Midnight Resistance (1989)

Developer: Data East
Publisher: Ocean Software, Sega, Data East, The Hit Squad, Tec Toy
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 24 player ratings

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How it feels

Blast through a dystopian future as a lone resistance fighter rescuing family in this relentless arcade shooter.

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About

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.

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