Midnight Resistance

STORY / GAMEPLAY
You are a special forces soldier of the rebel organization called "Midnight Resistance". Your main enemy is Crimson Corps, a paramilitary organization run by a mad man named King Crimson. King Crimson kidnapped a valuable scientist to force him take part in his evil plans to conquer the world. This scientist happens to be your grandfather, so your mission is pretty justified if you ultimately kill everyone on sight. It's your duty as a soldier to save the world and your obligation as a grandson to help your granddad! You must buckle up, grit your teeth and get ready to confront enemy soldiers, mounted machines guns, traps, armored vehicles plus big bosses. On your way you can gain a sort of coins (they look more like keys actually) which you can use them on an armory depot and exchange them with better weapons. The world is divided into 9 levels, each one with its own big boss in the end. The gameplay is quite tough, so this game needs patience and some practice.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The Sega Mega Drive version is slightly better than the other two 16bit home computers Amiga and Atari ST and it's closer to the original arcade. The graphics are OK, though the colors are a bit dark. The sprites are nicely done and the backgrounds resemble well the futuristic spirit of the game's story. The action is quite fast with no slowdowns (as on the Atari ST version for example). The sound features in-game sampled music (much like the Amiga's tune) and a wide variety of sound effects like gunfire, explosions and more.

OVERALL
The game at the arcades is awesome and I actually expected more from the Mega Drive console. This conversion -and possibly the Amiga- could do better than that as their dark visuals and their high level of difficulty force this game to lose some points.