C64 Longplay [053] Midnight Resistance

[@Wezzipooh]

This games music is probably the reason I'm still playing games today.

[@theusher2893]

Midnight Resistance had an awesome soundtrack, but the first stage theme of this game has to be one of the finest 8 bit anthems ever.

[@2482smitty]

The music is incredible.

[@darksaber2k]

I swear this fucking cassette would only load 7 times out of 100 but I fucking love this single stage it worked for!

[@Rakiarmas]

Aaahh. Good old Commodore 64. I'm so happy to experience the magic of this piece of gaming awesomeness.

[@MisterIm313]

Just so many memories. Still kicks arse on majority of modern games.

[@Simon0]

thats probably nostalgia talking! i do agree though its a fun game.

[@khajiit8221]

Excellent game. Those wondering why their version may have been cut short (ends around the 12 minute mark in this video) there was a demo version included in the Night Moves pack bundled with some later C64's. This is the full game play through here though, which was widely available. Midnight Resistance was probably more recognizable in the Arcades and on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in the early 1990s.

[@prectec]

The C64 had the best sound ever...I'm being serious...This is also my favourite C64 game and I thinks its the best version of the game on any platform even the arcade

[@DJDa9L]

The music in the game is so bad ass :D

[@MrDerKnofi]

I can only explain that with nostalgia. Not even the arcade track comes close to the Amiga version. For me, that is. For C64, its pretty damn amazing, though.

[@benjaminzuniga4911]

@@MrDerKnofi I really like every version of this game, the Amiga version looks great, the C64 sounds fantastic, and the Mega Drive/Genesis version sound, WTF man... Phenomenal

[@Matheus55032]

not even close to mega drive version

[@Jenny-mn2ny]

I absolutely love the amount of old school player's that came back to have a look, 28.000 brilliant well done to you all.

[@pigpenpete]

Played the hell out of this back in the day! Was always sad when you were one key short and had to leave Grandma behind :)

[@nou9964]

Played it for my first time today after seeing videos of the game! I only had one key at the end and remembered your comment, so I rescued grandma for you. o7

[@DJDa9L]

I find it incredible what the authors of the music on games like these, were able to achieve with so limited a system back then. It really took a whole lot of creativity compared to today

[@gavinward1348]

Well played! C64 was the best years of my childhood 👍

[@-JonnyBoy-]

This and Turrican EPIC

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

Well it's only taken me all these years to realise that the pack in version on the Night Moves compilation was missing half the bloody game! Cheeky ocean bastards!

[@scrapyardwarriorvlogging]

KingofPotatoPeople I’ve still got the C64 Night Moves in its box, had it since 1993!

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

scrapyardwarrior serious nostalgia!

[@supa-m4n1234]

I loved this game back in the day.. brings back my childhood!!

[@jrf84]

I can remember back to when I got this game and how excited I was to start playing it.On that day I went home and played this game on my C64 until bedtime. Sadly,I never did complete the game despite being nearly obsessed with it.

[@1982craigyboy]

'siamese' If you know, you know ;P

[@barthilhorst7551]

This is a game that I appreciate even more nowadays. It was quite ahead of its time with a very strong Contra feel to it. The ending was a bit dark though if you didn't collect all the keys and you had to choose between your family members. I had the shorter version of this game so it's nice to see the other levels.

[@achilles8356]

The first computer game I ever played in my life when I was about 5 or 6, my friend had this and I seem to remember how much I struggled with it and kept dying on the first part of the first level before even getting to the platforms to jump on them.

[@Chris-cb9or]

One of my favorite game ever!

[@elbowskin84]

My brothers and me, had hundreds of games for the c64, I remember when Panasonic released the duel cassette player, you could record about 10 games on 90 min cassette, but we had this was on official copy! Such a great game!

[@ggman3000]

Listen that soundtrack!

[@pgl0897]

I dont think I've seen past about 8:00 on this game until today!! This shit was hard when you're 10, and I played the shit out of this game. What was the load time on this thing on the C64?? Like 45 minutes or something...

[@Doctorj1]

It took 5 and a half minutes to load lol; not 45

[@christopheredison2094]

pgI0897 same here i played this game so much n not seen past the eye, i remember the excitment of getting there, omg those were the days

[@lukasgruber1280]

excellent port to c64

[@tiberiian]

Once more I am ten years of age! This was the first game to break a joystick on me. I only ever saw the last level once. This, young spoilt kids is what a hard game is.

[@Wezzipooh]

Totally agree. This is the first game I ever fell in love with.

[@deg6788]

I got the box nightmovies with a sample of this game.... We thought we completed the game at the 4rth level but it was just a sample... My first love also

[@ravengaming2597]

An absolutely brilliant coin op conversion that gives the mighty Bubble Bobble & Rainbow Islands a run for their money in the accurate conversion stakes. Showed exactly what the C64 could do when talented programmers were let loose on it.

[@qwertzasdf352]

Memories! That music was the best. Beats all the other platforms, even Amiga hands down!

[@chozusmakavelli]

nah the Amiga versions music is better. tanana na nerrrrr!!! tun, tuntun tunun.

[@neilriddaway4754]

Stunner of a game. 4/5 year old me was rubbish at it though! Hah!

[@glennmcquade4134]

sniff... I love happy endings.

[@MrVibeless]

I forgot this game existed until today! Oh sweet, sweet memories!

[@gunbuckybucketman4578]

The multi-section tank is pretty cool ngl.

[@pascalwelter5315]

fine game for the possibilieties of a c64

[@PsychoKillertheGame]

What a fucking legendary game..got mine for Christmas like 87 I think, night moves pack.

[@matthewstokes707]

Fantastic game

[@farerse]

I think Keith Tinman is not the composer of this soundtrack , it's probably a japanese composer originally from Data East

[@porkerdapig]

game music is insanley good

[@gijoeproducer]

i remember this from when i was about 7! wkd game good music 2.

[@FatFilipinoUK]

Heh. This even includes a tune missing on the Sega Mega Drive.

[@dennismoran4033]

Graphics were amazing for an 8 bit computer

[@malc1976]

The greatest game ever on the Arcade,Megadrive Amiga and C64. If you have Atari ST Amstrad or ZX Spectum then it is pure shit. Fuck Metal Slug

[@Doctorj1]

Malc1976 It's absolutely brilliant on the Spectrum!

[@Simon0]

my version finished at 12:00

[@Simon0]

c64 is best!

[@khajiit8221]

You probably had the "Night Moves" pack that included this game and some other that were really only demo versions and not the full game.

[@deg6788]

Had also an shorter version.... With ending

[@deg6788]

@@khajiit8221 5level demos with end.... Yes I had that one

[@nawletorre7136]

c64 destroys speakers =)

[@AchtungBaby77]

I'm going to go against the grain slightly! 😀 This was a good conversion of a legendary arcade game - the music especially is awesome. However, the control scheme is somewhat lousy, since it's difficult to rotate and aim your gun with any accuracy due to the C64's lack of a "rotation wheel' like what the arcade had. Many games had this problem - others which come to mind are Forgotten Worlds and Ikari Warriors. Some of the large boss sprites would glitch and flicker too, and this always ruined the immersion for me. It didn't help that extra bonuses like Homing Missiles and Shower were drastically underpowered as well. Still a fun game, but it always felt more like a tech demo to me.

[@PatchedThePipe]

My favourite game as a kid, and 1st one I ever completed.. always looked better in my memory than this, the COD generation don't know how good they have it

[@JesusMyLife9]

Hätten sie damals die Technik von heute in Sachen Musik Umsetzung Mama mia

[@phobos2k2]

Game aside, while the Sega Genesis will always have the ultimate version of the song "Flood of Power" : kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqa3naBthchkgdE The C64 version is still memorable.

[@matheusdiasg.soares6416]

The music is great for C64 standards. But, for this game, there's no way of getting better than the Genesis version!

[@thevoivod]

The end boss is disappointing compared to the ZX Spectrum version - too small, lack of colour and far too easy. Otherwise this is better as a port.

[@elshowpirata]

wuuuuuat!!!!