Impossible Mission HSC Week 12

[Cousin Vinnie]

Yeah, this game is a trip. Let's ham it up.

 

I decided to go with Impossible Mission this week because I think it is impossible to go two weeks in a row without Jedi Jeff.

 

HSC:

www.flipsiderunner.com/7800/highscore.html

 

Next week we will have a Double Down week (Two games with one combined score to determine the winner) and the next week we will have open voting! Enjoy!

 

Cousin Vinnie

[Cousin Vinnie]

I'm an idiot. I meant for this sentence to be funny. This is what I meant:

 

 

I decided to go with Impossible Mission this week because I think it is impossible to go two weeks in a row without Jedi Jeff winning at least once.

 

Anyway, forgive the brain fart.

 

Cousin Vinnie

[Tempest]

You should use the "fixed" rom. This way we can finally see if it really is fixed. I know I've tried to play it through but I suck at IM.

 

Tempest

[Trip_Cannon]

I can't get the "fixed" rom to work..

 

Can somebody help me with this?

[Trip_Cannon]

Anybody?

[Trip_Cannon]

Never mind... Got the "fixed" rom to work..

[+Mitch]

You should use the "fixed" rom.  This way we can finally see if it really is fixed.  I know I've tried to play it through but I suck at IM.

 

Tempest

 

The easiest way to test Impossible Mission is to map the game out. The game map that you see right after you power on the 7800 is always the same. If you die, don't hit "Reset", turn the power off and then on and you will have the exact same map. Much easier for testing.

 

Mitch

[jedijeff]

Best I could do was 4300. Sure wish I could

send in my cart for a fixed version.

 

Jeff

[Trip_Cannon]

I can pretty much confirm that the "fixed" ROM is not really fixed. I've cleared out every single piece in the game and I'm still missing pieces.

[+Mitch]

I can pretty much confirm that the "fixed" ROM is not really fixed. I've cleared out every single piece in the game and I'm still missing pieces.

 

Bummer.

 

Mitch

[Tempest]

Damn. I wonder what's messed up in the code? Is it possible to compare the NTSC to the PAL version and see how they differ? Once you throw out the PAL/NTSC signal code differences, what's left must be the "fix".

 

Tempest

[Trip_Cannon]

I can tell you one thing, if it helps any... I've always heard that it's one piece that's missing out of the bunch.. but it's actually 11 pieces that are missing. You'll be lucky to hit 25 out of the 36 pieces of the puzzle when you play.

[+Mitch]

The problem isn't just one piece missing because it can vary from game to game. The problem is that the game logic for hiding the pieces lets pieces be hidden behind the non-searchable computer terminals.

 

Oh and thank you to Trip_Cannon for testing it out.

 

Mitch

[gdement]

I'm not sure how the "fixed" NTSC version was produced, but it seems the best way to fix the game would be for an interested party to disassemble the PAL version and convert it to NTSC. I believe "Desert Falcon" has already been disassembled and somebody recently started working on "Robotron". Those were being disassembled for research purposes as far as I know. Maybe "Impossible Mission" would be a better game to disassemble since it would provide the additional benefit of fixing the game. Trying to fix an unknown bug in the NTSC version seems a lot harder than performing a known PAL->NTSC conversion. But I say this without knowing if maybe that's what was already done.

[Mayhem]

And if someone can convert Robotron to PAL, please do

 

Sadly the fixed IM doesn't work properly on my PAL 7800 (freezes when you enter a room) otherwise I would have shown whether it was properly fixed or not ages ago (I can beat the 7800 version with my eyes shut).

[Trip_Cannon]

(I can beat the 7800 version with my eyes shut).

 

Being a c64 player I would expect nothing less!!

[Mayhem]

In some ways it's actually harder as the 7800 somersault is a lot less forgiving. On the other hand, it's easier to avoid the robots and do your searching, so it balances out.

[Trip_Cannon]

If at first you don't succeed,

 

 

 

Go to PAL!

[Mayhem]

Of course you're seriously tempting me to give this a go and sub a score

 

Very rusty though... haven't played in quite a while...

[Cousin Vinnie]

!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Trip, did you just beat this game?

 

CV

[Cousin Vinnie]

By the way, I scored 2100

 

CV

[Trip_Cannon]

!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Trip, did you just beat this game?

 

CV

 

Yep!

 

That was my final score at something like 3 hours left on the clock... It took awhile!!! It took FOREVER!!!!

[Trip_Cannon]

Of course you're seriously tempting me to give this a go and sub a score

 

Very rusty though... haven't played in quite a while...

 

Just like riding a bike!

[Cousin Vinnie]

Did you play a PAL version, or an emulator or what?

 

CV

[+Mitch]

Did you play a PAL version, or an emulator or what?

 

CV

 

Yeah, it looks like a PAL emu screenshot alright.

 

Mitch