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Gain Ground

In Gain Ground, players control one of a set of characters at a time. There are twenty characters, each with different weapons. To beat a level, players must reach the exit point with at least one character or…

1 November 1988

Gain Ground is an arcade developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd., released 1 November 1988 on Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Arcade.

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What Gain Ground is

Gain Ground is an arcade game developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. and released in 1988. It was published by NEC Avenue, Ltd.. It is available on Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Arcade, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A long period of peace has deprived the earthlings of their instinct to wage war. The Federated Government, greatly concerned regarding this ever increasing dangerous situation, developed a Gain Ground simulation system in the year 2348 in an effort to instigate their ever waning fighting spirit. However, suddenly without warning, the Supercomputer went berserk and took many of the citizens as hostages. In order to rescue the POWs, three of the bravest warriors were urgently dispatched to go forth into the deadly Gain Ground.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

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When did Gain Ground come out?
Gain Ground was released on 1 November 1988 for Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Arcade, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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