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'''Ocean Software''', founded in 1982 by David Ward and Jon Woods, was one of the biggest (British) 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|Plus]] range (especially so since their cartridge game, Burnin' Rubber, was distributed with each CPC+ computer). 

During the 80s Ocean was one of the biggest software companies, constantly crunching out new titles. 

At one point they even absorbed Imagine, an ambitious software house that went bust. 

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. 

Although Ocean put out some really good games, they also built a reputation of publishing trash games based on movie licence after movie licence. They also released a lot of Arcade ports.

In 1998 [[Infogrames|Infogrames]] bought Ocean Software. 

But OCEAN remains a classic suppliers of well made CPC games, most of the best CPC productions were released with their brand logo.

== Releases for CPC  ==

*[[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]] 
*[[Combat School|Combat School]] 
*[[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]] 
*[[Hunchback|Hunchback]] 
*[[Hunchback II - 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 Bride]] 
*[[Kong Strikes Back|Kong Strikes Back]] 
*[[Madballs|Madballs]] 
*[[Mario Bros.|Mario Bros.]] 
*[[Midnight Resistance|Midnight Resistance]] 
*[[Mutants|Mutants]] 
*[[Narc|Narc]] 
*[[The New Zealand Story|The New Zealand Story]] 
*[[Nomad|Nomad]] 
*[[Phantom Club|Phantom Club]] 
*[[Platoon|Platoon]] 
*[[Plotting|Plotting]] 
*[[Puzznic|Puzznic]] 
*[[Rainbow Islands|Rainbow Islands]] 
*[[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]] 
*[[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|Navy Seals]] 
*[[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]] 
*[[Robocop|Robocop]] (1987) 
*[[Robocop 2|Robocop 2]] Cartridge
*[[Robocop 3|Robocop 3]] Unreleased.
*[[Terminator 2|Terminator 2]] 
*[[The Untouchables|The Untouchables]] 
*[[V - The Visitors|V - The Visitors]] 
*[[Top Gun|Top Gun]] 
*[[Total Recall|Total Recall]] 
*[[Short Circuit|Short Circuit]] 
*[[Short Circuit 2|Short Circuit 2]] 
*[[Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants|Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants]] 
*[[Street Hawk|Street Hawk]] 

'''Arcade Licenses :'''

*[[Operation Thunderbolt|Operation Thunderbolt]] 
*[[Operation Wolf|Operation Wolf]] 
*[[Pang|Pang]] 
*[[Rastan|Rastan]] 
*[[Shadow Warriors|Shadow Warriors]] 
*[[Smash TV|Smash TV]] 
*[[Space Gun|Space Gun]] 
*[[Toki|Toki]] (Cartridge) unreleased VaporWare.
*[[Sly Spy|Sly Spy]] 


'''Sport Licenses'''

*[[Adidas Championship Football|Adidas Championship Football]] 
*[[Adidas Championship Tie Break|Adidas Championship Tie Break]] 
*[[Daley Thompson's Decathlon|Daley Thompson's Decathlon]] 
*[[Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge|Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge]] 
*[[Daley Thompson's Supertest|Daley Thompson's Supertest]] 
*[[Match Day|Match Day]] 
*[[Matchday 2|Matchday 2]] 
*[[Super Test Decathlon|Super Test Decathlon]] 
*[[Superbowl|Superbowl]] 
*[[World Cup Carnival 86|World Cup Carnival 86]] 
*[[WWF Wrestlemania Challenge|WWF Wrestlemania Challenge]]


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