Confidential Mission
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Confidential Mission is a light gun
game published by Sega
, first available as an arcade game, then ported to the Dreamcast. The game is in the same style as the Virtua Cop
series, with support for one or two players. The game was developed by Sega's Hitmaker
development team and first released in 2000. Its plot is of the same vein as James Bond
, and Mission: Impossible
. Despite it also having an arcade release, it never enjoyed the popularity of the Virtua Cop nor the Time Crisis series.
Gameplay using a regular Dreamcast controller to move an on-screen cursor is available, however, quick draw shots are extremely hard to master and are crucial to all light gun games.
Light gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
game published by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
, first available as an arcade game, then ported to the Dreamcast. The game is in the same style as the Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop is a lightgun shooter arcade game created by Sega-AM2, and headed by Yu Suzuki. Its original incarnation was an arcade game in 1994 and it was later ported to the Sega Saturn in 1995, and Microsoft Windows in 1997...
series, with support for one or two players. The game was developed by Sega's Hitmaker
Hitmaker
Sega AM3 is a division of Japanese video game developer Sega Corporation. The development team has produced some popular arcade game and video games, including Virtual On, NASCAR Arcade, Crazy Taxi, Astro Boy: Omega Factor , Virtua Tennis, and the Initial D Arcade Stage series.-History:In 2000, as...
development team and first released in 2000. Its plot is of the same vein as James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
, and Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in...
. Despite it also having an arcade release, it never enjoyed the popularity of the Virtua Cop nor the Time Crisis series.
Story
A group of terrorists have stolen the World's Collisions satellite,CMF sends two of its agents,Howard Gibson,and Jean Clifford to investigate. They first infiltrate a museum, where they find out "Agares" is behind the plot of stealing the satellite. As soon as they grab the disc with the information,one of the Agares leaders prevent them from getting the disc. After they retrieve the disc, they are sent to a train traveling through the mountains. Irina Mikalova,Satellite programmer, has been kidnapped by Agares and forced to reprogram the satellite, Howard and Jean manage to rescue Irina but are stopped by the General, who is defeated by the two agents. With the help of Irina, CMF locates Agares Headquarters, where the satellite control is being transported to a submarine. Howard and Jean manage to make it through the base and find the Agares Leader, who plans to use the satellite to destroy the CMF Headquarters. After being defeated, the leader uses a self-destruct sequence to defeat the two agents and escaping with the satellite data. The two agents manage to use the satellite to destroy the submarine and the leader. The two agents escape, and CMF is prevented from being destroyed.Gameplay
Hitmaker ported this game to the Dreamcast console direct from the arcade. The simplicity of light gun based games ported to consoles allow for a streamlined and fast paced gaming experience because the game only really requires one button: fire. The idea of the mission is to infiltrate enemy headquarters using a combined assortment of weapons and gadgets which differs from the traditional Virtua Cop and Time Crisis games.Gameplay using a regular Dreamcast controller to move an on-screen cursor is available, however, quick draw shots are extremely hard to master and are crucial to all light gun games.