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'''Ocean Software''', founded in 1982 by David Ward and Jon Woods, was one of the biggest European games developers for the CPC. Ocean developed not only for the CPC of course but also for Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. They also were one of the few major companies that supported the [[Plus]] range. In 1998 [[Infogrames]] bought Ocean Softwareacross all home computing platforms.

* Adidas Championship FootballAlthough they developed and supported a number of original games and ideas, they will be forever associated in the mind of the casual game with their [[Licenced games|TV & Movie licence games]] and ports of the latest arcade hits from [[Konami]] and [[Taito]], the latest of which Ocean always seemed to be advertising up to six months in advance of release in the magazines of the day! By the time the CPC had arrived on the scene, Ocean had already beaten their North-East rivals '''Imagine''' who had overreached themselves in the battle for supremacy. Ocean took on the brand name for themselves and made a number of key releases on the label in the following years. Simply put, however, every release on the Imagine label for the CPC was in fact made by Ocean. As well as Imagine, Ocean developed the '''Hit Squad''' label as a budget house to re-release their old titles (along with a number of other titles by third parties). Their position as one of the key CPC developers is secured thanks to their involvement with the Plus range. Chosen by Amstrad as an ideal partner to provide launch software, it was Ocean who developed and produced [[Burnin' Rubber]], the game included with the GX4000 and the Plus range of machines. A short-lived serious software arm, '''Ocean IQ''', published the [[Laser Basic|Laser Basic]], [[Laser Genius|Laser Genius]] and [[Laser BASIC Compiler|Laser Compiler]] titles.  As with all games developers, and particularly true of a group with the huge output of Ocean, the quality can vary wildly from game to game but thanks to their savvy maketing and more than a few classic games, Ocean will always tend to be remembered favourably.  In 1998 the Ocean name finally disappeared when the group, who had been unable to move with the times into the 32-bit era was bought out by [[Infogrames]]. == Releases for CPC ==* Adidas Championship Tie Break* [[Arkanoid 2 - Revenge of Doh|Arkanoid 2 - Revenge of Doh]]  * [[Batman |Batman]] * [[Batman - The Movie|Batman The Movie]] (1989) * [[Batman The Movie ( Cartridge )|Batman The Movie ( Cartridge )]] (1989) *[[Batman the Caped Crusader|Batman the Caped Crusader]]  * [[Battle Command|Battle Command]] * [[Beach Volley|Beach Volley]] * [[Burnin' Rubber|Burning Rubber (Cartridge )]](1990) * [[Cabal|Cabal]] * [[Chase HQ|Chase HQ]] * Cobra Stallone* [[Combat School|Combat School]] * Daley Thompson's Decathlon* Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge* Daley Thompson's Supertest* [[Darkman|Darkman]] * [[Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong]] * [[Frankie goes to Hollywood|Frankie goes to Hollywood]] * [[Galvan|Galvan]] * [[Ghengis Khan|Ghengis Khan]] * [[Gilligan's Gold|Gilligan's Gold]] * [[The Great Escape|The Great Escape]] *[[Gryzor|Gryzor]] Known as Contra too on other systems.* [[Head Over Heels|Head Over Heels]] * Highlander* Hudson Hawk* [[Hunchback |Hunchback]] * [[Hunchback 2II - Quasimodo's Revenge|Hunchback II - Quasimodo's Revenge]] * [[Hunchback the Adventure|Hunchback the Adventure]] * [[It's a Knockout |It's a Knockout]] * [[Knight Bride* |Knight RiderBride]] * [[Kong Strikes Back|Kong Strikes Back]] * [[Madballs|Madballs]] * [[Mario Bros. |Mario Bros.]] * Match Day[[Midnight Resistance|Midnight Resistance]] * Matchday 2[[Mutants|Mutants]] * Miami Vice[[Narc|Narc]] * Midnight Resistance[[The New Zealand Story|The New Zealand Story]] * Mutants[[Nomad|Nomad]] * Narc[[Phantom Club|Phantom Club]] * Navy Seals[[Platoon|Platoon]] * Never Ending Story [[Plotting|Plotting]] * Night Breed[[Puzznic|Puzznic]] * Nomad[[Rainbow Islands|Rainbow Islands]] * Operation Thunderbolt[[Renegade]]* Operation Wolf[[Run for Gold|Run for Gold]] * Pang[[Run the Gauntlet|Run the Gauntlet]] * Phantom Club[[Super Wondeboy in Monsterland|Super Wondeboy in Monsterland]] * Platoon [[Tai-Pan]] * Plotting[[Tank|Tank]] * Puzznic[[Target Renegade|Target Renegade]]* Rainbow Islands[[Top Gun|Top Gun]]* [[Track & Field|Track &amp; Field]] *[[Typhoon (Ocean)|Typhoon]] *[[The Vindicator|The Vindicator]] *[[Where Time Stoods Still|Where Time Stoods Still]] *[[Wizball|Wizball]]   '''Movies or TV Licenses :''' *[[The Addams Family|The Addams Family]] (1991) *[[Cobra Stallone|Cobra Stallone]] *[[Highlander|Highlander]] *[[Hudson Hawk|Hudson Hawk]] *[[Knight Rider|Knight Rider]] *[[Miami Vice|Miami Vice]] *[[Navy Seals (cartridge)|Navy Seals (Cartridge)]] *[[Never Ending Story|Never Ending Story]] *[[Night Breed|Night Breed]] *[[Red Heat|Red Heat]] *[[Rambo - First Blood 2|Rambo - First Blood 2]] * [[Rambo 3 |Rambo 3]] * Rastan[[Robocop|Robocop]] (1987) * Red Heat[[Robocop 2 (cartridge)|Robocop 2 (Cartridge)]] * [[Robocop3|Robocop 3]] Unreleased.* Robocop [[Terminator 2|Terminator 2]] * Robocop 3[[The Untouchables|The Untouchables]] * Run for Gold[[V - The Visitors|V - The Visitors]] * Run the Gauntlet[[Top Gun|Top Gun]] * Shadow Warriors[[Total Recall|Total Recall]] * [[Short Circuit|Short Circuit]] * [[Short Circuit 2|Short Circuit 2]] * [[Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants * Sly Spy* Smash TV* |Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space GunMutants]] * [[Street Hawk|Street Hawk]] * Super Test Decathlon* Super Wondeboy in Monsterland'''Arcade Licenses :''' * Superbowl[[Operation Thunderbolt|Operation Thunderbolt]] * Tai Pan[[Operation Wolf|Operation Wolf]] * Tank[[Pang|Pang]] * Target Renegade[[Rastan|Rastan]] * Terminator 2[[Shadow Warriors|Shadow Warriors]] * The Addams Family[[Smash TV|Smash TV]] * The Great Escape[[Space Gun|Space Gun]] * The New Zealand Story[[Toki|Toki]] (Cartridge) unreleased VaporWare.* The Untouchables[[Sly Spy|Sly Spy]]   '''Sport Licenses''' * The Vindicator[[Adidas Championship Football|Adidas Championship Football]] * Toki[[Adidas Championship Tie Break|Adidas Championship Tie Break]] * Top Gun[[Daley Thompson's Decathlon|Daley Thompson's Decathlon]] * Total Recall [[Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge|Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge]] * Track & Field[[Daley Thompson's Supertest|Daley Thompson's Supertest]] * Typhoon[[Match Day|Match Day]] * V - The Visitors[[Matchday 2|Matchday 2]] * Where Time Stoods Still[[Super Test Decathlon|Super Test Decathlon]] * Wizball[[Superbowl|Superbowl]] * [[World Cup Carnival 86|World Cup Carnival 86]] * [[WWF Wrestlemania Challenge|WWF Wrestlemania Challenge]]  == Gallery == <gallery> caption="screenshots">Image:SOTB Comparatif 2.png‎| Shadow of the Beast by Psygnosis/[[Ocean]]Image:Ocean.png‎| Various [[Ocean]] intro pagesImage:Divers 01.png‎| Various [[Ocean]](mostly) intro pages</gallery>  [[Category:CPC_related_companies]] [[Category:Computer_and_video_game_companies]][[Category:UK companies]]