This one's been knocking about in the voting forums for months and months and finally comes to the fore...

Round 3 - Midnight Resistance







RULES
Round 3 starts 9th of March and will end 23:59 GMT, 29th of March
Post screenshots in this thread.
Please ensure that you own a legal copy of this game to compete.
Don't cheat! - We know where you live!!!

GAME INFO & COMMENTS
Midnight Resistance@Lemon64

WHICH VERSION SHOULD I USE?
The Ocean/Special FX release with all 9 levels, cracked by Angels and available from Gamebase here

QUESTIONS
Please check the Lemon Games Compo FAQ

ROUND 3 SCORETABLE
No scores yet!


OVERALL STANDINGS
I'll see if between Shteev and myself we can get these up before the month end.

EXTRAS
Check out the Games Competition at Lemon64's sister site, Lemon Amiga!
The Scorelord keeps a watchful eye on the top c64 scores on the net here.
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Theres a couple of versions on Gamebase. One is labelled 'Re-release with 4 additional levels'.

I'm guessing we stick with the original release. Any comments?
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No, no, what happened is that some cracking group stole a few disks from the Ocean stand at a gaming expo which contained a pre-release Midnight Resistance - that had only levels 1 to 5.

Naturally, said cracking group released this version which was then spread. This is what laid to the common misconception that the C64 version of Midnight Resistance didn't have all original levels. But of course, when Ocean released the game it had all 9 levels of the arcade original.

So by all means, play a version that features all 9 levels.

Here's my first score.

14.480


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I lost loads of lives to the green vehicle on the first sequence. That's pretty bad form. Also, might have been touched on before, but I think there are moments with endlessly reappearing enemies here, which might prove problematic in a game with no timer. Still, we all play fair here right?
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Of course, gazee.

Besides, I think that the respawning enemies are few and far between, and are worth few points anyway.

Here's my first score for this compo (after a couple of warm-up plays):

23,843 (level 8 )

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The game is rather easy, except a few spots: level 3's tree, level 8's end of level baddie, level 9.

I find that the flamethrower and shotgun are useless, the autofire gun is very useful in level 3, and the best allround weapon by far is three-way.

Missiles aren't effective, Shower is nearly decent, Nitros are definitely the best and almost mandatory in some sections (i.e. end of level 3).

Another basic tip for me: always buy extra lives when available
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I had no problem with this game in winuae. i Believe it was also made for the amiga 32. Using vice or ccs i have no idea how to use the specials. Any tips?

5.045



I voted for Catalypse because i had not played it before and it reminded me of Armalyte. After trying it i am glad Midnight Resistance was chosen instead.

It's much more fun!

I've never been that big of a fan of Shoot 'em Ups. After viewing screen shots I thought I'd probably be sitting this round out. But then I read the docs. What! A band of megalomaniacs kidnapped my family including my grandfather! Time for some killing!

After one night of rampaging in the streets, my high score is 7820. But I can see from SLF's early score I'm going to have to do better than that.

I'm starting to get into this game.

After missing zaxxon and countless others over the past few months, I need to get back into this thing. This one looks like real fun. Had a practice go earlier and I'm impressed by how the guy can crawl and move the gun around in 8 directions. Lame perhaps, but I don't think I've seen those maneuvers all too often on the 64.
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@Predator:Thanks for that. Never owned nor played Contra on the C64.

What version are you guys playing because I scored 5425 and I can't save to the highscore list because the lowest one is 10,145 and by the time my slowing trigger finger reaches the menu to save a screenshot the game over screen sits laughing at me. Guess for now it's motivation to do better. For the record I got to level 2 where the missile tank did away with my remaining lives.
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29.410

Completed.


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Can somebody recommend a version we should all be using?

Yes you're right. Ive corrected my link and I'll make this clear from the main thread.
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Crikey. I haven't played it in years, but I don't remember it being this easy. I finished it on my first attempt. I was on my last life though, so it was pretty close.

27830

11.105



Losing a ton of lifes i got past the tree section for the first time but jumped right into some spinning razor blade things. [/img]

The tree section is pretty challenging! However, the razors aren't too bad once you know where they appear. They always appear in the same place and in the same order. They can be easily taken out with a well placed nitro or two.

10.260



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