Confidential Mission

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 or The House of the Dead 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 House of the Dead series, which were also produced by Sega.

Confidential Mission
European Dreamcast cover art From left to right: Jean Clifford, Howard Gibson, Agares leader, Stage 1 boss
Developer(s)	Hitmaker
Publisher(s)	Sega
Platform(s)	Dreamcast, Arcade
Release	2000 (Arcade) NA: May 14, 2001 EU: May 25, 2001 JP: June 14, 2001
Genre(s)	Action-adventure, Light gun, Shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Sega NAOMI GD-ROM

Plot

A group of terrorists have stolen the World's Coalition's satellite. The Confidential Mission Force (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. There, they find out that Agares has kidnapped satellite programmer Irina Mikhailova and forced her to reprogram the satellite. Howard and Jean manage to rescue Irina but are stopped by the General, whom they eventually defeat in a fierce firefight. 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 Ringleader, who plans to use the satellite to destroy the CMF's headquarters. After being defeated, the leader uses a self-destruct sequence on Agares's base and escapes in a submarine. If the player succeeds in the final quick time event, the two agents manage to use the satellite to destroy the submarine and deep-six the Ringleader. Howard and Jean then escape, thus saving the rest of the CMF from being destroyed.

Gameplay

Hitmaker ported this game to the Dreamcast console direct from the arcade. The idea of the mission is to infiltrate enemy headquarters using a combined assortment of weapons and gadgets.

Gameplay using a regular Dreamcast controller moving an on-screen cursor is available.

Hardware

Confidential Mission was developed using the Sega System-16 NAOMI GD-ROM model arcade board. It was available in the arcades in 4 configurations: Cabinet Deluxe, Sitdown, Normal and Upright.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score Aggregator Score Metacritic 70/100[1] Review scores Publication Score GameRevolution C[2] GameSpot 5.3/10[3] IGN 8.8/10[4] Next Generation [5]

In Japan, Game Machine listed Confidential Mission on their January 15, 2001 issue as being the second most-successful dedicated arcade game of the year.[6]

Confidential Mission received generally positive to mixed reviews from critics. On release, Famitsu magazine scored the Dreamcast version of the game a 31 out of 40.[7] Jim Preston reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "what's not surprising is that such a bland and feeble game would be rushed out the door during the last days of Dreamcast."[5]

See also

• Virtua Cop
• The House of the Dead

References

1. "Confidential Mission for Dreamcast Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
2. "Confidential Mission - Dreamcast Review". GameSpot. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
3. "Dreamcast Reviews: Confidential Mission Review". GameSpot. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
4. "Dreamcast: Confidential Mission". IGN. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
5. Preston, Jim (July 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4 no. 7. Imagine Media. p. 84.
6. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 626. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 January 2001. p. 17.
7. ドリームキャスト - コンフィデンシャル ミッション. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.53. 30 June 2006.