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	19
Operation Wolf OCEAN / TAITO	8	3	24
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	2	42
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	67
Enduro Racer OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	5	< 1	70
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	106
The Rainbow Collection OCEAN	4	0	112
Renegade OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	3	1	114
Green Beret OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	3	< 1	117
Konami's Coin-Op Hits OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	5	0	118
RoboCop 2 OCEAN	3	0	119
Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge OCEAN	2	< 1	122
Rambo OCEAN	4	< 1	127
Target: Renegade OCEAN / IMAGINE	3	< 1	128
Daley Thompson's Supertest OCEAN	2	0	132
Match Day II OCEAN	1	0	135
We Are The Champions OCEAN	1	0	137
RoboCop OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	3	1	140
Daley Thompson's Decathlon OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	4	0	142
Hollywood Collection OCEAN	4	0	147
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	174
Run the Gauntlet OCEAN	4	0	180
Altered Beast OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	4	< 1	181
Combat School OCEAN / KONAMI	1	1	190
Kong OCEAN	3	< 1	191
WEC Le Mans OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	3	0	195
Batman: The Movie OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	4	0	206
Platoon OCEAN	< 1	< 1	223
Run the Gauntlet OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	3	0	230
Batman: The Caped Crusader OCEAN	3	0	231
V OCEAN	2	< 1	232
Batman OCEAN	2	1	237
Match Day II OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	251
Target: Renegade OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	2	0	263
Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation OCEAN / TAITO	2	0	264
Rastan OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	3	0	275
Super Bowl OCEAN	2	1	277
Game, Set and Match OCEAN	1	< 1	280
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	326
Midnight Resistance OCEAN / DATA EAST	2	0	331
F29 Retaliator OCEAN	2	< 1	332
R-Type OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / IREM	1	0	334
Short Circuit OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	2	0	337
The Untouchables OCEAN	2	0	340
Army Moves OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC	1	0	344
Chase H.Q. OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	1	0	347
Tai-Pan OCEAN	2	0	357
They Sold a Million II OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	2	0	360
Knight Rider OCEAN	2	0	363
Operation Wolf OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	1	0	367
Frankie Goes to Hollywood OCEAN	2	0	369
Top Gun OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	381
Live Ammo OCEAN	< 1	0	395
Total Recall OCEAN	2	0	408
The Magnificent Seven OCEAN	< 1	0	409
Movie OCEAN / IMAGINE	1	0	425
Ping Pong OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	1	0	454
The Real Ghostbusters OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST	1	0	456
The Great Escape OCEAN	< 1	0	457
Afterburner OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	< 1	0	472
Combat School OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	1	0	474
The Untouchables OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	476
Rampage OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / BALLY MIDWAY	< 1	0	479
Game Over OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC	< 1	0	480
NARC OCEAN / WILLIAMS	1	0	511
Rambo OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	520
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	526
Hunchback II OCEAN	2	0	530
Pogo OCEAN	1	0	534
Wizball OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	535
Konami's Arcade Collection OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	544
Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	545
Cobra OCEAN	2	0	550
Arkanoid OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	1	0	551
Where Time Stood Still OCEAN	0	0	554
IK+ OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	< 1	0	563
Renegade III OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	570
Super Soccer OCEAN / IMAGINE	0	0	574
Head over Heels OCEAN	0	0	588
Power Drift OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	1	0	592
Renegade III OCEAN / IMAGINE	< 1	0	598
Wizball OCEAN	0	0	599
They Sold a Million 3 OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	2	0	601
Chinese Juggler OCEAN	1	0	629
Fun School 2 (All Ages Combined) OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	635
Cabal OCEAN / TAD	< 1	0	639
Parallax OCEAN	< 1	0	640
Renegade OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	647
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	714
Super Hang-On OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	0	0	730
Cavelon OCEAN / JETSOFT	0	0	738
Rastan OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	0	0	758
Mikie OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	0	0	785
Salamander OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	802
Hyper Sports OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	0	0	805
WWF European Rampage Tour OCEAN	0	0	807
RoboCop 3 OCEAN	1	0	808
Shao-Lin's Road OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	0	0	819
World Series Basketball OCEAN / IMAGINE	0	0	839
Match Day OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	849
Navy SEALs OCEAN	0	0	858
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	898
Rambo III OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	909
100% Dynamite OCEAN	< 1	0	913
Pro Tennis Tour OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	931
Trivial Pursuit OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	934
Smash TV OCEAN / WILLIAMS	< 1	0	941
Midnight Resistance OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST	< 1	0	947
Gift from the Gods OCEAN	< 1	0	952
Game, Set and Match 2 OCEAN	< 1	0	963
Lombard RAC Rally OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	< 1	0	964
Red Heat OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	975
Kong Strikes Back OCEAN	0	0	1006
Platoon OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1015
Elf OCEAN	< 1	0	1026
Quartet OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	0	0	1035
Rambo III OCEAN	0	0	1068
Predator OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1082
Cobra OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1090
The Transformers OCEAN	1	0	1096
The Vindicator OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1110
Miami Vice OCEAN	0	0	1168
Street Hawk OCEAN	< 1	0	1187
Toki OCEAN / TAD	< 1	0	1193
Donkey Kong OCEAN	0	0	1198
Roland’s Rat Race OCEAN	0	0	1210
Spitting Image OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1213
Darkman OCEAN	0	0	1214
The Duel: Test Drive 2 OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1224
The Biz OCEAN	0	0	1231
The Dream Team OCEAN	0	0	1268
Wizadore OCEAN / IMAGINE	0	0	1283
The Addams Family OCEAN	0	0	1319
Gilligan's Gold OCEAN	0	0	1393
Ghostbusters II OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	< 1	0	1427
The Vindicator OCEAN / IMAGINE	< 1	0	1435
Super Space Invaders OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	1445
Batman: The Caped Crusader OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1493
Short Circuit OCEAN	0	0	1509
Return of the Jedi OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	1511
Shadow Of The Beast OCEAN / PSYGNOSIS	0	0	1538
Pit-Fighter OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	1564
Mikie OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	1566
Smash TV OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / WILLIAMS	0	0	1680
The Addams Family OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1724
Stuntbike OCEAN	0	0	1761
Top Gun OCEAN	0	0	1764
The NeverEnding Story OCEAN	0	0	1831
Super Fighter OCEAN	0	0	1907
High Noon OCEAN	0	0	1969
Daley Thompson's Star Events OCEAN	0	0	1974
Puzznic OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	1981
Hudson Hawk OCEAN	0	0	1982
Jack Nicklaus’ Golf OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / ACCOLADE	0	0	2078
Ninja Collection OCEAN	0	0	2164
Hard Drivin' OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2165
Armageddon OCEAN	0	0	2351
Android Two VORTEX SOFTWARE / OCEAN	0	0	2385
Eskimo Eddie OCEAN	0	0	2402
Moon Alert OCEAN	0	0	2417
Konami’s Tennis OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	2534
Galivan OCEAN / IMAGINE / NICHIBUTSU	0	0	2548
Konami's Golf OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	2554
Stars on the 128K OCEAN	0	0	2565
Mag Max OCEAN / IMAGINE / NICHIBUTSU	0	0	2581
Gryzor OCEAN / KONAMI	0	0	2623
Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	0	0	2632
Match Point OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2702
World Series Baseball OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2708
Freddy Hardest OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC	0	0	2712
Mega Mix OCEAN	0	0	2717
Special Action OCEAN	0	0	2720
Miami Vice OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2726
Arkanoid OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	2734
Daley Thompson's Supertest OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2747
Lost Patrol OCEAN	0	0	2748
WEC Le Mans OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	0	0	2776
Pang OCEAN / MITCHELL	0	0	2778
Licence to Kill OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2807
Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	2808
APB OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2811
2 Hot 2 Handle OCEAN	0	0	2839
Space Gun OCEAN / TAITO	0	0	2846
Shadow Warriors OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TECMO	0	0	2859
Navy Moves OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DINAMIC	0	0	2864
Last Ninja 2 OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2871
Sly Spy – Secret Agent OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST	0	0	2882
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2885
Castle Master OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2886
Battle Command OCEAN	0	0	2891
Cyberball OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2893
Total Recall OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2898
Operation Thunderbolt OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	2901
NARC OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / WILLIAMS	0	0	2902
Badlands OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2906
Pictionary OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2917
Hook OCEAN	0	0	2927
Toobin' OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2929
Hudson Hawk OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2931
Lethal Weapon OCEAN	0	0	2932
Sleepwalker OCEAN	0	0	2941
Hook OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2944