Top Gun Review

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(More customer reviews)I had known about this game for years, but I never got to play it until 1998. I was a bit afraid to like it or be a fan of it, because I wasn't a fan of the movie at the time. But the more I played it, the more I liked it. I've been a fan of this game long before I was a fan of the film. I didn't even become a fan of the film until 2002. Anyway, let's get to the review:This game has nothing to do with the movie, but based on the intro from the second Top Gun game (Top Gun:The Second Mission, also a good game), you ARE Maverick flying the plane. Maverick must complete 4 missions:The first mission is a training mission high up in the sky. The second mission is fought above the sea, the third one is fought in the desert, and the last one is fought in Outer Space. Despite having nothing to do with the film, this game is great. It's a flight sim, and it's easy to get into. It's not too complicated or confusing like most other flight sims are. You don't have to fly around and look for enemies. The enemies come to you. And that's good. You can think of it as the same gameplay as After Burner, only it's viewed from first person instead of third person. The game's really hard though. I don't think I've gotten past Mission 2 more than once. But Hard difficulty shouldn't drive someone away from a game. At the end of each mission, you need to land your plane on the carrier. For first timers, you might be screwing up alot, but once you have enough experience with the game, you should be making a successful landing more than you have the first few times you played, but you still might crash every once in a while. If you do crash the plane during landing, you still get to go to the next level, but it cost you a life. And if you crash the plane during landing with only one life left, it's Game Over. And there are no continues. And that sucks, but it's not that big a deal. The game only has 4 stages like I said. And I wouldn't want a game that's so easy I can beat it on my first try, because that just takes the fun out of it. It puts up a good-enough challenge so it's not so easy, because a game isn't fun if it's too easy. It's also not fun if it's too hard either, but this game is just right. There's also sometimes where you have to refuel your plane and the controls for these sequences are the same as the ones for landing, but refueling is easy. The music, well, there's not much. There's a nice 8-bit version of the Top Gun Anthem played at the copyright screen and the end, but there's only 3 other BGMs in the game:

One BGM is the one for mission briefing
Another one has it's places swapped in different versions of the game:In the US version, this BGM is played during the demonstration sequence and when you need to refuel the plane, and in the japanese version, it's played during the main gameplay, unlike the US version where the music is completely absent.

Overall:Top Gun's one of the most important titles in Konami's long history. It was also their first licensed game ever. And this cart was a big hit back when it came out. It sold about 3 million units. I've been a big fan of the game since 1998, and I even own the japanese Famicom edition of it. I recommend it. You can easily get into this game even if you aren't too crazy about flight sims.

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Product Description:
GREAT GAME. TOP GUN FOR NES NINTENDO VIDEO GAME SYSTEM. ALL-TIME CLASSIC. CARTRIDGE ONLY.Overview:You are a pilot. Blow stuff up.Directions:Complete the objective given to you during your briefing. Before each mission, you can choose a missile type. The more powerful the missile, the less you have.When landing or refueling be sure to watch the instructions and follow them. Press A to Speed up and B to Slow down when they ask you to.

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