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Midnight Raiders

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Midnight Raiders
Developer(s)Stargate Productions
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Sam Nicholson
Producer(s)Tony Cabalu
Programmer(s)Jay Tautges
Kevin Ashley
Writer(s)George Goldsmith
Composer(s)Mars Lasar
Platform(s)Sega CD
Release
Genre(s)Interactive movie
Mode(s)Single-player

Midnight Raiders is a live-action full-motion video laserdisc video game developed by American studio Stargate Productions and published by Sega for the Sega CD in 1994 and Europe in 1995.

Plot

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Joker, a military pilot, and his strike team gain orders to execute a Top Secret mission to save Professor Victor Mensch who has the formula for a deadly new nerve gas. However, the CIA wants to stop Jokers strike force from accomplishing this task[citation needed]

Gameplay

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Midnight Raiders is an Interactive movie game in which you shoot targets to continue the video and progress through the game. The player starts off shooting as an Apache Helicopter, then later operates on foot and then in a jeep.[2]

Reception

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Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "It's a step up from Masked Rider Z, but frankly, that's not saying much."[2]

Other reviews included the Sega Pro (UK)'s review which stated "Not bad. The FMV movie is good stuff, although the simple shoot-'em-up action becomes repetitive after a while", rating it 81 out of 100. GamePro (US) gave the game 3.5 out of 5, MAN!AC 64 out of 100, Game players 58 out of 100, Retro Games Reviews 4 stars out of 10, stating "Midnight Raiders is a weak attempt at the FMV genre due to its limited action, technical issues and poor controls", and other similar reviews.[3] The average rating of the game according to Moby Games is 42%, signaling that the reception of the game was and still is lukewarm. Other additional ratings for the game that came out after the game's release also gave the game mixed reviews.[4] The reception was similar between all three region-specific releases the game saw.

Reviews

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References

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  1. ^ Provick, Bill (July 23, 1994). "Sega to offer 32-bit action in November". Ottawa Citizen. p. 78. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 3. Imagine Media. March 1995. p. 98.
  3. ^ "Midnight Raiders - Critic Reviews". mobygames.com. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Midnight Raiders/Reception". segaretro.org. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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