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Midnight Resistance

1989 79 / 100 Arcade Platform Shooter
Midnight Resistance is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Data East for the arcades in 1989. The game was ported by Data East to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 and by Ocean Software to various home computer platforms during the same year. The game is set in a dystopian future where the player controls a member of a resistance movement who goes on a mission to rescue his kidnapped family from a mad scienti Show full summary

Midnight Resistance is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Data East for the arcades in 1989. The game was ported by Data East to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 and by Ocean Software to various home computer platforms during the same year. The game is set in a dystopian future where the player controls a member of a resistance movement who goes on a mission to rescue his kidnapped family from a mad scientist.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op

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Story & context

In the arcade version, two nameless brothers are on a mission to rescue their family from an entity known as King Crimson. In the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version, the main character is Johnny Ford who's a member of an operative group who shuts down drug cartels in South America. After completing his last mission, Johnny returned home only to find it in shambles, and he sees a note in which King Crimson kidnapped his entire family. The reason for the abduction is that Johnny's father, Malcolm Ford, was developing a serum which could help people break their addictions to all narcotics. Since the government is unable to help Johnny, he sets off on his own to rescue his family and destroy King Crimson's empire of evil for good.

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Midnight Resistance: release, platforms, and facts

Studio, play style, releases, and official sources — compactly prepared from external IGDB data.

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Data East
Publisher
Ocean Software, Sega, Data East, The Hit Squad, Tec Toy
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Co-operative, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Mar 29, 1991
  • Arcade 1989
  • Atari ST/STE 1990
  • Amstrad CPC 1990
  • ZX Spectrum 1990
  • Amiga 1990
  • Commodore C64/128/MAX 1990
  • Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Aug 11, 1991
  • Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Sep 05, 1991

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