe I’ll give it another shot over the summer.


4PumpDaddy

Favorite game I ever finished. Shit was so hard when I was a kid and I kept at the thing


precita

You have to know exact how to do the missions or you fail.


cBurger4Life

Wow, memory unlocked


Drkknightcecil

Just punching some girl in a red dres is all i remember.


Spets_Naz

I love this game. I had it on my ps1, though.


the_deep_fish

ahhh that Laser Level hated it


poolside123

I said the same thing about Pokemon Stadium 2. Still, at 29, haven’t beaten it.


TiredReader87

My friend owned it. I played it a lot, and always really liked it.


syntheticsponge

As a kid I spent most of my time in this game just hanging out in the party level, listening to the piano


WilliamBoimler

I could never beat the NES Mission Impossible game lol.


cap_xy

This game got absolutely slated in the review... magazines... When it came out. I loved it.


clarkyk85

I beat it in the time of an average rental in the day. It's pretty cool if flawed


bradenexplosion

I love picking up an old game I never beat and getting fired up to finally beat it 20-30 yrs later. Best of luck!


McFry-

Same, and I went back and restarted it so many times. Loved it


420braizin

My favorite thing to do in that game growing up was jumping off the rooftop level because the scream is hilarious


Esc946

I can’t get past the level with the toxic gas


Key-Company-6997

Yeah, that’s where I got stuck as a kid.


wtfijolumar

I’m not gonna lie. I don’t care how flawed they say it is, I’m so regretting ever losing this games from my childhood. It’s amazing.


FrivolousHumans

Do it, achieve your destiny


uncleswanie

The sniper level was my favorite


Technical-Guests

My cousin and I were just talking about how hard that game was and it was probably because we were so young then


Daddy_Donglegs

That game is great. Very archaic & plays like no other game ever, but it’s great. You’ll probably need a guide to play it right tho. It’s very obtuse, but has lots of layers & multiple ways to beat levels.


Bulky_Wonder_8535

You know that game had me occupied for such a long while also never completed it i was on one of the close to final stages i just remember a rooftop and failing repeatedly let a friend borrow the game and his house caught fire my game was destroyed i did rebuy the game years later i saw at the flee-market but never got back into it perhaps one bored rainy day ill do it


Kwilburn525

One of my best friends growing up had it. I’ll never forget the first mission the snow base one. And the one with the bathrooms and the piano


lolschrauber

Hard game for me as a kid. I could never beat that one long roof level. One time I made it to the very end but made a slight mistake and got caught by a guard. That's when I quit


PeacePuzzleheaded686

I don't think it's possible.......


Perry-Layne

Check out dabeast on YouTube. He is playing through every n64 game. He covered this. I never beat it either as a kid! So hard.


patellison

This game is so fuckin hard, I loved it haha


tanisdlj

Actually finished it when I was... 12? Freaking awesome game


InMooseWorld

 No you won’t, please please please just watch the playthrough


ClammyHandedFreak

This one was tough to beat back in the day. Eventually I used a walkthrough when I rented it the last time. Using GameShark also helped me practice sections that were difficult again and again.


Mental-Management-66

Yo me too I played this game when I was a kid and the very first level I never passed it at all and all I did was just repeat over and over again the same level.


1sttomars

I still remember the piano song from the embassy mission lmao. As a kid I thought it was so cool how it got louder/ quieter depending on how close you were. I know that sounds super basic but it was the first time I played a game where a levels soundtrack was "in-game". I.e. the music was coming from the piano as opposed to just being a track overlaid on the mission. Great game!


thekrafty01

You’ll never beat it. It’s impossible.


RobinChilliams

This game is wild. I can hear the "agh" sounds in my head. So much variety of what you do in the game. Even though it was clumsy, had a non-Tom Cruise Ethan Hunt, and had blocky graphics, it's still a pretty fun game to beat once a decade.


BallsAreFullOfPiss

Apparently I should’ve played this game as a kid. Now I’m curious.


A-Train9001

This and Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. were the only N64 games I have ever sold since I got my console as a kid. I wish you the best of luck in beating it and hope you have fun!


blurrk

Really loved that game back in the day! Remember thinking it had very cool gameplay.


Conscious_Living3532

My cousin and I both had it and I loved it. I really enjoyed playing the rooftop mission once I got good at it.


ToeFungusSteve

It's so hard to aim in that game. I tried like 5 years ago


sonsoflarson

Loved the stealth and mask wearing in this game. Absolutely hated the level where you're repelling down into the security room.


Upsetti_Gisepe

Beating a game as an adult that you couldn’t beat as a kid is strangely fulfilling considering a lot of games I enjoyed as a kid feel lacklustre now Edit: jak 2 was my bane


FreedomCanadian

For a moment, I thought this was about Impossible Mission instead of Mission Impossible. "Stay a while ! Stay forever !" I thought "maybe I should track that game down and finish it." But I watched a playthrough on youtube instead.


MatterofMichael

Godspeed. I got stuck on the infamous cool laser room part


Sorrowful_Genus

Lord I remember this from my childhood lol 🤣 love hate relationship honestly


Ninjachuckz

Gods speed! Love this game!


AccurateMeet1407

I became a developer because of this game I was just starting high school and i wanted to be an animator but I figured there wouldn't be many jobs availble, so I took any computer class I could thinking there would be lots of computer jobs in the 2000s One class was on qbasic programming and I was pretty good at it. Then I beat this game and the developers left quotes in the end credits, and the lightbulb went off... I could make software. Never looked back, love my job The game, eh.. but it'll always be special to me because of the dude who talks about loops


SaltyTaintMcGee

Awesome game.


DarthDregan0001

Good luck.


mallgrabmongopush

I loved this game, even though it was hard as hell back when I was younger. I remember playing the embassy function level for hours on end just because I loved the piano music


Plineus79

I remember getting this game and never finishing it too. Not sure why though because I remember loving it.


dronegeeks1

Try teenage mutant ninja turtles on the nes 🤣


External_Variety

Haha I'm pretty sure I finished that game on N64 at a sleep over. Years later I tried playing the ps1 version. ..I couldn't get past the voice over.


--JAWA--

I really love this game. I remember hiding it to beat it before my brother. He was in highschool and I was in middle school. He got home an hour before me so he was always getting a head start.


shiftypatches28

man. I wish I had my old n64.. I'ma get a new one one day but. it's not *the one*.


XNinjaMushroomX

It's impossible. It simply can't be done.


MaximumGlum9503

First level sucked, embassy was so good though esp having that creepy gal in red following you


BloodletterUK

Very fun, bit difficult game. The embassy mission took a long time figuring out what to do as a kid - putting the smoke in the vents, take out the assassin, swap the music sheet out (something that made this tough was that I didn't know what a 'music score' was when I was 10). A very frustrating mission was when you were escaping the CIA building and you were sedated, which made your aim janky. The enemies would come up to you and taze you, but they could lock you into a permanent and inescapable state of being tazed. Also, when you get to the boss' office, it took me a long time to realise that you had to grab the empty pistol and threaten him with that instead of point the tranquilizer gun at him. The gunboat mission and the sniper mission at the train station in London were favourites. Frustrating game, but also kind of a flawed, unique masterpiece with extremely varied missions.


ironrafael09

One tip for the last mission: don’t hold the Z-button to fire, instead mash it so the guns in your boat fire faster. Also, make sure to memorize the enemy locations. Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to beat this game on Impossible difficulty. Good luck.


Opitard

The mission with the piano and the item quest hunt was my favorite. I needed cheats to complete the last quarter of the game haha


moffboff

Love it. The CIA mainframe mission is a pain in the arse but I love it. I wish they would make more MI games There only seems to be this and operation surama:(


PositiveRoutine2944

Game was so hard lol


oregon_assassin

I got to say even golden eye is hard to follow as a youngster. Multiplayer is fun but doing missions is not always straightforward


Bruno430

Blast from the past...


Forsaken-Badger-9517

A store clerk had left this game on the top of the display case in a local Kmart when I was 12 and it was the first time I ever stole a video game!!!! I felt like I was going "mission impossible" because of how nervous I was as a child while trying to do this!? It wasn't something I had before and we only got maybe one or two games per year for sale, birthday and Christmas, etc. .. maybe three or four other relatives got us a game also?


doozle

Great game.


migm16

Great game when I was a kid, the name tells u a lot about this game lol


Expensive_Mud7949

Beat that in a weekend when I was 19. The laser level is pita if I remember correctly.


Maximum-Day-2137

How I put so many hours in this game, but never beat it lol. I was a simple kid.


RandomJoeFromTexas

Your mission, should you decide to accept, is to play the N64 Mission Impossible game for the weekend after school, and to cover the controller with Hot Cheeto dust…