Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Mission: Impossible on?
- Mission: Impossible was released on Nintendo 64, PlayStation.
- When did Mission: Impossible release?
- Mission: Impossible was first released on July 16, 1998.
About Mission: Impossible
An Action-adventure game based on the 1996 film Mission: Impossible. It was for Nintendo 64. It was later ported to the PlayStation, with minor additions such as voice acting. A sequel, Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma, was released in 2003.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64, PlayStation
- Developer
- Ocean Software
- Publisher
- Infogrames Entertainment
- Game modes
- Single player
- Themes
- Action, Stealth
- Series
- Mission: Impossible
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo 64 | 1998 | $9 | $35 | $144 | 14 reviews | Low |
Release timeline
- Nintendo 64Jul 16, 1998
- PlayStationOct 1, 1999
First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.
We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAL release | $6 | $22 | — |
What it needs to play
- OptionalRumble Pak — supported (game manual).
How often it sells
- Loose: about 3 times a week
- Complete: about once a week
- Sealed: about 6 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $0.95 in Jan 2007, $8.25 five years ago, and $8.99 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2007 | $0.95 | — |
| Jan 2008 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $0.87 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $0.87 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $0.88 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $2.99 | $3.25 |
| Jan 2015 | $3.90 | $11.00 |
| Jan 2016 | $4.27 | $11.88 |
| Jan 2017 | $3.31 | $15.14 |
| Jan 2018 | $4.42 | $14.40 |
| Jan 2019 | $4.14 | $15.04 |
| Jan 2020 | $5.53 | $17.49 |
| Jan 2021 | $4.92 | $19.89 |
| Jan 2022 | $6.04 | $25 |
| Jan 2023 | $5.49 | $27 |
| Jan 2024 | $8.47 | $33 |
| Jan 2025 | $7.83 | $31 |
| Jan 2026 | $9.99 | $36 |
| Oct 2026 | $8.99 | $35 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Cartridge serial | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 16 July 1998 | NUS-NMIE-USA | NUS-01A-02 |
| Europe / PAL | 25 September 1998 | NUS-NMIP-UKV | NUS-01A-02 |
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 1998
- Authenticity
- Low
An ambitious spy adventure with a troubled development, and today a cheap curiosity.
Mission: Impossible on the Nintendo 64 is an action-adventure loosely based on the 1996 film, in which Ethan Hunt must clear his name after a mole infiltrates the IMF. Infogrames developed it, Ocean published it, and it came out in North America in July 1998 and in PAL regions in September 1998. It has 20 levels in which you complete objectives with high-tech gadgets.
It began as an ambitious PC game from an Ocean team in San Jose and took three years to make, with a troublesome development partly caused by overestimating what the Nintendo 64 could do. N64 Magazine's Tim Weaver said the game has poor analog stick detection. A sequel was announced for the Nintendo 64 but cancelled before release. The PlayStation version added FMV cutscenes, new music and voice acting.
What the press said at the time
| Next Generation Issue 44 | August 1998 | 3 out of 5 stars |
| GameRankings (aggregate) | 71% | |
| Metacritic (aggregate) | 61/100 | |
| AllGame | 3.5/5 | |
| Computer and Video Games | 2/5 | |
| The Electric Playground | 6/10 | |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 5.75/10 | |
| Game Informer | 8/10 | |
| GameRevolution | B− | |
| GameSpot | 6.6/10 | |
| Hyper | 82/100 | |
| IGN | 6.6/10 | |
| N64 Magazine | 75% | |
| Nintendo Power | 7.2/10 |
“As it stands, it's a fun game to play, with some intriguing puzzle-based action, but after a three-year wait, the flaws make this game somewhat of a letdown.”
Next Generation rated games from one star ("Bad: crucially flawed in design or application") to five ("Revolutionary"); three stars meant "Good: a solid and competitive example of an established game style." Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.
Also on other platforms
PlayStation
- PlayStation. The PlayStation port, released in 1999, added lighting effects, voice acting and other minor improvements.
- PlayStation. Next Generation reported that German developer X-ample would make the PlayStation version, with sampled speech and new levels promised.
How the other versions reviewed
| PlayStation | GameRankings | 66% |
| PlayStation | The Electric Playground | 6/10 |
| PlayStation | Game Informer | 8.25/10 |
| PlayStation | GameSpot | 4.4/10 |
| PlayStation | Hyper | 78/100 |
| PlayStation | IGN | 6.5/10 |
These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.
Before you buy
This is the N64 cartridge. The Rumble Pak is supported but optional. The cart sits well below the library median loose, PAL copies cost less than the North American cart, and fake risk is low. A complete copy costs several times the loose price, and sealed copies cost much more.
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