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'''Ocean Software''', founded in 1982 by David Ward and Jon Woods, was one of the biggest European games developers for the CPCacross all home computing platforms.

Ocean developed not only for the As well as an impressive back catalogue of CPC games, Ocean's has left a legacy touching every major gaming platform of course but also for the 1980s including the [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Atari ST]], [[Amiga]], Commodore 64 [[PC]], [[NES]], [[SNES]], [[Master System]] and ZX Spectrum.[[Mega Drive]]

They also were one Although they developed and supported a number of original games and ideas, they will be forever associated in the few major companies that supported mind of the casual game with their [[PlusLicenced games|TV & Movie licence games]] and ports of the latest arcade hits from [[Konami]] and [[Taito]] range (especially so since their cartridge game, Burnin' Rubber, was distributed with each CPC+ computer).the latest of which Ocean always seemed to be advertising up to six months in advance of release in the magazines of the day!

During By the 80s time the CPC had arrived on the scene, Ocean was one had already beaten their North-East rivals '''Imagine''' who had overreached themselves in the battle for supremacy. Ocean took on the brand name for themselves and made a number of key releases on the biggest software companieslabel in the following years. Simply put, constantly crunching out new titleshowever, every release on the Imagine label for the CPC was in fact made by Ocean.

At one point they even absorbed As well as Imagine, an ambitious software Ocean developed the '''Hit Squad''' label as a budget house that went bustto re-release their old titles (along with a number of other titles by third parties).

A short-lived serious Their position as one of the key CPC developers is secured thanks to their involvement with the Plus range. Chosen by Amstrad as an ideal partner to provide launch software arm, it was Ocean who developed and produced [[Ocean IQBurnin' Rubber]], published the [[Laser Basic]] game included with the GX4000 and [[Laser Compiler]] titlesthe Plus range of machines.

Although A short-lived serious software arm, '''Ocean put out some really good gamesIQ''', published the [[Laser Basic|Laser Basic]], they also built a reputation of publishing trash games based on movie licence after movie licence[[Laser Genius|Laser Genius]] and [[Laser BASIC Compiler|Laser Compiler]] titles.

In 1998 [[Infogrames]] bought As with all games developers, and particularly true of a group with the huge output of Ocean Software, the quality can vary wildly from game to game but thanks to their savvy maketing and more than a few classic games, Ocean will always tend to be remembered favourably.

* [[The Addams Family]] (1991)* [[Adidas Championship Football]]* [[Adidas Championship Tie Break]]* [[Arkanoid 2 - Revenge of Doh]]* [[Batman]] * [[Batman The Movie]] (1989)* [[Batman The Movie ( Cartridge )]]* [[Batman the Caped Crusader]]* [[Battle Command]]* [[Beach Volley]]* [[Burnin' Rubber]] (1990)* [[Cabal]]* [[Chase HQ]]* [[Cobra Stallone]]* [[Combat School]]* [[Daley Thompson's Decathlon]]* [[Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge]]* [[Daley Thompson's Supertest]]* [[Darkman]]* [[Donkey Kong]]* [[Frankie goes to Hollywood]]* [[Galvan]]* [[Ghengis Khan]]* [[Gilligan's Gold]]* [[The Great Escape]]* [[Gryzor]]* [[Head Over Heels]]* [[Highlander]]* [[Hudson Hawk]]* [[Hunchback]] * [[Hunchback 2]]* [[Hunchback the Adventure]]* [[It's a Knockout]] * [[Knight Bride]]* [[Knight Rider]]* [[Kong Strikes Back]]* [[Madballs]]* [[Mario Bros.]] * [[Match Day]]* [[Matchday 2]]* [[Miami Vice]]* [[Midnight Resistance]]* [[Mutants]]* [[Narc]]* [[Navy Seals]]* [[Never Ending Story]] * [[The New Zealand Story]]* [[Night Breed]]* [[Nomad]]* [[Operation Thunderbolt]]* [[Operation Wolf]]* [[Pang]]* [[Phantom Club]]* [[Platoon]] * [[Plotting]]* [[Puzznic]]* [[Rainbow Islands]]* [[Rambo - First Blood 2]]* [[Rambo 3]] * [[Rastan]]* [[Red Heat]]* [[Robocop]] (1987)* [[Robocop 2]]* [[Robocop 3]]* [[Run == Releases for Gold]]* [[Run the Gauntlet]]* [[Shadow Warriors]]* [[Short Circuit]]* [[Short Circuit 2]]* [[Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants]] * [[Sly Spy]]* [[Smash TV]]* [[Space Gun]]* [[Street Hawk]]* [[Super Test Decathlon]]* [[Super Wondeboy in Monsterland]]* [[Superbowl]]* [[Tai Pan]]* [[Tank]]* [[Target Renegade]]* [[Terminator 2]]* [[Toki]]* [[Top Gun]]* [[Total Recall]] * [[Track & Field]]* [[Typhoon (Ocean)|Typhoon]]* [[The Untouchables]]* [[V - The Visitors]]* [[The Vindicator]]* [[Where Time Stoods Still]]* [[Wizball]]* [[World Cup Carnival 86]]* [[WWF Wrestlemania Challenge]]CPC ==

*[[Arkanoid 2 - Revenge of Doh|Arkanoid 2 - Revenge of Doh]]  *[[Batman|Batman]] *[[Batman The Movie|Batman The Movie]] (1989) *[[Batman The Movie ( Cartridge )|Batman The Movie ( Cartridge )]] (1989) *[[Batman the Caped Crusader|Batman the Caped Crusader]]  *[[Battle Command|Battle Command]] *[[Beach Volley|Beach Volley]] *[[Burnin' Rubber|Burning Rubber (Cartridge )]] (1990) *[[Cabal|Cabal]] *[[Chase HQ|Chase HQ]] *[[Combat School|Combat School]] *[[Darkman|Darkman]] *[[Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong]] *[[Frankie goes to Hollywood|Frankie goes to Hollywood]] *[[Galvan|Galvan]] *[[Ghengis Khan|Ghengis Khan]] *[[Gilligan's Gold|Gilligan's Gold]] *[[The Great Escape|The Great Escape]] *[[Gryzor|Gryzor]] Known as Contra too on other systems.*[[Head Over Heels|Head Over Heels]] *[[Hunchback|Hunchback]] *[[Hunchback II - Quasimodo's Revenge|Hunchback II - Quasimodo's Revenge]] *[[Hunchback the Adventure|Hunchback the Adventure]] *[[It's a Knockout|It's a Knockout]] *[[Knight Bride|Knight Bride]] *[[Kong Strikes Back|Kong Strikes Back]] *[[Madballs|Madballs]] *[[Mario Bros.|Mario Bros.]] *[[Midnight Resistance|Midnight Resistance]] *[[Mutants|Mutants]] *[[Narc|Narc]] *[[The New Zealand Story|The New Zealand Story]] *[[Nomad|Nomad]] *[[Phantom Club|Phantom Club]] *[[Platoon|Platoon]] *[[Plotting|Plotting]] *[[Puzznic|Puzznic]] *[[Rainbow Islands|Rainbow Islands]] *[[Renegade]]*[[Run for Gold|Run for Gold]] *[[Run the Gauntlet|Run the Gauntlet]] *[[Super Wondeboy in Monsterland|Super Wondeboy in Monsterland]] *[[Tai-Pan]] *[[Tank|Tank]] *[[Target Renegade|Target Renegade]]*[[Top Gun|Top Gun]]*[[Track & Field|Track &amp; Field]] *[[Typhoon (Ocean)|Typhoon]] *[[The Vindicator|The Vindicator]] *[[Where Time Stoods Still|Where Time Stoods Still]] *[[Wizball|Wizball]]   '''Movies or TV Licenses :''' *[[The Addams Family|The Addams Family]] (1991) *[[Cobra Stallone|Cobra Stallone]] *[[Highlander|Highlander]] *[[Hudson Hawk|Hudson Hawk]] *[[Knight Rider|Knight Rider]] *[[Miami Vice|Miami Vice]] *[[Navy Seals (cartridge)|Navy Seals (Cartridge)]] *[[Never Ending Story|Never Ending Story]] *[[Night Breed|Night Breed]] *[[Red Heat|Red Heat]] *[[Rambo - First Blood 2|Rambo - First Blood 2]] *[[Rambo 3|Rambo 3]] *[[Robocop|Robocop]] (1987) *[[Robocop 2 (cartridge)|Robocop 2 (Cartridge)]] *[[Robocop 3|Robocop 3]] Unreleased.*[[Terminator 2|Terminator 2]] *[[The Untouchables|The Untouchables]] *[[V - The Visitors|V - The Visitors]] *[[Top Gun|Top Gun]] *[[Total Recall|Total Recall]] *[[Short Circuit|Short Circuit]] *[[Short Circuit 2|Short Circuit 2]] *[[Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants|Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants]] *[[Street Hawk|Street Hawk]]  '''Arcade Licenses :''' *[[Operation Thunderbolt|Operation Thunderbolt]] *[[Operation Wolf|Operation Wolf]] *[[Pang|Pang]] *[[Rastan|Rastan]] *[[Shadow Warriors|Shadow Warriors]] *[[Smash TV|Smash TV]] *[[Space Gun|Space Gun]] *[[Toki|Toki]] (Cartridge) unreleased VaporWare.*[[Sly Spy|Sly Spy]]   '''Sport Licenses''' *[[Adidas Championship Football|Adidas Championship Football]] *[[Adidas Championship Tie Break|Adidas Championship Tie Break]] *[[Daley Thompson's Decathlon|Daley Thompson's Decathlon]] *[[Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge|Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge]] *[[Daley Thompson's Supertest|Daley Thompson's Supertest]] *[[Match Day|Match Day]] *[[Matchday 2|Matchday 2]] *[[Super Test Decathlon|Super Test Decathlon]] *[[Superbowl|Superbowl]] *[[World Cup Carnival 86|World Cup Carnival 86]] *[[WWF Wrestlemania Challenge|WWF Wrestlemania Challenge]]  == Gallery == <gallery> caption="screenshots">Image:SOTB Comparatif 2.png‎| Shadow of the Beast by Psygnosis/[[Ocean]]Image:Ocean.png‎| Various [[Ocean]] intro pagesImage:Divers 01.png‎| Various [[Ocean]](mostly) intro pages</gallery>  [[Category:CPC_related_companies]] [[Category:CPC related companiesComputer_and_video_game_companies]] [[Category: Computer and video game UK companies]]