Game entry

Top Gun

1987 · Simulation, Arcade · NES · Konami

Top Gun is ranked no. 2,989 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,452 and 37% of duels won.

World rank

no. 2,989

ELO score

1,452

Wins

37%

Duels played

30

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About Top Gun

Top Gun was released in 1987 for the PC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (with an equivalent version for Nintendo Vs. Series arcade cabinets). The Commodore and Spectrum versions were developed by Ocean while Thunder Mountain handled the PC version of the game. Konami developed the Nintendo version. 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.

Many of the people who've played the NES version have complained about the difficulty, and lack of action in the game.

The NES version had a sequel called Top Gun: The Second Mission.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,452 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

against Oxygen Not Included 0% One duel played · 35 points behind
against Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 0% One duel played · 29 points behind
against Q*bert 100% One duel played · 25 points ahead
against Age of Empires 100% One duel played · 301 points behind
against Kirby Air Ride 100% One duel played · 190 points behind