Mission Critical (video game)

Mission Critical
Developer(s)	Legend Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Legend Entertainment
Producer(s)	Kathleen Bober
Designer(s)	Mike Verdu
Programmer(s)	Chip Kerchner Mark Poesch
Artist(s)	Mike Verdu
Writer(s)	Mike Verdu
Composer(s)	Eric Heberling Mark Nemcoff
Platform(s)	MS-DOS
Release	November 1995[1]
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Mission Critical is a sci-fi adventure game, created by Legend Entertainment for MS-DOS, written by the company's CEO Mike Verdu, and released in November 1995. The game consists of 3D graphics and features live-action scenes, with the cast including Michael Dorn and Patricia Charbonneau. The games storyline focuses on the player taking on the role of a single crew member, who is left behind on their ship after their captain feigns a surrender to ensure a vital mission can continue. The player's goal focuses on repairing their ship after a recent battle, and then getting to the surface of a planet to complete a secret scientific mission that could provide the means to ending a war over technological advancements and artificial life.

The game received generally positive reviews following its release, with critics praising its gameplay, storylines and live-action scenes. A novel sequel to the game, titled Mission Critical: Death of the Phoenix - A Novel was published in 1996.