.info called the game a simple but fun shoot 'em up. John Gilbert of Sinclair User stated that the game lacked depth and action and said that the game is not simulation or arcade. Gilbert criticized the graphics, describing them as "almost non-existent", also writing that the combat takes place at night, giving Ocean an excuse for black background on both cockpit views. Phil South of Your Sinclair praised the graphics and called the game as fun Roberts, reviewing the CPC version, wrote that the graphics are crude but completely in keeping with the style of the game. His only criticism of the game was that the game could have a realistic control of the plane. Cook, also reviewing the CPC version, said that the keyboard controls in the two-player mode were badly laid out but it still produced fair entertainment. Boughton considered the gameplay enjoyable and the controls simple to use. Roberts noted that the instrument panel sounded a bit cluttered, but was easy to read and the vertical split screen worked well. Tony Hetherington of ZX Computing also found the instrument panel easy to read, and stated that the split screen displays "worked exceptionally well and made the game a lot easier than the normal horizontal display". Nick Roberts reviewed the ZX Spectrum re-release for Crash. He described the monochrome graphics as "boring white on black" and described the sound as just a blip when firing at another plane. Roberts stated that the game was better with two players, and thought that Top Gun is more for simulation fans rather than for fans of the film. Zzap!64, reviewing the Commodore 64 re-release, called the gameplay simple, but noting that the graphics lacks the smoothness. The reviewer considered the game as a rental, rather than a full-priced game to buy. In the US, Top Gun was a commercial hit, with sales above 500,000 units by 1989. At the time, Joyce Worley of Video Games & Computer Entertainment noted that the game was "still racking up the numbers". References External links Top Gun at MobyGames 1986 video games Amstrad CPC games Atari ST games Combat flight simulators Commodore 64 games Multiplayer and single-player video games Ocean Software games Top Gun video games Video games based on films Video games developed in the United Kingdom ZX Spectrum games