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Ocean Software
Ocean Software (or Ocean Software Ltd. and sometimes Ocean of America, Inc. but generally only referred to as Ocean) was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s. The successor company is Infogrames UK.
The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods and...
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A-Train
A-Train III, known internationally as A-Train, is a 1992 computer game, is the third game in the A-Train series. It was originally developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink for Japan, and was later published by Maxis for the United...
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Parasol Stars
Parasol Stars (パラソルスター, Parasoru Sutā) is a video game by Taito released in 1991. It is a sequel to Rainbow Islands (see below paragraph). It is technically the third game in the Bubble Bobble series.
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- 1991
Track & Field
Track & Field, known in Japan as Hyper Olympics (ハイパーオリンピック), is a 1983 Olympic-themed arcade game developed and published by Konami.
The arcade version was released in 1983 as an arcade game. The simple gameplay, based on quick, repeating, button...
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- 1983
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Lost Patrol
Lost Patrol is a survival action role-playing game with strategy elements developed by Shadow Development and published by Ocean Software Ltd.
Lost Patrol was released for Amiga computers in 1990 and the Atari ST in 1991; a DOS version was also...
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- 1991
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The Addams Family
There have been five video games based on The Addams Family television series and films, released between 1989 and 2002 on various home video game consoles.
Fester's Quest is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System based on the 1960s...
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- 1991
Cabal
Cabal is a video game developed by TAD Corporation. In this game, the player controls a commando, viewed from behind, trying to destroy various enemy military bases. Though typical for games of this era, the game did respectably in the marketplace....
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- 1988
Soccer Kid
Soccer Kid is a video game that was released in 1994 for the Super NES, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and Amiga. Its title for the Super NES in the United States is The Adventures of Kid Kleets. It was re-released for the Game Boy Advance on September...
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- Aug 1993
Wetrix
Wetrix is a puzzle game for the Nintendo 64 released in 1998. Ports were also released for the Dreamcast, Game Boy Color and PC.
In 2000 a sequel, Aqua Aqua, was released on the PlayStation 2.
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- Jun 12, 1998
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Wizball
Wizball is a computer game written by Jon Hare and Chris Yates (who together formed the company Sensible Software) and released in 1987 for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. Versions for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC were also released....
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- 1987
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The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt is a video game released by Ocean in 1993. It was based on the second Addams Family animated series.
It was released on all three of Nintendo's systems at the time:
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- The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt ,
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- 1993
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Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels is an arcade adventure, released in 1987 for several popular 8-bit home computers, and subsequently ported to a wide range of formats. Originally, the working title for the game was Foot And Mouth .
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- 1987
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Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park is a video game based on the film and novel of the same name for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The object of the game is to survive in the park where the dinosaurs have escaped.
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- Dec 28, 1993
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Platoon
Platoon was published in 1986-1988 for various home computer systems by Ocean, and the NES (ported and published by Sunsoft). The object of this action game is to survive in the Vietnamese jungle against guerrilla attacks. It is very loosely based...
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- 1988
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Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park is a video game for the Super NES/Super Famicom based on the movie adaptation of the book by Michael Crichton. It was developed by Ocean Software and released in 1993, and 1994. The game is viewed from a top-down view for most of the...
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Puzznic
Puzznic is a puzzle arcade game. It was developed and produced by Taito in 1989. It was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, PC Engine, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, DOS and ZX Spectrum in 1990. ( Home...
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- 1990
Michael Jordan in Chaos in the Windy City
Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City was released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for the Super NES. The game did not sell well and was named in the top ten worst video games in Nintendo Power magazine (issue 100); however, it was noted within the...
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- 1994
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants is the title of a video game based on the cartoon series The Simpsons.
Initially released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST by Ocean Software and for the NES by...
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- The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants ,
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- 1991
Fighters Destiny
Fighters Destiny (ファイティングカップ, Fighting Cup in Japan) is a video game developed for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. The product of Imagineer and Genki, it closely models the 3D fighting game standard set by Virtua Fighter, but integrates a unique point...
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- Jan 27, 1998
Multi-Racing Championship
Multi-Racing Championship (マルチレーシングチャンピオンシップ), or simply MRC, is a racing game developed by Genki and Imagineer and published by Ocean for the Nintendo 64 and released in 1997. The game is compatible with the Controller Pak and the Rumble Pak.
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- 1997
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood is a computer game that was developed by Denton Designs and published by Ocean Software Ltd in 1985 for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is based on music, imagery and slogans of the UK...
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- 1985
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Pushover
Pushover is a platform puzzle game developed by Red Rat Software in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, DOS and Super NES. Ocean Software published the game. The game was sponsored by Smiths' British snack Quavers, where the game plot revolved around the...
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- 1992
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James Pond 2
James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod, also known as Super James Pond, is a platform video game and sequel to James Pond. The game was developed by the same British video game developers as the original game. The theme music by Richard Joseph is an upbeat...
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- 1991
Eco
Eco is an evolution life simulation game developed by Denton Designs for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was released in 1988 and pusblished by Ocean Software.
In this game, the player simulates an amoeba undergoing an evolution process. The player must...
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- 1988
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Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk is a platform game developed by Special FX for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It was released in 1991 and pusblished by Ocean Software. Sony Imagesoft released it in the US for the Game Boy and NES. In Spain it was...
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Addams Family Values
Addams Family Values is an Action RPG based on the film of the same name produced by Ocean Software and released in 1994 for the Super NES and Sega Mega Drive (in Europe only).
Loosely based on the plot of the film, the player takes the role of...
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- 1994
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Hook
Hook is the name of four unrelated video games released in 1992 that were based on the film of the same name.
In this arcade beat 'em up produced by a Japanese video game company, Irem, the objective was to save Peter Pan's children from the evil...
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Sleepwalker
Sleepwalker is a platform game developed by CTA Developments and published by Ocean Software for the Amiga, C64 and Atari ST in 1993. It was later ported to DOS.
The game centres on a boy called Lee and his faithful dog Ralph. We're introduced to...
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- 1993
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Darkman
Darkman was developed by Twilight and published by Ocean Software in 1991. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, NES, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. It was also ported to the Game Boy and Atari ST. The game's plot is loosely based on the film of the...
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- 1991
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Cool World
A Game Boy Game Pak based on the movie Cool World. In the game, the player prevents the Doodles (evil cartoons) from reaching the Interworld Matrix.
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- 1993
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Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon is a video game developed by Eurocom and released in 1992 by Ocean. It was released in conjunction with Lethal Weapon 3.
Lethal Weapon is a side-scroller, in which the player chooses one of the police partners (Mel Gibson or Danny...
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- 1992
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RoboCop
RoboCop is a 1987 action movie set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future. RoboCop centres a police officer that is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg, otherwise known as a "RoboCop". Two sequels...
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- 1988
Match Day II
Match Day II is a football sports game part of the Match Day series released for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX and Commodore 64 platforms. It was created in 1987 by Jon Ritman with graphics by Bernie Drummond and music and sound by Guy Stevens ...
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Cool World
Cool World is an action-oriented Super NES video game that is loosely based on the movie Cool World. Cartoonist Jack Deebs (the player's character) has discovered Cool World; eliminating the fine line between fantasy and reality. Holli Would has a...
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- 1992
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Cool World
Cool World is an action-oriented NES video game that is loosely based on the movie Cool World. In this port of the Super NES classic, the Popper Police don't arrest the player. Instead, they instantly kill him when the police cruiser is touched....
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- Jun 1993
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Super Hunchback
Super Hunchback is an early Game Boy game. Published by Ocean, it is a sequel to their 1984 conversion of the 1983 Century Electronics arcade machine Hunchback and features many similar obstacles. It is notable for its high level of technical...
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- 1992
Navy SEALS
Navy SEALS is a 1990 video game developed and published by Ocean. It is based on the movie of the same name.
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- 1990
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RoboCop 2
RoboCop 2 is a series of 1990's video games published by Ocean, and Data East for various home computers and video game console. They are based on the movie of the same name.
Three different games were produced, each produced on two systems.
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- 1990
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RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3 is a 1992 video game published by Ocean. It is based on the movie of the same name. The Amiga, ST and IBM PC versions of the game were developed by Digital Image Design, and were renowned and acclaimed for the 3D engine used. The more...
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- 1992
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X2
X2, sometimes known as Project X-2 is a simple arcade-style side scrolling shoot 'em up released during the Team17-Ocean collaboration era of video games that created the Worms series. It is the sequel to the Amiga 16-bit shooter Project-X.
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- Aug 1997
The Untouchables
The Untouchables is a video game by Ocean Software. It is based on the movie of the same name starring Kevin Costner. The game loosely resembles the movie and lets you play out some of the more significant parts. It is set in Chicago and the main...
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- 1989
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Pud Pud in Weird World
Pud Pud in Weird World (also known simply as Pud Pud) is a computer game published by Ocean Software in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum. It was written by Jonathan Smith.
Pud Pud is trapped in Weird World and needs to escape. He must explore Weird World...
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- 1984
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Animal
Animal is a video game starring the Peperami character, voiced by Ade Edmondson. It is a point-and-click adventure puzzle game that also includes a 'shoot 'em up' component, called 'eat-em-up' since the game is set in a universe in which food...
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- 1996
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The Great Escape
The Great Escape is a video game which shares a title and similar plot to the movie The Great Escape. It was programmed by Denton Designs, who went on to produce the similarly acclaimed Where Time Stood Still. It was published by Ocean in 1986 for...
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- 1986
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Alien Breed 3D
Alien Breed 3D (sometimes AB3D) is the fourth game in Team17's Alien Breed franchise, a series of science fiction-themed shooters largely inspired by the Alien films. It was published in 1995 by Ocean Software, and is the first 3D game in the series...
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- 1995
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Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds
Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds (sometimes AB:TKG or TKG) is the fifth and, to date, final game in Team17's Alien Breed franchise, a series of Science Fiction-themed shooters largely inspired by the Alien films. It was published in 1996 by...
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Match Day
Match Day was a football computer game, published by Ocean Software in 1984, originally on the ZX Spectrum and then later released on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, & Commodore 64 systems. It is the first game in the Match Day series. It was the...
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- 1984
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Alien Olympics: 2044AD
In the Game Boy game Alien Olympics 2044 AD, extraterrestrials perform unorthodox Olympic-like events in the year 2044. Lighter gravity allows the athletes to perform better than on planet Earth.
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- 1992
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Kingdom Crusade
Kingdom Crusade (known as The Legend of Prince Valiant in Europe) is a Game Boy strategy game that takes places during a hypothetical apocalyptic battle between a dark, evil army and a light, good army. Players can take either side and both kingdom...
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- 1991
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The Raiden Project
The Raiden Project is a port of the arcade games Raiden and Raiden II for the PlayStation.
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- Jun 1, 1997
Addams Family
The Addams Family is a platform game released by Ocean in 1992. The game was released for Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, Super NES, Amiga and Atari ST. It is based on the 1991 movie of the same name.
The characters bear resemblance to their movie...
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- 1992
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GT 64: Championship Edition
GT 64: Championship Edition "Grand Tour 64" is a racing video game for the Nintendo 64. It was released in Japan as City Tour GrandPrix: Zen Nihon GT Senshuken with two new Japanese Exclusive tracks in 1998. Hence its title, it was an official...
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- 1998
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Micro Machines
Micro Machines is a series of computer and video games featuring toy cars, developed by Codemasters and published on several platforms (including Amiga, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy and PS2) between 1991 and 2006...
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- Mar 12, 2003
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the name of a platform video game released by LJN for home consoles. The game is loosely based on the film of the same name.
The story of the game falls inline with the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The objective...
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- Terminator 2: Judgment Day ,
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day ,
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day ,
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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- 1991
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TFX
TFX was one of the precursor combat flight simulators that helped to define the standards of modern combat flight simulators, together with Tornado, F14 Fleet Defender and the Falcon series. TFX was programmed by the British company Digital Image...
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- 1993
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EF2000
EF2000 is a combat flight simulation video game released in December 1995 for DOS on the IBM PC compatible personal computer. It is the sequel to Digital Image Design's earlier software title TFX (computer game). It was released after the...
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- 1995
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Toki
Toki, known in Japan as JuJu Densetsu (JuJu伝説) is a 1989 shoot 'em up platformer arcade game, or a "run and gun", with elements of tongue-in-cheek humour combined with the action. The player takes control of an enchanted ape who must battle hordes...
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- 1989
Gift from the Gods
Gift from the Gods is a British computer game that was published in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum. Written by a group of programmers who worked on the unfinished Bandersnatch for the ill-fated software company Imagine Software.
In the game you control...
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- 1984
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Dennis the Menace
Dennis The Menace (known simply as "Dennis" in the UK) is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game based on the 1993 movie. A game was also released for the Game Boy. The object is to defeat a burglar who managed to find Dennis' town via the local...
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Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues
Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues (or Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues in the US) is a video game, a non-canonical continuation of the Jurassic Park series for the SNES and Game Boy. The game predicts that faith in the Jurassic Park...
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Worms
Worms is an artillery video game developed by Team17 and released in 1994. It is the first game in the Worms series of video games and was initially only available for the Amiga. Later it was ported to other platforms.
Worms is a turn based game...
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