Midnight Resistance
DOWNLOAD
MAME
RETRO
DOWNLOAD:
RETROMAME
Data East
1989
DOWNLOAD

Something of a hybrid between Heavy Barrel (with the same rotating joystick, similar power-up system and relatively slow framerate) and Contra, Midnight Resistance puts players in the combat boots of a heavily armed commando as he tries to rescue his family from the clutches of an evil organization. Infiltrating its dystopian future lair involves dispatching numerous bad guys and their vehicles (including trucks, helicopters, planes and eventually an entire battleship) while dealing with many environmental hazards across the game's heavily platform-centric levels. The game includes fairly clever use of its rotating joystick controls and platforming environments, requiring you to constantly change your targets to deal with bosses and other enemies within constantly changing levels. You can emulate the controls on MAME several different ways (a rotating joystick if you can get one, a spinner/flight stick combo, or mapping buttons to the rotation), though it may involve a learning curve to deal with everything this game throws at you.

More overlays you may like:
Qix
Taito
 – 
1981
Action
Qix
Donkey Kong 3
Nintendo
 – 
1983
Platformer
Donkey Kong 3
Donkey Kong Jr.
Nintendo
 – 
1982
Platformer
Donkey Kong Jr.
Food Fight
Atari
 – 
1983
Shooter
Food Fight
BROWSE ALL OVERLAYS >
More overlays you may like:
BROWSE ALL OVERLAYS >
Crystal Castles
Atari
 – 
1983
Platformer
Crystal Castles
Strike Force
Midway
 – 
1991
Shooter
Strike Force
Batsugun
Toaplan
 – 
1993
Shoot Em Up
Batsugun
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Capcom
 – 
1999
Fighting
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike