Midnight Resistance

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Midnight Resistance

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Data East

Developer: ISCO, Opera House

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Developer(s) of original games: Data East

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-03-29	¥7,8007,800	T-13043
US	1991-06^[1]	$49.9549.95^[2]	T-13016
DE	?	6363

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Amstrad CPC Arcade Atari ST Commodore 64 ZX Spectrum

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Midnight Resistance (ミッドナイトレジスタンス) is a run and gun action game developed and published by Data East for the arcade and later published by Sega for the Mega Drive. The Sega conversion was given a new soundtrack composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto.

The player assumes the role of Johnny Ford (Daichi Madoka in the Japanese version), a member of a resistance force whose family has been kidnapped by the evil King Crimson. The original arcade version allowed up to two players simultaneously, but the Mega Drive version is strictly single player.

Gameplay

As is usual for a run and gun game, the player controls a commando armed with an automatic weapon which can shoot in eight directions. There are two primary control schemes to choose from (the second scheme has three variants). "Control A" is a basic method of shooting the direction of the D-pad. "Control B" allows the player to continually shoot in a particular direction no matter what the D-pad is doing. This enables more efficient use of your weapon (e.g. shooting backwards while running forwards), however it is considerably trickier to control and requires more practice. The arcade game had a special rotating joystick for independent control of movement and firing, which the Mega Drive lacks. switches between shooting and not shooting and jumps.

There is a variety of extra weapons and power-ups which can be purchased at the end of each level with keys picked up from killed enemies. These weapons have limited ammo, though the default gun is unlimited.

Versions

The Mega Drive version of Midnight Resistance is a relaively close conversion of the arcade game, albeit one that lacks any two-player options. Backgrounds are less detailed on the Mega Drive, animations are sometimes simplified and much of the game adopts an entirely different (and much darker) colour palette for unknown reasons. Digitised speech is absent from the Sega version (although very little of it is heard in the arcade original), and while the level design is more-or-less the same, there are often fewer enemies on-screen presumably to help manage the frame rate. Special effects are also often simplified for similar reasons.

Despite this, both the arcade and Mega Drive versions exhibit slowdown in busy scenes, although unusually for the era, the Sega conversion often performs better than its arcade counterpart.

Production credits

Staff

Design: Koji Akibayashi
Software: Yuichi Nishimura, Naoya Hanada, Yuji Ohtomo, Tac.H
Hardware: Keiichi Yoshida, Hiroyuki Iwabe, Shingo Mitsui
Graphic: Tomoo Adachi, Kazumi Minagawa, Fujimi Oonishi, Yoshinari Kaihoh
Sound: Azusa Hara (Ahsa), Hiroaki Yoshida (Maro), Fuse, Tatsuya Kiuchi (Kiwchi), Hitomi Komatsu (Hitomi)
Thanks to: Shinji Noda, Masahiko Ujita, Nobuyuki Kawaguchi, Shinya Doi, Yoshiaki Honda, Shunichi E

Mega Drive Staff

Producer: Mizuho Yosida
Director: Yukihiro Kawai, Shigeki Saka
Planner: Takashi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Satoru Miki
Sub Planner: Takehiko Ishiro
PR: Satoshi Takeuchi, Kouichi Saitoh
Sales: Kazushi Takekoshi
Sound: Hitoshi Sakimoto (YmoH.S), Shougo Sakai (Shyougo Sakai)
Thanks to: Makoto Watanabe, Mitsuo Iwao, Masahiko Nakamura

Magazine articles

Main article: Midnight Resistance/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[14]

ACE (UK)

68

^[3]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[15]

Cool Gamer (RU)

60

^[16]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

86

^[17]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[1]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

79

^[18]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[19]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[20]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[2]

Games-X (UK)

96

^[21]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[22]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

30

^[23]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

92

^[24]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC

60

^[25]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[26]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[27]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

85

^[10]

Mean Machines (UK)

NTSC

84

^[28]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

85

^[29]

Power Play (DE)

63

^[30]

Raze (UK)

NTSC

80

^[31]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC

50

^[13]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

47

^[32]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

74

^[33]

Tilt (FR)

70

^[34]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

66

^[35]

User (GR)

NTSC

75

^[36]

Video Games (DE)

68

^[37]

	71
Based on 29 reviews

Midnight Resistance

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	187c6af6
MD5	809534b635e726f57bf1d95f3e6d7468
SHA-1	6cdd9083e2ff72cfb0099fd57a7f9eade9a74dda

1MB

1990-01

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	8f3f6e4d
MD5	f02a5c603dd2f07864d5c85d21268d74
SHA-1	b11db9fde0955c8aa0ae2d1a234d3295eda75d12

1MB

1990-01

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 22
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 55
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ACE, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-08), page 73
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 29 (31)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
↑ Consoles +, "Tilt Hors-Serie" (FR; 1991-07-xx), page 22-24 (22)
↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-11), page 44-46 (44)
↑ GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 51 (55)
↑ Joystick, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 138/139 (138)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 79
↑ Mean Machines, "May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-01), page 82-84 (82)
↑ Raze, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 30/31 (30)
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 129
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 29
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 125
↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-11), page 44
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 71
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 7: June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 17
↑ Games-X, "24th May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-17), page 36
↑ Game Informer, "September 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 114
↑ Hippon Super, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-04), page 42
↑ Joystick, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 138
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 91
↑ Mega Play, "May/June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 43
↑ Mean Machines, "May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-01), page 22
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
↑ Power Play, "7/91" (DE; 1991-06-12), page 124
↑ Raze, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 30
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tilt, "Juin 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 75
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 19
↑ User, "Noémvrios 1991" (GR; 1991-1x-xx), page 92
↑ Video Games, "2/91" (DE; 1991-06-07), page 89

[:File:EGM_US_023.pdf_p22-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:GamePro_US_028.pdf_p55-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 55

[:File:ACE_UK_45.pdf_p73-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ACE, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-08), page 73

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-04.pdf_p31_.2829.29-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 29 (31)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85_.2883.29-5] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_000.pdf_p22_.2822-24.29-6] Consoles +, "Tilt Hors-Serie" (FR; 1991-07-xx), page 22-24 (22)

[:File:CVG_UK_115.pdf_p44_.2844-46.29-7] Computer & Video Games, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-11), page 44-46 (44)

[:File:GamePro_US_028.pdf_p55_.2851.29-8] GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 51 (55)

[:File:Joystick_FR_016.pdf_p138_.28138.2F139.29-9] Joystick, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 138/139 (138)

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p79-10] 10.0 ^10.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 79

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_08.pdf_p82_.2882-84.29-11] Mean Machines, "May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-01), page 82-84 (82)

[:File:Raze_UK_11.pdf_p30_.2830.2F31.29-12] Raze, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 30/31 (30)

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p54-13] 13.0 ^13.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54

[14] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 129

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-04.pdf_p29-15] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 29

[16] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 125

[:File:CVG_UK_115.pdf_p44-17] Computer & Video Games, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-11), page 44

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p71-18] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 71

[19] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0107.pdf_p17-20] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 7: June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 17

[:File:GamesX_UK_04.pdf_p36-21] Games-X, "24th May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-17), page 36

[:File:GameInformer_US_101.pdf_p114-22] Game Informer, "September 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 114

[23] Hippon Super, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-04), page 42

[:File:Joystick_FR_016.pdf_p138-24] Joystick, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 138

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p93-25] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1991-06.pdf_p91-26] Mega Drive Fan, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 91

[:File:MegaPlay_US_04.pdf_p43-27] Mega Play, "May/June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 43

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_08.pdf_p22-28] Mean Machines, "May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-01), page 22

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p140-29] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140

[30] Power Play, "7/91" (DE; 1991-06-12), page 124

[:File:Raze_UK_11.pdf_p30-31] Raze, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 30

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-32] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-33] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:Tilt_FR_091.pdf_p75-34] Tilt, "Juin 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 75

[35] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 19

[:File:User_GR_19.pdf_p92-36] User, "Noémvrios 1991" (GR; 1991-1x-xx), page 92

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1991-02.pdf_p89-37] Video Games, "2/91" (DE; 1991-06-07), page 89

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Midnight Resistance

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Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References