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Ocean Software
« on: December 15, 2005, 17:23:56 PM »
Anyone notice in the Eighties how all the free software given away in magazines and the games you actually bought, for most of the home computers was done by Ocean.

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Re: Ocean Software
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2005, 19:25:56 PM »
vaguely....why, have you bought the rights to the company? ::)

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Re: Ocean Software
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2005, 14:40:56 PM »
vaguely....why, have you bought the rights to the company? ::)

I passed on that  ;D  I think they went bankrupt.

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Re: Ocean Software
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2005, 21:32:08 PM »
The geek is here...

Ocean were an extremely prolific computer game company in the 80's publishing around 120 games in total. Most of them were average to say the least and had a reputation for mediocrity but there were a few genuine nuggets among the pieces of pyrite - Head over Heels, Daley Thompsons Decathlon & The Great Escape to name a few.

Ocean bought out Imagine in 1984 and used the Imagine name to publish coin-op conversions and the Ocean name for original titles.

They did a few titles for 16 bit machines but they never gained the recognition they had during the 8 bit era. They were bought by Infrogrames in 1998 (French company!!!) and the name disappeared soon afterwards - all they wanted was the talent and a foothold in UK.

Royal Birkdale: Championship Golf  1983 
Digger Dan  1983 
Armageddon  1983 
Rescue  1983 
Pogo  1983 
Gift From the Gods  1984 
Gilligan's Gold  1984 
Robotics  1984 
Hunchback  1984 
Bruce Lee  1984 
Mr. Wimpy  1984 
Cavelon  1984 
Moon Alert  1984 
Daley Thompson's Decathlon  1984 
Chinese Juggler, The  1984 
Kong  1984 
Eskimo Eddie  1984 
Transversion  1984 
Hunchback 2: Quasimodo's Revenge  1985 
Kong 2: Kong Strikes Back  1985 
Match Day 1985 
Neverending Story, The  1985 
Daley Thompson's Supertest  1985 
Pud Pud in Weird World  1985 
Rambo  1985 
Frankie Goes to Hollywood  1985 
Roland's Rat Race  1985 
Cosmic Wartoad  1985 
V  1985 
Platoon  1986 
Street Hawk  1986 
N.O.M.A.D.  1986 
Nightmare Rally  1986 
Donkey Kong  1986 
Superbowl  1986 
Great Escape, The  1986 
Gryzor  1986 
Nexus  1986 
Miami Vice  1986 
Highlander  1986 
Transformers  1986 
Hunchback - The Adventure  1986 
Cobra  1986 
Mailstrom  1986 
Laser Sprite Generator  1986 
It's a Knockout  1986 
Knight Rider  1986 
Laser Genius  1986 
Laser Compiler  1986 
Laser Basic  1986 
Batman 1986 
Army Moves  1986 
Wizball  1987 
Short Circuit  1987 
International Match Day  1987 
Mario Bros  1987 
Short Circuit 2  1987 
Match Day 2  1987 
Slap Fight  1987 
Flashpoint  1987 
Top Gun  1987 
Double Take  1987 
Mutants  1987 
Tank  1987 
Tai-Pan  1987 
Head Over Heels  1987 
Road Race  1987 
Combat School  1987 
Gutz  1988 
Typhoon  1988 
Cabal  1988 
Emilio Butraguemo 1  1988 
Operation Wolf  1988 
Rambo 3  1988 
Phantom Club  1988 
Firefly  1988 
W.E.C. Le Mans  1988 
Batman - The Caped Crusader 1988 
Psycho Soldier  1988 
Track & Field  1988 
Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge  1988 
Madballs  1988 
Where Time Stood Still  1988 
Red Heat  1989 
Chase HQ 1989 
Operation Thunderbolt  1989 
Robocop 1989 
Run the Gauntlet  1989 
Beach Volley  1989 
Batman - The Movie  1989 
New Zealand Story, The  1989 
Untouchables, The  1989 
Emilio Butraguemo 2  1989 
Shadow Warriors  1990 
Robocop 2  1990 
Rainbow Islands: Bubble Bobble 2 1990 
Midnight Resistance  1990 
Puzznic  1990 
Sly Spy: Secret Agent  1990 
Chase HQ 2: Special Criminal Investigations  1990 
Narc  1990 
Plotting  1990 
Pang  1990 
Night Breed  1990 
Adidas Championship Football  1990 
Adidas Championship Tie-Break  1990 
Toki  1991 
Navy Seals  1991 
Total Recall  1991 
Battle Command  1991 
Smash TV  1991 
Simpsons: Bart vs the Space Mutants  1991 
Hudson Hawk  1991 
Darkman  1991 
Terminator 2: Judgement Day  1991 
WWF Wrestle Mania  1991 
Addams Family, The  1991 
Robocop 3  1992 
Spacegun  1992

Under the Imagine Label...

Yie Ar Kung Fu  1985 
Hyper Sports  1985 
World Series Basketball  1985 
World Series Baseball  1985 
Mikie  1985 
Konami Golf  1986 
Legend of Kage  1986 
Terra Cresta  1986 
Tennis  1986 
Green Beret  1986 
Super Soccer  1986 
Movie  1986 
Ping-Pong  1986 
Yie Ar Kung Fu 2  1986 
Galvan - Cosmo Police  1986 
Mag Max - Robo Centurion  1987 
Game Over 1987 
Salamander  1987 
Athena  1987 
Basket Master  1987 
Arkanoid 1987 
Arkanoid 2: Revenge of Doh  1988 
Game Over 2  1988 
Vindicator  1988 
Renegade 2: Target Renegade  1988 
Rastan  1988 
Guerrilla War  1988 
Dragon Ninja  1988 
Play for Your Life  1988 
Renegade 3: The Final Chapter  1989 
Victory Road  1989

Hope this helps!
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Re: Ocean Software
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2005, 17:46:19 PM »
You know your stuff there.

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Re: Ocean Software
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2005, 22:08:51 PM »
I knew the story but I just copied and pasted the titles - I'm not THAT sad!!!
"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time.” George Orwell, 1984

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Re: Ocean Software
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2006, 15:38:51 PM »
I knew the story but I just copied and pasted the titles - I'm not THAT sad!!!

I do the same thing myself, all the time.