OCEAN
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 100 Releases chart as the best performing release.
Total Associated Releases: 252
| Months in Top 10 | Months at No 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 9 | |
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10 | 5 |
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11 | 3 |
 Bubble Bobble OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO June 1991 to August 1993 Months in Top 10: 9 Months at No 1: 2 |
9 | 2 |
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8 | 4 |
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11 | 3 |
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9 | 3 |
 The New Zealand Story OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO August 1991 to October 1993 Months in Top 10: 8 Months at No 1: 4 |
8 | 4 |
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8 | 2 |
 Dragon Ninja OCEAN / IMAGINE / DATA EAST January 1989 to June 1991 Months in Top 10: 8 Months at No 1: 0 |
8 | 0 |
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8 | 2 |
 Yie Ar Kung-Fu OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI November 1985 to March 1987 Months in Top 10: 7 Months at No 1: 2 |
7 | 2 |
 Dragon Ninja OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST April 1991 to January 1993 Months in Top 10: 9 Months at No 1: 0 |
9 | 0 |
 Hunchback SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / OCEAN / CENTURY ELECTRONICS September 1983 to July 1985 Months in Top 10: 7 Months at No 1: 1 |
7 | 1 |
 The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants OCEAN November 1991 to November 1992 Months in Top 10: 6 Months at No 1: 0 |
6 | 0 |
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6 | 4 |
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6 | 2 |
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5 | 2 |
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7 | 3 |
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4 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | |
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2 | 0 |
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3 | 0 |
 Konami's Coin-Op Hits OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI November 1986 to September 1987 Months in Top 10: 6 Months at No 1: 0 |
6 | 0 |
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5 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | |
 They Sold a Million OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD November 1985 to May 1986 Months in Top 10: 4 Months at No 1: 0 |
4 | 0 |
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2 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | |
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5 | 0 |
 Rainbow Islands OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO February 1992 to November 1993 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 1 |
2 | 1 |
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4 | 1 |
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4 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | |
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2 | 0 |
 Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge OCEAN August 1988 to December 1989 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 1 |
3 | 1 |
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3 | 0 |
 Operation Thunderbolt OCEAN / TAITO November 1989 to November 1990 Months in Top 10: 5 Months at No 1: 1 |
5 | 1 |
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3 | 0 |
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5 | 0 |
 Altered Beast OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA September 1991 to July 1992 Months in Top 10: 4 Months at No 1: 1 |
4 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | |
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5 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | |
 Yie Ar Kung-Fu OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI June 1989 to April 1990 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 1 |
3 | 1 |
 Daley Thompson's Decathlon OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD June to October 1989 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 0 |
3 | 0 |
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3 | 0 |
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4 | 2 |
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5 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | |
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3 | 0 |
 Run the Gauntlet OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD September 1990 to March 1991 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 0 |
3 | 0 |
 Batman: The Movie OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD September 1991 to February 1993 Months in Top 10: 4 Months at No 1: 0 |
4 | 0 |
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3 | 1 |
 Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation OCEAN / TAITO December 1990 to February 1993 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
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2 | 1 |
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3 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | |
 |
1 | 0 |
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4 | 0 |
 Wonder Boy OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA March 1990 to November 1992 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
 Chase H.Q. OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO November 1991 to February 1993 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
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3 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
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3 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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3 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
 Operation Wolf OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO December 1990 to July 1991 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
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3 | 1 |
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3 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | |
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3 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
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3 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
 They Sold a Million II OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD April to October 1986 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 0 |
3 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | |
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2 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
 Afterburner OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA January 1991 to January 1993 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
 Rampage OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / BALLY MIDWAY November 1989 to March 1990 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
 Terra Cresta OCEAN / IMAGINE / NICHIBUTSU December 1986 to February 1987 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | |
 Fun School 2 (All Ages Combined) OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD September 1992 to November 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
 Terminator 2: Judgment Day OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD December 1992 to November 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
 Combat School OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI January to December 1990 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
 Renegade OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO December 1989 to January 1991 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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3 | 0 |
 They Sold a Million 3 OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD November 1986 to March 1987 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
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1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | |
 Konami's Arcade Collection OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI April to August 1988 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | |
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1 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
 Power Drift OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA October 1991 to March 1992 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
 The Real Ghostbusters OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST January 1991 to January 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
 |
0 | 0 |
 The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD April to November 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
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1 | 0 |
 Super Hang-On OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / SEGA March 1990 to January 1991 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD August 1990 to June 1991 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | |
 Taito Coin-Op Hits OCEAN / IMAGINE / TAITO October 1988 to January 1989 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
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1 | 1 |
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1 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
 Freddy Hardest OCEAN / IMAGINE / DINAMIC October 1987 to November 1989 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
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1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
 Trivial Pursuit OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD November 1992 to November 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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1 | 1 |
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1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
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1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
 The Duel: Test Drive II OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD October 1992 to October 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
 Midnight Resistance OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST March to November 1992 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
 Batman: The Caped Crusader OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD December 1990 to January 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
 |
0 | 0 |
 Super Space Invaders OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO February to March 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
 Pit-Fighter OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN December 1992 to February 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Jack Nicklaus’ Golf OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / ACCOLADE September 1992 to November 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Smash TV OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / WILLIAMS December 1992 to February 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | |
 Return of the Jedi OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN January to March 1991 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Badlands OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN September 1992 to January 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Daley Thompson's Supertest OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD June 1990 to February 1991 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN June to October 1992 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Konami's Golf OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI November 1986 to February 1987 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Operation Thunderbolt OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TAITO September 1992 to February 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | |
 Sly Spy – Secret Agent OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / DATA EAST June to September 1992 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Toobin' OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / TENGEN December 1992 to January 1993 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 WEC Le Mans OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD / KONAMI December 1990 to January 1991 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
