Midnight Resistance - Full Playthrough (C64)
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Midnight Resistance can be put into the genre of the action games (mixture of Jump'n'Run and Shoot 'em up) and was released as a follower of Heavy Barrel in 1989 by the Data East Corporation, first as an arcade machine. The game principle reminds strongly of the Contra / Probotector saga, that was published by Konami and ported on the C64 under the name Gryzor by the software company Ocean. Unfortunately, the cooperative 2-player mode was left out in the conversion for the C64.
With a character resembling Rambo you need to free your kidnapped family. During this you need to face soldiers, tanks, jets and many other enemies in nine levels. Some of the defeated opponents lose red keys with which you can buy different weapons at the end of each level. If you lose a life, extra weapons and keys do not get lost. The end of the game depends on how many members of the family are rescued before the end fight. To be able to free all family members, you need 6 red keys in the 8th level. Each member of the family represents a different weapon.
Midnight Resistance uses play mechanics and controls similar to that of the Contra series, and can be played by up to two players simultaneously (except Sega Mega Drive/Genesis). 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 number 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 do not 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 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.
The Commodore 64 port received a score of 90% from Zzap!64 magazine. It was also included in their top 100 C64 games ever made.
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00:00 Stage 1
01:33 Stage 2
04:57 Stage 3
08:29 Stage 4
12:40 Stage 5
15:59 Stage 6
18:08 Stage 7
20:36 Stage 8
21:51 Final Stage + Ending