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Midnight Resistance (Middonaito Rejisutansu?) 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.
Midnight Resistance features play mechanics and controls similar to that of the Contra series, and can be played by up to two players
simultaneously. The main distinguishing feature is the inclusion of a
rotatable joystick similar to the one used in Ikari Warriors, in
addition to the traditional set of shoot and jump
buttons, allowing the player to adjust his character's aim in one of
eight directions by rotating the joystick clockwise or
counter-clockwise. This allows the player to keep their aim in one
direction while moving in another, even while crawling or jumping.
The power-up system is similar to the one featured in Heavy Barrel (a
previous Data East game), in which the player collect keys after
defeating certain enemy soldiers (each player can possess up to six keys
at a time). At the end of each stage the player will enter a weapon storage room
in which various new weapons and other power-ups can be released from
their lockers depending on the amount of keys in the player's
possession. When the player loses a life, he will drop all the weapons
and keys he has in his possession and they can only be recovered if they
don't fall off-screen.
The two types of weapons that can be purchased in the weapon stores are
special guns that will replace the player's default rifle (or whatever
other special weapon he may be currently wielding) and backpack weapons
that are launched by pushing the joystick up while pressing the shoot
button. Both types of weapons have limited ammunition and when the
player's special gun runs out of ammo, he will revert back to the
default rifle. Additional ammo for the player's current weapon can be
purchased in stores as well when available. Other power-ups includes a
"supercharge" upgrade that improves the firepower of the player's
current weapon (this upgrade is lost when the player loses a life), a
barrier that provides temporary invincibility, and extra lives.
There are a total of nine stages, each with its set of unique obstacles
and adversaries that the player must overcome. Before the final stages,
the keys he has collected during the penultimate stage can be used to
free the player's relatives before the final battle with Crimson King.
The ending varies depending on how many family members the player has
rescued.
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