Top Gun (1986 video game)

For the NES game, see Top Gun (1987 video game).
Top Gun
Developer(s)Ocean Software
Publisher(s)Ocean Software
Thunder Mountain (U.S.)
SeriesTop Gun
Platform(s)Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release1986–87
Genre(s)Combat flight simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Top Gun is a 1986 combat flight simulation game based on the film of the same name. It was developed and published by British company Ocean Software, and was released for several computer platforms. In the United Kingdom, it was released for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum in December 1986.[1][2][3] The following year, it was released for Atari ST.[4] In the United States, it was published by Thunder Mountain.[5] In 1989, it was published by The Hit Squad as a budget re-release for ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.[6][7]

  1. ^ "New Releases". Popular Computing Weekly. United Kingdom. 18 December 1986. pp. 90, 93.
  2. ^ "Front Lines". Your Sinclair. No. 12. United Kingdom. December 1986. p. 4. New from Ocean – the Spectrum version of Top Gun.
  3. ^ "Ocean versucht sich ein weiteres Mal an der "Versoftung" eines Filmes (nach Highlander)". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). Germany. February 1987. p. 52.
  4. ^ "Games Update". Atari ST User. United Kingdom. April 1987. p. 6.
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