Impossible Mission 2 - C64

[@Lukozer]

This video has a lot in common with mine. We both spend a lot of time saying how it doesn't compare to the original at all... and then both give it a good score, heh. Yes it may be sorely lacking compared to the first, but when compared to a lot of other games, still stands head and shoulders over them. There are 7 pieces of music to record (plus one duplicate)... at least i'm 99% sure of that... Does the C64 version have the Suicide Bot and Mine Laying Bot? I don't remember seeing them in the C64 game but they're both in the Amiga version.

[@Gansteeth]

+Lukozer The tape deck counter goes up to 150 and each piece is 25 units long. That's why I think it is 6 pieces. Mine laying bot I have seen. Suicide bot I am not sure about. It's a game I really need to play properly again. Edit: I managed to find the manual. Definitely 6 unique pieces required, with 2 duplicates. Hmmm, according to the Zzap review, the disk version has a save facility. I know the Amiga version did but I didn't know the C64 disk version also had one. Of course not much help if you're playing the tape version.

[@Lukozer]

The Suicide bot looks identical to the Push bot, but it throws itself off the edge of the platform as well as you... so it's rather stupid. I didn't know the Amiga version had a save option... I kept playing it from start to finish in order to complete it. If i'd bothered to read the manual back then I would saved myself a shit load of frustration! Maybe it was 6 pieces of music, but i'm sure the Amiga version only had one duplicate. That would mean one tower (randomly chosen) didn't have a safe to blast through... the more I think about it, the more that sounds familiar.

[@Gansteeth]

+Lukozer It could be. I haven't played the Amiga version all that much. I certainly didn't come anywhere near completing it.

[@Gansteeth]

+Lukozer I've been playing it a bit today. There's a bot that looks like a Pushbot but has two arms, each facing in opposite directions. I am guessing this is a Suicidebot. I had forgotton how tough some of the later towers are. There are some really nasty rooms that I feel spoils the game a little.