IMP (ImPick)

IMP is a 2001 fighting game by IdolFX.

It was originally released on 50 (!) separate discs, each containing one (1) character. In 2025, Jeff (that's me) made a video about IMP.
The page you are currently visiting contains a slightly janky-but-functional shareware build of the game, which was put together in 2025 by Jeffiot and Nick Glenn from Playable Workshop, with permission from the original IdolFX devs.

This build of the game is the first time that all 50 characters are included with the game, and the first time anyone has been able to (legally) actually play with every single character, without having to track down all 50 discs.

see jeffs video about IMP here:

Instructions:

How to download

1. Download the .rar file

2. Extract it

3. Run the .exe

You’ll then choose between the web version or the desktop version.

Web version instructions

• Scan the QR code with your phone

• Pick your fighter on your phone

• Launch the game from your phone

• Start playing on your PC

• Switch characters from your phone whenever needed

Desktop version instructions

• Pick your character from the dropdown menu

• launch the game, pick your arena,

• when it shows your currently picked character, tab out, change to your second character, and tab back in
  (Yes, it’s clunky. Welcome to IMP.)

League Mode

League mode works in both versions. Behind the scenes, it mounts an .iso to your PC to trick it into thinking there's a physical game disc inserted.

Once that .ISO has loaded (give it somewhere between 10 seconds and 1 minute after clicking the league mode-button), pick your character, set up your league and when it prompts you to insert your imp disk, switch character before clicking okay for each character you want to enter. it'll make sense.

Tutorial Video

Troubleshooting

if the game does not start, or runs the launcher but not the actual game, go into the folder impdata and launch imp.exe directly once, making sure that you allow it to run through your firewall. see timestamp 0:07 in the tutorial video above for a step-by-step.

Other

The game is free. Any donations will go toward IMP-related endeavors by Jeff.
More info may end up here later as things evolve.