Midnight Resistance, the Video Game by Data East [Tokyo, Japan]
DESCRIPTION
Type of the machine : Video Game
Midnight Resistance © 1989 Data East.
One or two players take on the role of two commando brothers whose entire family has been kidnapped and must be rescued. The game's eight large, eight-way scrolling levels are made up of platforms, ledges and ladders; each populated both with enemy soldiers and with intricate, imaginatively designed enemy machinery.
In a gameplay mechanic first introduced in SNK's 'Ikari Warriors', players can rotate their guns through 360 degrees, allowing them to target and fire in all directions.
Some enemies, when killed, will drop a red key; collecting these keys allows players to upgrade their weapons at the shop that awaits at the end of each level. A maximum of six keys can be carried at any one time.
Midnight Resistance © 1989 Data East.
One or two players take on the role of two commando brothers whose entire family has been kidnapped and must be rescued. The game's eight large, eight-way scrolling levels are made up of platforms, ledges and ladders; each populated both with enemy soldiers and with intricate, imaginatively designed enemy machinery.
In a gameplay mechanic first introduced in SNK's 'Ikari Warriors', players can rotate their guns through 360 degrees, allowing them to target and fire in all directions.
Some enemies, when killed, will drop a red key; collecting these keys allows players to upgrade their weapons at the shop that awaits at the end of each level. A maximum of six keys can be carried at any one time.
TECHNICAL
CABINET :
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Sound CPU : HuC6280 (@ 3 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), YM3812 (@ 3 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.757 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.41 Hz
Palette colors : 1024
Players : 2
Control : Spinner
Buttons : 2
TRIVIA
Released in October 1989.
The game's ending changes slightly depending how many family members are rescued before the final battle! Save them all!
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Crude Buster, Midnight Resistance - PCCB-00039) on 21/08/1990.
A Midnight Resistance unit appears in the 1990 movie ''Robocop 2''.
The game's ending changes slightly depending how many family members are rescued before the final battle! Save them all!
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Crude Buster, Midnight Resistance - PCCB-00039) on 21/08/1990.
A Midnight Resistance unit appears in the 1990 movie ''Robocop 2''.
UPDATES
The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.
TIPS AND TRICKS
The game's ending changes slightly depending how many family members are rescued before the final battle. For the ''proper'' ending, all family members must be saved. The players must have the full count of six red keys in order to release all of the prisoners.
SERIES
STAFF
Designer : Koji Akibayashi
Software : Yuichi Nishimura, Naoya Hanada, Yuji Ohtomo, Tac. H
Hardware : Keiichi Yoshida, Hiroyuki Iwabe, Shingo Mitsui
Graphic designers : Tomoo Adachi, Kazumi Minagawa, Fujimi Ohnishi, Yoshinari Kaihoh
Sound : Ahsa, Mard, Fuse, Kiwchi, Hitomi Komatsu
Software : Yuichi Nishimura, Naoya Hanada, Yuji Ohtomo, Tac. H
Hardware : Keiichi Yoshida, Hiroyuki Iwabe, Shingo Mitsui
Graphic designers : Tomoo Adachi, Kazumi Minagawa, Fujimi Ohnishi, Yoshinari Kaihoh
Sound : Ahsa, Mard, Fuse, Kiwchi, Hitomi Komatsu
PORTS
Consoles :
Sega Mega Drive1990)Computers :
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990)
Commodore C64 (1990)
Atari ST (1990)
Amstrad CPC (1990)
Commodore Amiga (1990)SOURCES
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
Machine's picture.
LAST EDITION
November 17, 2009