Top Gun

by Konami

Product Features

• ALL-TIME CLASSIC
• GREAT FOR ALL AGES
• NES INTENDO VIDEO GAME VERSION
• GREAT FOR COLLECTORS
• SEVERAL HOURS OF FUN

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004SVW4
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,371 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo NES

***CARTRIDGE ONLY*** CARTRIDGE: 7.... PLEASE SEE THE CONDITION SCALE BELOW TO KNOW WHAT THE THE GAME IS LIKE IN MORE DETAIL

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An all-time classic and an important part in Konami's long history!, July 10, 2007

By 

Mike Roach (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Top Gun (Video Game)

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.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A dull, near impossible flight simulating game, January 18, 2010

By 

Jeff Johnson "Jeff Johnson" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Top Gun (Video Game)

This is a dull, near impossible flight simulating game. Its not all that based on the movie, there is no real story, you are just a F-14 fighter in hostile territory. You have guns and select the rockets and missiles to use before each mission (level).

It is a nice flight simulator, but its just dull with long periods of sky, no clouds, no sea, no land, no obsticles. Then there is the challenge. Enemies firing rockets at you from sea and air. One rocket and you're dead, I suppose its like that in real life. Enemy jets get behind you and you need to shake them before they destroy you with their rockets or missiles.

Then halfway through a mission, you will need more jet fuel, so the flying fuel tanker flies in and you need to get the fuel just right or die trying. At the end of each mission, you need to land on an aircraft carrier with perfection. Too fast, you crash, too slow, you crash, too high, you crash, too low, you crash.

Its a prescise game, so if you love prescision, this is your game! However, for casual gamers, this is a frustratingly difficult and unfun game.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great game., January 1, 2012

By 

Cloudcakes30 - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Top Gun (Video Game)

TOP GUN is a flight simulator made by Konami
After seeing AVGN's review (and the re-revisiting) I had low expectations for this game. It's very short, yet challenging. It's only 4 missions long! Well, Kirby's Dream Land was only 5 levels long, and that game was good. So, I disregarded AVGN and bought it. After playing a while, I was insantly loved the game. A kid can refuel and land a plane, yet an adult can't. Also If refuelling is hard, run out of missles and get to 4 bars on the fuel bar and press START. You'll hear a beeping sound, and the refuelling plane will come. If you miss, there's no penalty. You can use that to practice.

Music 5/5
The title music is... awsome. And the demo and refueling music is cool too. However, there is no music in the missions (If you want music in the missions, get the famicon version).

Diffuclty:
The game is hard. Landing and refuelling can be hard at first, but then they become easier. There is no continues, but with only 4 missions, it would be too easy.

In conclusion, Top Gun is NOT bad. It's a good game. For 0.01 cents, It's a good deal.

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