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Ocean Software, founded in 1982 by David Ward and Jon Woods, was one of the biggest 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 (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, published the Laser Basic and 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.

In 1998 Infogrames bought Ocean Software.

Releases for CPC

• The Addams Family
• Adidas Championship Football
• Adidas Championship Tie Break
• Arkanoid 2 - Revenge of Doh
• Batman
• Batman - The Movie
• Batman the Caped Crusader
• Battle Command
• Beach Volley
• Burnin' Rubber
• Cabal
• Chase HQ
• Cobra Stallone
• Combat School
• Daley Thompson's Decathlon
• Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
• Daley Thompson's Supertest
• Darkman
• Donkey Kong
• Frankie goes to Hollywood
• Galvan
• Ghengis Khan
• Gilligan's Gold
• The Great Escape
• Gryzor
• Head Over Heels
• Highlander
• Hudson Hawk
• Hunchback
• Hunchback 2
• Hunchback the Adventure
• It's a Knockout
• Knight Bride
• Knight Rider
• Kong Strikes Back
• Madballs
• Mario Bros.
• Match Day
• Matchday 2
• Miami Vice
• Midnight Resistance
• Mutants
• Narc
• Navy Seals
• Never Ending Story
• The New Zealand Story
• Night Breed
• Nomad
• Operation Thunderbolt
• Operation Wolf
• Pang
• Phantom Club
• Platoon
• Plotting
• Puzznic
• Rainbow Islands
• Rambo - First Blood 2
• Rambo 3
• Rastan
• Red Heat
• Robocop
• Robocop 2
• Robocop 3
• Run for Gold
• Run the Gauntlet
• Shadow Warriors
• Short Circuit
• Short Circuit 2
• Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants
• Sly Spy
• Smash TV
• Space Gun
• Street Hawk
• Super Test Decathlon
• Super Wondeboy in Monsterland
• Superbowl
• Tai Pan
• Tank
• Target Renegade
• Terminator 2
• Toki
• Top Gun
• Total Recall
• Track & Field
• Typhoon
• The Untouchables
• V - The Visitors
• The Vindicator
• Where Time Stoods Still
• Wizball
• World Cup Carnival 86
• WWF Wrestlemania Challenge