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As well as an impressive back catalogue of CPC games, Ocean's has left a legacy touching every major gaming platform of the 1980s including the [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Atari ST]], [[Amiga]], [[PC]], [[NES]], [[SNES]], [[Master System]] and [[Mega Drive]]
Although 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 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|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.
*[[Puzznic|Puzznic]]
*[[Rainbow Islands|Rainbow Islands]]
*[[Renegade]]
*[[Run for Gold|Run for Gold]]
*[[Run the Gauntlet|Run the Gauntlet]]
*[[Super Wondeboy in Monsterland|Super Wondeboy in Monsterland]]
*[[Tai Pan|Tai -Pan]]
*[[Tank|Tank]]
*[[Target Renegade|Target Renegade]]
*[[Knight Rider|Knight Rider]]
*[[Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]
*[[Navy Seals(cartridge)|Navy Seals(Cartridge)]]
*[[Never Ending Story|Never Ending Story]]
*[[Night Breed|Night Breed]]
*[[Rambo 3|Rambo 3]]
*[[Robocop|Robocop]] (1987)
*[[Robocop 2(cartridge)|Robocop 2(Cartridge)]] Cartridge
*[[Robocop 3|Robocop 3]] Unreleased.
*[[Terminator 2|Terminator 2]]
== 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]]
