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	1	43
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	69
T.L.L. VORTEX SOFTWARE / OCEAN	4	< 1	81
Hyper Sports OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	6	2	84
Rainbow Islands OCEAN / TAITO	5	1	86
Crazy Cars OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	4	2	90
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	121
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	172
Run the Gauntlet OCEAN	4	0	179
Altered Beast OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	4	< 1	180
Combat School OCEAN / KONAMI	1	1	189
Kong OCEAN	3	< 1	190
WEC Le Mans OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	3	0	194
Batman: The Movie OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	4	0	205
Platoon OCEAN	< 1	< 1	222
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	243
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	346
Tai-Pan OCEAN	2	0	356
Knight Rider OCEAN	2	0	361
They Sold a Million II OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	2	0	365
Operation Wolf OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	1	0	366
Frankie Goes to Hollywood OCEAN	2	0	368
Top Gun OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	380
Live Ammo OCEAN	< 1	0	394
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	453
The Real Ghostbusters OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST	1	0	455
The Great Escape OCEAN	< 1	0	456
Afterburner OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	< 1	0	471
Combat School OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	1	0	473
The Untouchables OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	475
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	535
Wizball OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	536
Konami's Arcade Collection OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	545
Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	1	0	546
Cobra OCEAN	2	0	551
Arkanoid OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	1	0	552
Where Time Stood Still OCEAN	0	0	555
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	974
Kong Strikes Back OCEAN	0	0	1005
Platoon OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1014
Elf OCEAN	< 1	0	1025
Quartet OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA	0	0	1034
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	1109
Miami Vice OCEAN	0	0	1167
Street Hawk OCEAN	< 1	0	1186
Toki OCEAN / TAD	< 1	0	1192
Donkey Kong OCEAN	0	0	1197
Roland’s Rat Race OCEAN	0	0	1209
Spitting Image OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1212
Darkman OCEAN	0	0	1213
The Duel: Test Drive 2 OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	1223
The Biz OCEAN	0	0	1230
The Dream Team OCEAN	0	0	1267
Wizadore OCEAN / IMAGINE	0	0	1282
The Addams Family OCEAN	0	0	1318
Gilligan's Gold OCEAN	0	0	1392
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	2533
Galivan OCEAN / IMAGINE / NICHIBUTSU	0	0	2547
Konami's Golf OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI	0	0	2553
Stars on the 128K OCEAN	0	0	2564
Mag Max OCEAN / IMAGINE / NICHIBUTSU	0	0	2580
Gryzor OCEAN / KONAMI	0	0	2622
Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO	0	0	2631
Match Point OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2701
World Series Baseball OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2707
Freddy Hardest OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC	0	0	2711
Mega Mix OCEAN	0	0	2716
Special Action OCEAN	0	0	2719
Miami Vice OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2725
Arkanoid OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	2733
Daley Thompson's Supertest OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2746
Lost Patrol OCEAN	0	0	2747
WEC Le Mans OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI	0	0	2775
Pang OCEAN / MITCHELL	0	0	2777
Licence to Kill OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2806
Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	2807
APB OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2810
2 Hot 2 Handle OCEAN	0	0	2838
Space Gun OCEAN / TAITO	0	0	2845
Shadow Warriors OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TECMO	0	0	2858
Navy Moves OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DINAMIC	0	0	2863
Last Ninja 2 OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2870
Sly Spy – Secret Agent OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST	0	0	2881
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2884
Castle Master OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2885
Battle Command OCEAN	0	0	2890
Cyberball OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2892
Total Recall OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2897
Operation Thunderbolt OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO	0	0	2900
NARC OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / WILLIAMS	0	0	2901
Badlands OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2905
Pictionary OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2916
Hook OCEAN	0	0	2926
Toobin' OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN	0	0	2928
Hudson Hawk OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2930
Lethal Weapon OCEAN	0	0	2931
Sleepwalker OCEAN	0	0	2940
Hook OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD	0	0	2943