<s>
Midnight	B-Application
Resistance	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
dystopian	O
future	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
a	O
resistance	O
movement	O
who	O
goes	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
rescue	O
his	O
kidnapped	O
family	O
from	O
a	O
drug	O
kingpin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
in	O
1991	B-Application
as	O
Data	O
East	O
's	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis/Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
is	O
Johnny	O
Ford	O
who	O
is	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
an	O
operative	O
group	O
who	O
shuts	O
down	O
drug	O
cartels	O
in	O
South	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midnight	B-Application
Resistance	I-Application
uses	O
play	O
mechanics	O
and	O
controls	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Contra	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
by	O
up	O
to	O
two	O
players	O
simultaneously	O
(	O
except	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
distinguishing	O
feature	O
is	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
rotatable	O
joystick	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
in	O
Ikari	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
traditional	O
set	O
of	O
shoot	O
and	O
jump	O
buttons	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
adjust	O
his	O
character	O
's	O
aim	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
eight	O
directions	O
by	O
rotating	O
the	O
joystick	O
clockwise	O
or	O
counter-clockwise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
power-up	O
system	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
featured	O
in	O
Heavy	B-Application
Barrel	I-Application
(	O
a	O
previous	O
Data	O
East	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
collect	O
keys	O
after	O
defeating	O
certain	O
enemy	O
soldiers	O
(	O
each	O
player	O
can	O
possess	O
up	O
to	O
six	O
keys	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
port	O
in	O
Japan	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Data	O
East	O
in	O
1991	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
counterpart	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Data	O
East	O
with	O
the	O
companies	O
ISCO	O
and	O
Opera	O
House	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
console	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
published	O
in	O
Europe	O
computer	O
ports	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Special	O
FX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
in	O
a	O
stripped-down	O
version	O
as	O
was	O
common	O
for	O
the	O
era	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
two	O
computers	O
sharing	O
the	O
same	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Midnight	B-Application
Resistance	I-Application
on	O
their	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
1989	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
fifth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MegaTech	O
magazine	O
praised	O
the	O
weapons	O
and	O
action	O
in	O
the	O
Mega	O
Drive/	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
port	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
two-player	O
mode	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
too	O
easy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
port	O
was	O
awarded	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
90%	O
in	O
Sinclair	O
User	O
and	O
93%	O
in	O
CRASH	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
