Game Information

Original Release Date: December 31, 1989

Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, ZX Spectrum

Involved Companies: Ocean Software, Sega, Data East, Special FX Software Ltd., Data East, Opera House, The Hit Squad

Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade

Summary: 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.