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PLAYSTATION Crime Killer N64 Assault (lnterpkiy’) £39.99 M. . _ . y , 3,3...) lSSIOfl. lmpossnble
(Tolstar Electronic Studios) £34.99 ' 1 H :2...a’ ‘Mi 0" :-.-' rm, ,m. t' (OUR: .) {49.99 Um. (:i"3(>.". 9):; «.- )' :; You’re all excited, right? 'Hurrah!’ you cry, mar-as (mum. in- f' ::::~ ‘v 5:: -. ’Another movie tie-in. How spoiled we in 3981' mun”: f"-.-: 1. " 4 ( :::: are!’ Well, calm down and prepare for i<:' l) :,.-.=':: m1: t'::.'.' '~ ;'.' disappointment with Mission: Impossible. :>..'. .1.‘:"':' '.P:""(:: '2 You take on the role of Ethan Hunt, Tom '> .<- <' " ',::<- {771, Cruise as it were, and must thwart um" ()i". V J..'. 1:: ~ -.v the evil plans of some of the f." g: :> t '- :;--.~ 1' :- . '.' -« most dastardly villains in (m 1: :z" :-.-', ‘."<"-.- 4w '1 -- " terrorist-land. With the help S.."::N:. ':' < . < -_-, of the other agents of the <;.'.'.~.-' .m f"... z:. . 2'. , '.::.. IMF, you creep, sneak and 1.1)" 1 ':--.-.a...- firm, ’ " 1' , crawl deep within enemy ow».- ::;~':: g: Mme-'21:. ’:-.~. territory, planting bombs, .:~.~.:;".-.-r: .'.-.a:::::'~'. ~ -.- T' 4'. stealing documents and tut". v” we. '_' .: (wa' ': kidnapping anyone who's ii‘i' <>':i slow gum (;(‘:"‘:'\(; w. Aft-.‘-"‘:t’."": .'.l.< S: .:<' 1‘ nearby. Or rather that’s the plan. (antiw- tr; Aswan, <:' . "r: r- 1-, '4: '> - ' 1n 7.0:":2-7 What actually happens is a lot less I, .a \1(l(‘-.'.(‘:.x-'\( '0! w; you“. m 143'- .:"<: ,: '2‘ :7. V:'-.' exciting. From a variety of viewpoints, ..i: .'.r‘.“ W;- n: minim". 90, 3!) . 2:; :u- (z: m. ,w: :w' '~.- . ,. you bang Ethan into walls, get shot at ". -:' '1'.'.‘ ::' ("3" . constantly and wander aimlessly while Yo.- (m :'1(>()s<‘- '1.) m. 1' TH" m- t» -- v ": ' . colleagues shout angrily at you over " .i r; " i\("1f) "(V/W <‘:"’l Kt» , -- Siva-u Qua!" '* :‘i. T? '- '3) your communicator. International
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