Mission: Impossible

About

Mission Impossible is a 1998 action-adventure game tied to the Ethan Hunt movie series. You take on IMF agent roles to stop a missile attack in Norway and track a stolen intelligence list in Prague. The gameplay blends on-rails shooting, stealth sections, and puzzle-solving across mission-based levels. Each thread features platforming challenges, enemy encounters, and gadget use. The PlayStation version adds voice acting while the N64 edition sticks to button-mapped actions and environmental exploration. The game balances film-accurate set pieces with 90s-era gameplay quirks. Community reviews highlight its tight level design and dual narratives but note dated controls on N64. Fans of the franchise praise the faithful adaptation and varied mission types. With a sequel arriving three years later, this entry remains a niche entry in the series for retro action fans.

Storyline

Jim Phelps is in a park outside the CIA, getting a message about a terrorist plot in Norway planning to send missiles to a rival country. Phelps sends IMF agents Ethan Hunt, John Clutter and Andrew Dowey to stop the terrorists' plans by infiltrating the submarine pen where the missiles are being stored, then destroying the submarine holding the missiles. While this is happening, Alexander Golystine, a worker at the Embassy of Russia in Prague, kidnaps the female IMF agent Candice Parker and steals one half of the Non-Official Cover (NOC) list, a list that gives the real and false names of all IMF agents. Though useless on its own, the Embassy possess a powerful super-computer that may be capable of breaking the code to open the document, and after IMF agent Robert Barnes goes missing after an attempted rescue mission, Phelps sends in Hunt to find and save the list, rescue Candice Parker, and discover the fate of Barnes.