Impossamole is a platform game

Platform game

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 developed

Video game developer

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 by Core Design

Core Design

Core Design was a British video game studio best known today for creating the popular Tomb Raider series.-History:Based in the city of Derby, England, Core Design was set up in 1988 by Chris Shrigley, Andy Green, Rob Toone, Terry Lloyd, Simon Phipps, Dave Pridmore, Jeremy Heath-Smith and Greg Holmes...

 for the Amiga

Amiga

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, Atari ST

Atari ST

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, Commodore 64

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, Amstrad CPC

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 and ZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum

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. It was released in 1990 and published

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 by Gremlin Graphics. NEC Interchannel published it on TurboGrafx-16

TurboGrafx-16

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 the following year.

This game is similar to Rick Dangerous 2, another Core Design game. It features the cape-clad superhero Monty Mole

Monty Mole

Monty Mole is a fictional mole who appears as the title character from the a series of video games from Gremlin Graphics. These include:* Wanted: Monty Mole , which begins the series with Monty traveling around a coal mine collecting pieces of coal and other miscellaneous objects whilst avoiding...

 who is recruited by aliens to retrieve their sacred scrolls. As in RD2, the first four levels may be played in any order. Completing these four levels (the Orient, Klondike mines, Ice and Amazon forest) unlocks the fifth and final level. Notice the similarity with RD2 in terms of level themes.

A platform game, the player progresses horizontally as well as climbing up ladders. Monty Mole is equipped with weapons and is able to do a flying kick

Kick

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to defend himself against enemy creatures lurking about.

External links

• Impossamole af Farmgames