Ocean

History

Manchester-based Ocean's early success with games like Hunchback and Kong gave them the cash to buy the Imagine name and logo, and also take a 50% stake in US Gold. The Hit Squad began life as a label for their first compilation titles, the They Sold A Million series, and was revived when they eventually entered the budget market in 1989. Ocean has the best chart record of any publisher with over fifty number one titles. RoboCop leads the Top 10 Releases chart as the best performing release.

Note

The figures for Months in the Top 10 and Months at No. 1 are based on the All Format and Multi Format chart only.
Columns are sortable, sorting by the cover column will sort by chart appearance date.

Title	Top 10	No. 1	Rank
RoboCop OCEAN	22	8	1
Daley Thompson's Decathlon OCEAN	10	3	14
Bubble Bobble OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	9	2	16
Batman: The Movie OCEAN	10	2	17
Chase H.Q. OCEAN / TAITO	10	2	18
Operation Wolf OCEAN / TAITO	8	3	23
The New Zealand Story OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	7	4	28
Dragon Ninja OCEAN / IMAGINE / DATA EAST	7	0	34
Terminator 2: Judgment Day OCEAN	7	2	36
Dragon Ninja OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST	9	0	38
Green Beret OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	7	1	46
WWF WrestleMania OCEAN	5	4	48
Hunchback SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / OCEAN / CENTURY ELECTRONICS	6	1	52
Yie Ar Kung-Fu OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	5	1	54
Shadow Warriors OCEAN / TECMO	5	3	55
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants OCEAN	5	0	65
Enduro Racer OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	5	< 1	69
T.L.L. VORTEX SOFTWARE / OCEAN	4	< 1	81
Hyper Sports OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	6	2	85
Rainbow Islands OCEAN / TAITO	5	1	87
Crazy Cars OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	4	2	91
World Series Baseball OCEAN / IMAGINE	3	< 1	103
The Rainbow Collection OCEAN	4	0	110
Renegade OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	3	1	112
Green Beret OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	3	< 1	116
Konami's Coin-Op Hits OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	5	0	117
RoboCop 2 OCEAN	3	0	118
Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge OCEAN	2	< 1	120
Rambo OCEAN	4	< 1	126
Target: Renegade OCEAN / IMAGINE	3	< 1	127
Daley Thompson's Supertest OCEAN	2	0	131
Match Day II OCEAN	1	0	134
We Are The Champions OCEAN	1	0	136
RoboCop OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	3	1	139
Daley Thompson's Decathlon OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	4	0	141
Hollywood Collection OCEAN	4	0	146
Match Day OCEAN	3	< 1	153
Rainbow Islands OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	1	< 1	154
Operation Thunderbolt OCEAN / TAITO	5	< 1	155
Yie Ar Kung-Fu OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	3	< 1	156
They Sold a Million OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	3	0	172
Run the Gauntlet OCEAN	4	0	178
Altered Beast OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	4	< 1	179
Combat School OCEAN / KONAMI	1	1	188
Kong OCEAN	3	< 1	189
WEC Le Mans OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	3	0	193
Batman: The Movie OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	4	0	206
Platoon OCEAN	< 1	< 1	221
Run the Gauntlet OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	3	0	227
Batman: The Caped Crusader OCEAN	3	0	228
V OCEAN	2	< 1	229
Match Day II OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	247
Batman OCEAN	1	1	254
Target: Renegade OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	2	0	261
Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation OCEAN / TAITO	2	0	262
Rastan OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	3	0	274
Super Bowl OCEAN	2	1	276
Game, Set and Match OCEAN	1	< 1	279
Power Up OCEAN	2	0	286
The In Crowd OCEAN	3	0	296
The New Zealand Story OCEAN / TAITO	2	0	299
Batman OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	< 1	0	300
Wonder Boy OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	2	0	315
Cabal OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAD	2	0	325
Midnight Resistance OCEAN / DATA EAST	2	0	330
F29 Retaliator OCEAN	2	< 1	331
R-Type OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / IREM	1	0	333
Short Circuit OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	2	0	336
The Untouchables OCEAN	2	0	339
Army Moves OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC	1	0	343
Chase H.Q. OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	1	0	345
Tai-Pan OCEAN	2	0	355
Operation Wolf OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	1	0	363
Frankie Goes to Hollywood OCEAN	2	0	365
They Sold a Million II OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	372
Top Gun OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	378
Live Ammo OCEAN	< 1	0	391
Total Recall OCEAN	2	0	405
The Magnificent Seven OCEAN	< 1	0	406
Movie OCEAN / IMAGINE	1	0	423
Ping Pong OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	1	0	450
The Real Ghostbusters OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST	1	0	452
The Great Escape OCEAN	< 1	0	453
Knight Rider OCEAN	1	0	455
Afterburner OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	< 1	0	469
Combat School OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	1	0	471
The Untouchables OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	473
Rampage OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / BALLY MIDWAY	< 1	0	476
Game Over OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC	< 1	0	477
NARC OCEAN / WILLIAMS	1	0	508
Rambo OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	517
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	523
Hunchback II OCEAN	2	0	527
Pogo OCEAN	1	0	531
Wizball OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	532
Konami's Arcade Collection OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	541
Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	542
Cobra OCEAN	2	0	547
Arkanoid OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	1	0	549
Where Time Stood Still OCEAN	0	0	552
IK+ OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	< 1	0	561
Renegade III OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	568
Super Soccer OCEAN / IMAGINE	0	0	572
Head over Heels OCEAN	0	0	586
Power Drift OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	1	0	591
Renegade III OCEAN / IMAGINE	< 1	0	597
Wizball OCEAN	0	0	598
They Sold a Million 3 OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	2	0	600
Chinese Juggler OCEAN	1	0	628
Fun School 2 (All Ages Combined) OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	634
Cabal OCEAN / TAD	< 1	0	638
Parallax OCEAN	< 1	0	639
Renegade OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	646
Mr Wimpy OCEAN	1	0	659
Salamander OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	1	0	666
Typhoon OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	673
Adidas Championship Football OCEAN	< 1	0	680
Taito Coin-Op Hits OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	1	0	684
Terminator 2: Judgment Day OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	713
Super Hang-On OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	0	0	729
Cavelon OCEAN / JETSOFT	0	0	737
Rastan OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	0	0	757
Mikie OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	0	0	784
Salamander OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	801
Hyper Sports OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	0	0	804
WWF European Rampage Tour OCEAN	0	0	806
RoboCop 3 OCEAN	1	0	807
Shao-Lin's Road OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	0	0	818
World Series Basketball OCEAN / IMAGINE	0	0	838
Match Day OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	848
Navy SEALs OCEAN	0	0	857
Red Heat OCEAN	< 1	0	871
Nightmare Rally OCEAN	< 1	0	894
WWF WrestleMania OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	895
Guerrilla War OCEAN / IMAGINE / SNK	0	0	899
Rambo III OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	910
100% Dynamite OCEAN	< 1	0	914
Pro Tennis Tour OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	932
Trivial Pursuit OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	935
Smash TV OCEAN / WILLIAMS	< 1	0	942
Midnight Resistance OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST	< 1	0	948
Gift from the Gods OCEAN	< 1	0	953
Game, Set and Match 2 OCEAN	< 1	0	964
Lombard RAC Rally OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	< 1	0	965
Red Heat OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	976
Kong Strikes Back OCEAN	0	0	1007
Platoon OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1016
Elf OCEAN	< 1	0	1027
Quartet OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	0	0	1036
Rambo III OCEAN	0	0	1069
Predator OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1083
Cobra OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1091
The Transformers OCEAN	1	0	1097
The Vindicator OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1111
Miami Vice OCEAN	0	0	1169
Street Hawk OCEAN	< 1	0	1188
Toki OCEAN / TAD	< 1	0	1194
Donkey Kong OCEAN	0	0	1199
Roland’s Rat Race OCEAN	0	0	1211
Spitting Image OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1214
Darkman OCEAN	0	0	1215
The Duel: Test Drive 2 OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1225
The Biz OCEAN	0	0	1232
The Dream Team OCEAN	0	0	1269
Wizadore OCEAN / IMAGINE	0	0	1284
The Addams Family OCEAN	0	0	1320
Gilligan's Gold OCEAN	0	0	1393
Ghostbusters II OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	< 1	0	1426
The Vindicator OCEAN / IMAGINE	< 1	0	1434
Super Space Invaders OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	1444
Batman: The Caped Crusader OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1492
Short Circuit OCEAN	0	0	1508
Return of the Jedi OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	1510
Shadow Of The Beast OCEAN / PSYGNOSIS	0	0	1537
Pit-Fighter OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	1563
Mikie OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	1565
Smash TV OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / WILLIAMS	0	0	1679
The Addams Family OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1723
Stuntbike OCEAN	0	0	1760
Top Gun OCEAN	0	0	1763
The NeverEnding Story OCEAN	0	0	1830
Super Fighter OCEAN	0	0	1906
High Noon OCEAN	0	0	1968
Daley Thompson's Star Events OCEAN	0	0	1973
Puzznic OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	1980
Hudson Hawk OCEAN	0	0	1981
Jack Nicklaus’ Golf OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / ACCOLADE	0	0	2077
Ninja Collection OCEAN	0	0	2163
Hard Drivin' OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2164
Armageddon OCEAN	0	0	2350
Android Two VORTEX SOFTWARE / OCEAN	0	0	2384
Eskimo Eddie OCEAN	0	0	2401
Moon Alert OCEAN	0	0	2416
Konami’s Tennis OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	2532
Galivan OCEAN / IMAGINE / NICHIBUTSU	0	0	2546
Konami's Golf OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	2552
Stars on the 128K OCEAN	0	0	2563
Mag Max OCEAN / IMAGINE / NICHIBUTSU	0	0	2579
Gryzor OCEAN / KONAMI	0	0	2621
Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	0	0	2630
Match Point OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2700
World Series Baseball OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2706
Freddy Hardest OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC	0	0	2710
Mega Mix OCEAN	0	0	2715
Special Action OCEAN	0	0	2718
Miami Vice OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2724
Arkanoid OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	2732
Daley Thompson's Supertest OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2745
Lost Patrol OCEAN	0	0	2746
WEC Le Mans OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	0	0	2774
Pang OCEAN / MITCHELL	0	0	2776
Licence to Kill OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2805
Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	2806
APB OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2809
2 Hot 2 Handle OCEAN	0	0	2837
Space Gun OCEAN / TAITO	0	0	2844
Shadow Warriors OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TECMO	0	0	2857
Navy Moves OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DINAMIC	0	0	2862
Last Ninja 2 OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2869
Sly Spy – Secret Agent OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST	0	0	2880
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2883
Castle Master OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2884
Battle Command OCEAN	0	0	2889
Cyberball OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2891
Total Recall OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2896
Operation Thunderbolt OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	2899
NARC OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / WILLIAMS	0	0	2900
Badlands OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2904
Pictionary OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2915
Hook OCEAN	0	0	2925
Toobin' OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2927
Hudson Hawk OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2929
Lethal Weapon OCEAN	0	0	2930
Sleepwalker OCEAN	0	0	2939
Hook OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2942