Midnight Resistance cover

Midnight Resistance

First release
1989
Genres
Platform, Shooter, Arcade · Science fiction

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.

Also known as Middonaito Rejisutansu

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Storyline
In the arcade version, two nameless brothers are on a mission to rescue their family from an entity known as King Crimson. In the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version, the main character is Johnny Ford who's a member of an operative group who shuts down drug cartels in South America. After completing his last mission, Johnny returned home only to find it in shambles, and he sees a note in which King Crimson kidnapped his entire family. The reason for the abduction is that Johnny's father, Malcolm Ford, was developing a serum which could help people break their addictions to all narcotics. Since the government is unable to help Johnny, he sets off on his own to rescue his family and destroy King Crimson's empire of evil for good.Read more

In the arcade version, two nameless brothers are on a mission to rescue their family from an entity known as King Crimson. In the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version, the main character is Johnny Ford who's a member of an operative group who shuts down drug cartels in South America. After completing his last mission, Johnny returned home only to find it in shambles, and he sees a note in which King Crimson kidnapped his entire family. The reason for the abduction is that Johnny's father, Malcolm Ford, was developing a serum which could help people break their addictions to all narcotics. Since the government is unable to help Johnny, he sets off on his own to rescue his family and destroy King Crimson's empire of evil for good.

Release dates
Arcade
1989
Amstrad CPC
1990
ZX Spectrum
1990
All 9 release dates
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1990
Amiga
1990
Atari ST/STE
1990
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Mar 29, 1991
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Aug 11, 1991
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Sep 05, 1991
Game modes
Co-operative, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
cyberpunk, run and gun, side-scrolling, explosion, air strike
… All 6, rotating joystick control

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 7 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 7 Oct 2026