Gain Ground

Gain Ground is a 1988 action arcade video game developed and published by Sega. It is set within a supercomputer's simulation of war, and follows up to three players traversing through a series of forty levels themed after select periods of human history. The goal of each level, depending on the player's choice, is either to guide at least one player character safely to an exit point or to destroy all enemies within them, both of which must be completed before a given time limit elapses. It was later ported to the Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, and TurboGrafx-CD. In Gain Ground, the gameplay and mechanics are similar to both Berzerk (1980) and Gauntlet (1985). Where two (or three) players control one of a set of up to 20 recruitable warriors at a time, each with different weapons. To beat a level, players must reach the exit point with at least one character or destroy all enemies on the level before time runs out. There are forty levels in the arcade version of the game. The Master System and the Genesis/Mega Drive have fifty levels in the game. Normal mode starts with three players.