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Midnight Resistance

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…

31 December 1989

Midnight Resistance is an arcade developed by Data East, released 31 December 1989 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Arcade.

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What Midnight Resistance is

Midnight Resistance is an arcade game developed by Data East and released in 1989. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum. It runs on DECO Cassette System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

What it launched against

Midnight Resistance launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Midnight Resistance come out?
Midnight Resistance was released on 31 December 1989 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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