Gain Ground, the Video Game by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. [Tokyo, Japan]

Type of the machine : Video Game
Gain Ground © 1988 Sega.

A one or two player shoot-em-up featuring single screen levels, in which players must rescue lost troops before making their way to the exit. Players can choose to play as any one of three different characters; each with their own unique weapons, strengths and weaknesses. Time is a factor in this game and all troops that do not enter the exit will be lost. All rescued troops will join the player's ranks as bonus players. The levels take players through fields, castles, forests, forts etc.

Sega System 24 hardware

Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), DAC (@ 4 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 384 x 496 pixels
Screen refresh : 58.00 Hz
Palette colors : 16384

Players : 3
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

Cyber, one of the playable characters, was obviously influenced by the 1987 film RoboCop. In addition, the final boss for the final round bears a resemblance to ED-209 from RoboCop as well.

Consoles :

Sega Master System (1990)
Sega Mega Drive1991)
NEC PC-Engine Super CD (1992, "Gain Ground SX")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 9 : Gain Ground")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Genesis Collection")
Sony PSP (2006, "Genesis Collection")

Game's rom.