/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10509795
>>10515206
>And of course many many examples of it happening by accident too

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>The Atari 7800 version of Impossible Mission actually is 'impossible' in that it is completely impossible to finish the game. A bug in the game's code made it so that some of the puzzle pieces you need to complete the game are placed behind computer terminals. Unfortunately, it is impossible to search computer terminals, as attempting to do so will access them instead of searching. The bug was fixed in the PAL releases of the game.

>>9467272
Impossible Mission for Atari 7800. A literally impossible mission.
>The cart was released with a bug where some of the pieces with which you need to solve the game are hidden under computer terminals, but the game will not allow to you search the terminals and collect them. This bug was eventually fixed, but Atari never released the updated version in the United States

>>8545068
The Atari 7800 port of Impossible Mission was literally impossible due to a game-breaking bug.

>>8033675
The North American version of Impossible Mission for the Atari 7800 was literally impossible. A glitch in the search mechanic prevented you from acquiring one or more puzzle pieces required to beat the game. A romhack is floating around the internet now that fixes it, but there are still better ports readily available.