Original Releases
Top Gun was released in 1987 for the IBM Personal Computer (PC), Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (with an equivalent version for Nintendo Vs. System arcade cabinets). The Commodore and Spectrum versions were developed by Ocean Software while Thunder Mountain handled the PC version of the game. Konami developed the Nintendo versions. The NES version was released on November 1987 in North America, December 11, 1987 in Japan and on November 30, 1988 in Europe and Australia. According to Game Over by David Sheff, the NES version sold over 2 million copies.
A sequel was developed for the NES by Konami. It was released as Top Gun: Dual Fighters in Japan on December 15, 1989, as Top Gun: The Second Mission in North America on January 1990, and in Europe and Australia on October 24, 1991.
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