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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 Formats chart only.
Columns are sortable, sorting by the cover column will sort by chart appearance date.

TitleTop 10No. 1Rank
Cover(s)RoboCop

OCEAN

1681
Cover(s)Bubble Bobble

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

918
Cover(s)Daley Thompson's Decathlon

OCEAN

8313
Cover(s)The New Zealand Story

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

7323
Cover(s)Rainbow Islands

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

1 < 1 29
Cover(s)Operation Wolf

OCEAN / TAITO

7331
Cover(s)Batman: The Movie

OCEAN

8133
Cover(s)Dragon Ninja

OCEAN / IMAGINE / DATA EAST

7034
Cover(s)Dragon Ninja

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST

9035
Cover(s)Hunchback

SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / OCEAN / CENTURY ELECTRONICS

6142
Cover(s)Terminator 2: Judgment Day

OCEAN

6145
Cover(s)Chase H.Q.

OCEAN / TAITO

4148
Cover(s)Green Beret

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

4150
Cover(s)Yie Ar Kung-Fu

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

4252
Cover(s)WWF WrestleMania

OCEAN

3359
Cover(s)Enduro Racer

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA

5 < 1 67
Cover(s)Shadow Warriors

OCEAN / TECMO

3169
Cover(s)Crazy Cars

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

4278
Cover(s)Hyper Sports

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

4291
Cover(s)The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants

OCEAN

4093
Cover(s)T.L.L.

VORTEX SOFTWARE / OCEAN

3 < 1 95
Cover(s)Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge

OCEAN

31101
Cover(s)RoboCop

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

31102
Cover(s)Green Beret

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI

3 < 1 105
Cover(s)World Series Baseball

OCEAN / IMAGINE

3 < 1 106
Cover(s)Yie Ar Kung-Fu

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI

3 < 1 123
Cover(s)The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00131
Cover(s)Daley Thompson's Decathlon

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

40132
Cover(s)Rambo

OCEAN

2 < 1 133
Cover(s)Konami's Coin-Op Hits

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

40135
Cover(s)We Are The Champions

OCEAN

10137
Cover(s)Target: Renegade

OCEAN / IMAGINE

2 < 1 139
Cover(s)Daley Thompson's Supertest

OCEAN

10142
Cover(s)Altered Beast

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA

4 < 1 143
Cover(s)The Rainbow Collection

OCEAN

40147
Cover(s)Match Day II

OCEAN

< 1 0149
Cover(s)Renegade

OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO

21157
Cover(s)Match Day

OCEAN

2 < 1 164
Cover(s)Combat School

OCEAN / KONAMI

11167
Cover(s)Kong

OCEAN

3 < 1 179
Cover(s)Target: Renegade

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

20185
Cover(s)Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation

OCEAN / TAITO

10186
Cover(s)Run the Gauntlet

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

30193
Cover(s)Batman: The Movie

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

40204
Cover(s)RoboCop 2

OCEAN

< 1 0207
Cover(s)Rainbow Islands

OCEAN / TAITO

20214
Cover(s)Rastan

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

30215
Cover(s)Batman

OCEAN

11221
Cover(s)Platoon

OCEAN

< 1 0227
Cover(s)Operation Thunderbolt

OCEAN / TAITO

20230
Cover(s)R-Type

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / IREM

10231
Cover(s)They Sold a Million

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

20232
Cover(s)Operation Wolf

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

10236
Cover(s)WEC Le Mans

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

20244
Cover(s)Hollywood Collection

OCEAN

< 1 0253
Cover(s)The In Crowd

OCEAN

20261
Cover(s)Super Bowl

OCEAN

11273
Cover(s)Power Up

OCEAN

20275
Cover(s)Terminator 2: Judgment Day

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00277
Cover(s)Game, Set and Match

OCEAN

1 < 1 280
Cover(s)Run the Gauntlet

OCEAN

20282
Cover(s)Chase H.Q.

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

10283
Cover(s)Match Day II

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

10294
Cover(s)Afterburner

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA

< 1 0309
Cover(s)V

OCEAN

1 < 1 315
Cover(s)Batman: The Caped Crusader

OCEAN

20318
Cover(s)IK+

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00325
Cover(s)Wonder Boy

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA

20326
Cover(s)Movie

OCEAN / IMAGINE

< 1 0338
Cover(s)The New Zealand Story

OCEAN / TAITO

20348
Cover(s)Cabal

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAD

10357
Cover(s)Total Recall

OCEAN

< 1 0362
Cover(s)They Sold a Million II

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

10365
Cover(s)Frankie Goes to Hollywood

OCEAN

20367
Cover(s)The Real Ghostbusters

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST

10374
Cover(s)Trivial Pursuit

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00392
Cover(s)Live Ammo

OCEAN

< 1 0395
Cover(s)The Great Escape

OCEAN

< 1 0398
Cover(s)Short Circuit

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

20399
Cover(s)Midnight Resistance

OCEAN / DATA EAST

00405
Cover(s)Tai-Pan

OCEAN

< 1 0410
Cover(s)WWF European Rampage Tour

OCEAN

00411
Cover(s)Batman

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00421
Cover(s)The Untouchables

OCEAN

20425
Cover(s)Salamander

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI

10426
Cover(s)WWF WrestleMania

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00432
Cover(s)Combat School

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI

10434
Cover(s)Army Moves

OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC

10435
Cover(s)Hunchback II

OCEAN

10464
Cover(s)Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

10466
Cover(s)NARC

OCEAN / WILLIAMS

00479
Cover(s)Cobra

OCEAN

20482
Cover(s)Mr Wimpy

OCEAN

10496
Cover(s)The Magnificent Seven

OCEAN

00500
Cover(s)Game Over

OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC

< 1 0523
Cover(s)Super Hang-On

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA

00526
Cover(s)Fun School 2 (All Ages Combined)

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00535
Cover(s)Wizball

OCEAN

00545
Cover(s)Pro Tennis Tour

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00557
Cover(s)Chinese Juggler

OCEAN

< 1 0559
Cover(s)Power Drift

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA

10578
Cover(s)Wizball

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00590
Cover(s)Cabal

OCEAN / TAD

00591
Cover(s)Rampage

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / BALLY MIDWAY

00594
Cover(s)Salamander

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

00603
Cover(s)Ping Pong

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

10624
Cover(s)Konami's Arcade Collection

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

00628
Cover(s)The Untouchables

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

10661
Cover(s)Rambo

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

< 1 0671
Cover(s)Knight Rider

OCEAN

< 1 0673
Cover(s)Pogo

OCEAN

< 1 0680
Cover(s)They Sold a Million 3

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

10696
Cover(s)Top Gun

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00697
Cover(s)Renegade III

OCEAN / IMAGINE

< 1 0699
Cover(s)Taito Coin-Op Hits

OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO

10700
Cover(s)Parallax

OCEAN

< 1 0735
Cover(s)Typhoon

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

00740
Cover(s)Renegade III

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

< 1 0769
Cover(s)Arkanoid

OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO

10780
Cover(s)Cavelon

OCEAN / JETSOFT

00782
Cover(s)Where Time Stood Still

OCEAN

00785
Cover(s)World Series Basketball

OCEAN / IMAGINE

00811
Cover(s)Rambo III

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00832
Cover(s)Mikie

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI

00852
Cover(s)Super Space Invaders

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

00857
Cover(s)Super Soccer

OCEAN / IMAGINE

00859
Cover(s)The Duel: Test Drive 2

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00866
Cover(s)Adidas Championship Football

OCEAN

00873
Cover(s)Navy SEALs

OCEAN

00884
Cover(s)Platoon

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

00886
Cover(s)Red Heat

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

10888
Cover(s)RoboCop 3

OCEAN

10889
Cover(s)Shao-Lin's Road

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI

00906
Cover(s)Wizadore

OCEAN / IMAGINE

00941
Cover(s)Head over Heels

OCEAN

00943
Cover(s)Hyper Sports

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI

00947
Cover(s)The Dream Team

OCEAN

00966
Cover(s)Red Heat

OCEAN

< 1 0998
Cover(s)Gilligan's Gold

OCEAN

001001
Cover(s)Rastan

OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO

001019
Cover(s)Pit-Fighter

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN

001026
Cover(s)Guerrilla War

OCEAN / IMAGINE / SNK

001065
Cover(s)Kong Strikes Back

OCEAN

001071
Cover(s)Midnight Resistance

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST

< 1 01072
Cover(s)Match Day

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

001087
Cover(s)Smash TV

OCEAN / WILLIAMS

001090
Cover(s)Game, Set and Match 2

OCEAN

< 1 01102
Cover(s)Lombard RAC Rally

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

< 1 01105
Cover(s)Cobra

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

001133
Cover(s)Miami Vice

OCEAN

001191
Cover(s)Quartet

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA

001197
Cover(s)Smash TV

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / WILLIAMS

001202
Cover(s)Gift from the Gods

OCEAN

< 1 01204
Cover(s)100% Dynamite

OCEAN

001228
Cover(s)Rambo III

OCEAN

001295
Cover(s)The Transformers

OCEAN

101305
Cover(s)Mikie

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

001311
Cover(s)Roland’s Rat Race

OCEAN

001316
Cover(s)Nightmare Rally

OCEAN

001317
Cover(s)Street Hawk

OCEAN

< 1 01363
Cover(s)Toki

OCEAN / TAD

< 1 01366
Cover(s)Renegade

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

001403
Cover(s)The Biz

OCEAN

001425
Cover(s)The Addams Family

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

001435
Cover(s)The Vindicator

OCEAN / IMAGINE

< 1 01437
Cover(s)The Addams Family

OCEAN

001452
Cover(s)Stuntbike

OCEAN

001476
Cover(s)Elf

OCEAN

< 1 01501
Cover(s)Donkey Kong

OCEAN

001508
Cover(s)Predator

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

001511
Cover(s)Shadow Of The Beast

OCEAN / PSYGNOSIS

001545
Cover(s)Super Fighter

OCEAN

001618
Cover(s)The Vindicator

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

001698
Cover(s)Spitting Image

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

001724
Cover(s)High Noon

OCEAN

001762
Cover(s)Return of the Jedi

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN

001781
Cover(s)Batman: The Caped Crusader

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

001833
Cover(s)Short Circuit

OCEAN

001867
Cover(s)Jack Nicklaus’ Golf

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / ACCOLADE

001881
Cover(s)Ghostbusters II

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

< 1 01906
Cover(s)The NeverEnding Story

OCEAN

001990
Cover(s)Daley Thompson's Star Events

OCEAN

001992
Cover(s)Top Gun

OCEAN

002050
Cover(s)Puzznic

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

002163
Cover(s)Hudson Hawk

OCEAN

002164
Cover(s)Darkman

OCEAN

002238
Cover(s)Ninja Collection

OCEAN

002239
Cover(s)Hard Drivin'

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN

002240
Cover(s)Armageddon

OCEAN

002310
Cover(s)Android Two

VORTEX SOFTWARE / OCEAN

002344
Cover(s)Eskimo Eddie

OCEAN

002361
Cover(s)Moon Alert

OCEAN

002376
Cover(s)Konami’s Tennis

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

002497
Cover(s)Galivan

OCEAN / IMAGINE / NICHIBUTSU

002512
Cover(s)Konami's Golf

OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI

002517
Cover(s)Stars on the 128K

OCEAN

002530
Cover(s)Mag Max

OCEAN / IMAGINE / NICHIBUTSU

002546
Cover(s)Gryzor

OCEAN / KONAMI

002588
Cover(s)Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh

OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO

002597
Cover(s)Match Point

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002668
Cover(s)World Series Baseball

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002674
Cover(s)Freddy Hardest

OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC

002679
Cover(s)Mega Mix

OCEAN

002684
Cover(s)Special Action

OCEAN

002687
Cover(s)Miami Vice

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002693
Cover(s)Arkanoid

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

002701
Cover(s)Daley Thompson's Supertest

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002711
Cover(s)WEC Le Mans

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI

002738
Cover(s)Pang

OCEAN / MITCHELL

002740
Cover(s)Licence to Kill

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002770
Cover(s)Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

002771
Cover(s)APB

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN

002775
Cover(s)2 Hot 2 Handle

OCEAN

002796
Cover(s)Space Gun

OCEAN / TAITO

002804
Cover(s)Shadow Warriors

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TECMO

002814
Cover(s)Navy Moves

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DINAMIC

002819
Cover(s)Last Ninja 2

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002826
Cover(s)Sly Spy – Secret Agent

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST

002837
Cover(s)Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN

002840
Cover(s)Castle Master

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002841
Cover(s)Battle Command

OCEAN

002846
Cover(s)Cyberball

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN

002848
Cover(s)Total Recall

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002854
Cover(s)Operation Thunderbolt

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO

002857
Cover(s)NARC

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / WILLIAMS

002858
Cover(s)Badlands

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN

002862
Cover(s)Pictionary

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002873
Cover(s)Hook

OCEAN

002883
Cover(s)Toobin'

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN

002885
Cover(s)Hudson Hawk

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002887
Cover(s)Lethal Weapon

OCEAN

002888
Cover(s)Sleepwalker

OCEAN

002897
Cover(s)Hook

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

002900