The Hit Squad

COMPANY» Founded 1989-01-02

UK

The Hit Squad was a publisher of budget titles

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Overview

The Hit Squad was the budget label of Ocean software founded in 1989, although it released many other titles from other developers which moved into the budget range. These developers included Virgin, Domark, Activision (Company), Electronic Arts (Company) and others. The Hit Squad went defunct in 1994.

Hit Squad Games List for all systems

Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum

Arcade Collection

• Arcade Collection 01: Enduro Racer (Game)
• Arcade Collection 02: Green Beret (aka Rush'n Attack)
• Arcade Collection 03: Crazy Cars (Game)
• Arcade Collection 04: Wizball (Game)
• Arcade Collection 05: Rampage (Game)
• Arcade Collection 06: Renegade (Game)
• Arcade Collection 07: Arkanoid (Game)
• Arcade Collection 08: Combat School (aka Boot Camp)
• Arcade Collection 09:Quartet (Game)
• Arcade Collection 10: Wonder Boy (Game)
• Arcade Collection 11: Slap Fight (aka A.L.C.O.N.)
• Arcade Collection 12: Head Over Heels (Game)
• Arcade Collection 13: Mikie (Game)
• Arcade Collection 14: The Vindicator!
• Arcade Collection 15: Nemesis (aka Gradius)
• Arcade Collection 16: Salamander (aka Life Force)
• Arcade Collection 17: Rastan (Game)
• Arcade Collection 18: R-Type
• Arcade Collection 19: Target: Renegade (Game)
• Arcade Collection 20: Operation Wolf (Game)
• Arcade Collection 21: After Burner (Game)
• Arcade Collection 22: Driller (aka Space Station Oblivion)
• Arcade Collection 23: Arkanoid: Revenge Of Doh
• Arcade Collection 24: Gryzor (aka Contra)
• Arcade Collection 25: Dragon Ninja (aka Bad Dudes)
• Arcade Collection 26: SDI
• Arcade Collection 27: Xybots (Game)
• Arcade Collection 28: Vindicators (Game)
• Arcade Collection 29: APB (Game)
• Arcade Collection 30: Bubble Bobble (Game)
• Arcade Collection 31: Renegade III: The Final Chapter
• Arcade Collection 32: The New Zealand Story (Game)
• Arcade Collection 33: Cabal (Game)
• Arcade Collection 34: Toobin'
• Arcade Collection 35: Chase H.Q.
• Arcade Collection 36: Dragon Spirit (Game)
• Arcade Collection 37:Operation Thunderbolt (Game)
• Arcade Collection 38: Altered Beast (Game)
• Arcade Collection 39: Power Drift (Game)
• Arcade Collection 40: Hard Drivin'
• Arcade Collection 41: Rainbow Islands (Game)
• Arcade Collection 42: Midnight Resistance (Game)
• Arcade Collection 43: Navy Moves (Game)
• Arcade Collection 44: Puffy's Saga
• Arcade Collection 45: Shadow Warriors (aka Ninja Gaiden)
• Arcade Collection 46: Puzznic (Game)
• Arcade Collection 47: Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (Game)
• Arcade Collection 48: Sly Spy: Secret Agent
• Arcade Collection 49: Castle Master (Game)
• Arcade Collection 50: Cyberball (Game)
• Arcade Collection 51: Klax (Game)
• Arcade Collection 52: Narc
• Arcade Collection 53: Badlands (Game)
• Arcade Collection 54: S.T.U.N. Runner
• Arcade Collection 55: Smash TV (Game)
• Arcade Collection 56: Pit-Fighter
• Arcade Collection 57: Super Space Invaders
• Arcade Collection 58: Skull andamp;amp;amp; Crossbones

Movie Collection

• Movie Collection 01: Rambo: First Blood Part II
• Movie Collection 02: Cobra Stallone
• Movie Collection 03: Batman (Game)
• Movie Collection 04: Top Gun (Game)
• Movie Collection 05: Short Circuit (Game)
• Movie Collection 06: The Great Escape
• Movie Collection 07: Miami Vice
• Movie Collection 08: Predator (Game)
• Movie Collection 09: Platoon (Game)
• Movie Collection 10: Star Wars
• Movie Collection 11: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• Movie Collection 12: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
• Movie Collection 13: Batman: The Caped Crusader
• Movie Collection 14: Rambo III (Game)
• Movie Collection 15: The Real Ghostbusters (Game)
• Movie Collection 16: Spitting Image (Game)
• Movie Collection 17: 007: Licence to Kill
• Movie Collection 18: Red Heat (Game)
• Movie Collection 19: Batman: The Movie
• Movie Collection 20: Ghostbusters II (Game)
• Movie Collection 21: The Untouchables (Game)
• Movie Collection 22: Robocop
• Movie Collection 23: 007: The Spy Who Loved Me
• Movie Collection 24: Nightbreed: The Action Game
• Movie Collection 25: Total Recall (Game)
• Movie Collection 26: Hudson Hawk (Game)
• Movie Collection 27: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
• Movie Collection 28: The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
• Movie Collection 29: Darkman (Game)
• Movie Collection 30: The Addams Family (Game)

Sports Collection

• Sports Collection 01: Daley Thompson's Decathlon
• Sports Collection 02: Yie Ar Kung-Fu
• Sports Collection 03: Match Point (Game)
• Sports Collection 04: World Series Baseball (aka The Slugger)
• Sports Collection 05: Hyper Sports (Game)
• Sports Collection 06: Konami's Ping-Pong
• Sports Collection 07: Super Sprint (Game)
• Sports Collection 08: International Karate Plus
• Sports Collection 09: Super Hang-On
• Sports Collection 10: Match Day (Game)
• Sports Collection 11: Dayley Thompson's Super-Test
• Sports Collection 12: Shao Lin's Road (aka Kicker)
• Sports Collection 13: Match Day II (Game)
• Sports Collection 14: Dayley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
• Sports Collection 15: Run The Gauntlet
• Sports Collection 16: Wec Le Mans
• Sports Collection 17: Last Ninja 2
• Sports Collection 18: Skate Wars (aka Skateball)
• Sports Collection 19: Pro Tennis Tour
• Sports Collection 20: RBI Two Baseball
• Sports Collection 21: WWF Wrestlemania

C64

Arcade Collection

• Arcade Collection 01: Enduro Racer (Game)
• Arcade Collection 02: Green Beret (aka Rush'n Attack)
• Arcade Collection 03: Crazy Cars (Game)
• Arcade Collection 04: Wizball (Game)
• Arcade Collection 05: Rampage (Game)
• Arcade Collection 06: Renegade (Game)
• Arcade Collection 07: Arkanoid (Game)
• Arcade Collection 08: Combat School (aka Boot Camp)
• Arcade Collection 09: Parallax (Game)
• Arcade Collection 10: Quartet (Game)
• Arcade Collection 11: Wonder Boy (Game)
• Arcade Collection 12: Slap Fight (aka A.L.C.O.N.)
• Arcade Collection 13: Head Over Heels (Game)
• Arcade Collection 14: Mikie (Game)
• Arcade Collection 15: The Vindicator!
• Arcade Collection 16: Nemesis (aka Gradius)
• Arcade Collection 17: Salamander (aka Life Force)
• Arcade Collection 18: Rastan (Game)
• Arcade Collection 19: R-Type
• Arcade Collection 20: Target: Renegade (Game)
• Arcade Collection 21: Operation Wolf (Game)
• Arcade Collection 22: After Burner (Game)
• Arcade Collection 23: Driller (aka Space Station Oblivion)
• Arcade Collection 24: Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh
• Arcade Collection 25: Gryzor (aka Contra)
• Arcade Collection 26: Dragon Ninja (aka Bad Dudes)
• Arcade Collection 27: SDI
• Arcade Collection 28: Xybots (Game)
• Arcade Collection 29: Vindicators (Game)
• Arcade Collection 30: APB (Game)
• Arcade Collection 31: Bubble Bobble (Game)
• Arcade Collection 32: Renegade III: The Final Chapter
• Arcade Collection 33: The New Zealand Story (Game)
• Arcade Collection 34: Cabal (Game)
• Arcade Collection 35: Toobin'
• Arcade Collection 36: Chase H.Q.
• Arcade Collection 37: Dragon Spirit (Game)
• Arcade Collection 38: Operation Thunderbolt (Game)
• Arcade Collection 39: Altered Beast (Game)
• Arcade Collection 40: Power Drift (Game)
• Arcade Collection 41: Hard Drivin'
• Arcade Collection 42: Rainbow Islands (Game)
• Arcade Collection 43: Midnight Resistance (Game)
• Arcade Collection 44: Navy Moves (Game)
• Arcade Collection 45: Puffy's Saga
• Arcade Collection 46: Shadow Warriors (aka Ninja Gaiden)
• Arcade Collection 47: Puzznic (Game)
• Arcade Collection 48: Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (Game)
• Arcade Collection 49: Sly Spy: Secret Agent
• Arcade Collection 50: Castle Master (Game)
• Arcade Collection 51: Cyberball (Game)
• Arcade Collection 52: Klax (Game)
• Arcade Collection 53: Narc
• Arcade Collection 54: Badlands (Game)
• Arcade Collection 55: S.T.U.N. Runner
• Arcade Collection 56: Smash TV (Game)
• Arcade Collection 57: Pit-Fighter
• Arcade Collection 58: Space Gun (Game)
• Arcade Collection 59: Super Space Invaders
• Arcade Collection 60: Skull andamp;amp;amp; Crossbones

Movie Collection

• Movie Collection 01: Rambo: First Blood Part II
• Movie Collection 02: Cobra (Game)
• Movie Collection 03: Top Gun (Game)
• Movie Collection 04: Short Circuit (Game)
• Movie Collection 05: The Great Escape
• Movie Collection 07: Miami Vice
• Movie Collection 07: Predator (Game)
• Movie Collection 08: Platoon (Game)
• Movie Collection 09: Star Wars
• Movie Collection 10: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• Movie Collection 11: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
• Movie Collection 12: Batman: The Caped Crusader
• Movie Collection 13: Rambo III (Game)
• Movie Collection 14: The Real Ghostbusters (Game)
• Movie Collection 15: Spitting Image (Game)
• Movie Collection 16: 007: Licence to Kill
• Movie Collection 17: Red Heat (Game)
• Movie Collection 18: Batman (Game)
• Movie Collection 19: Ghostbusters II (Game)
• Movie Collection 20: The Untouchables (Game)
• Movie Collection 21: Robocop
• Movie Collection 22: 007: The Spy Who Loved Me
• Movie Collection 23: Nightbreed: The Action Game
• Movie Collection 24: Total Recall (Game)
• Movie Collection 25: Hudson Hawk (Game)
• Movie Collection 26: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Movie Collection 27: The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants
• Movie Collection 28: Darkman (Game)
• Movie Collection 29: The Addams Family (Game)
• Movie Collection 30: Hook
• Movie Collection 31: Lethal Weapon (Game)

Sports Collection

• Sports Collection 01: Daley Thompson's Decathlon
• Sports Collection 02: Yie Ar Kung-Fu
• Sports Collection 03: Match Point (Game)
• Sports Collection 04: World Series Baseball (aka The Slugger)
• Sports Collection 05: Hyper Sports (Game)
• Sports Collection 06: Konami's Ping-Pong
• Sports Collection 07: Super Sprint (Game)
• Sports Collection 08: IK+
• Sports Collection 09: Super Hang-On (Game)
• Sports Collection 10: Daley Thompson's Super-Test
• Sports Collection 11: Shao Lin's Road (aka Kicker)
• Sports Collection 12: Match Day II (Game)
• Sports Collection 13: Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
• Sports Collection 14: Run The Gauntlet
• Sports Collection 15: Wec Le Mans
• Sports Collection 16: Last Ninja 2
• Sports Collection 17: Skate Wars (aka Skateball)
• Sports Collection 18: Pro Tennis Tour
• Sports Collection 19: Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf
• Sports Collection 20: The Duel: Test Drive II
• Sports Collection 21: RBI Two Baseball
• Sports Collection 22: WWF Wrestlemania
• Sports Collection 23: WWF European Rampage Tour

Developed Games

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Published Games

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Star Wars (Game)

31 May 1983

Gun down TIE Fighters, shoot the tips off of towers, and blow up the Death Star in this vector-graphics Star Wars arcade game.

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +10

They Sold a Million (Game)

31 December 1985

The first in a set of double-tape releases, compiling games that had sold at least 1 million copies on their own.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Supercars International (Game)

31 December 1996

The third entry in Magnetic Field's Supercars series, and the first to be PC exclusive.

PC​

Populous & The Promised Lands (Game)

31 December 1989

AMI​ AST​

Match Point (Game)

31 December 1985

Tennis game for various English computer systems

CPC​ AST​ C64​ +1

Navy Moves (Game)

1 April 1988

Navy Moves is a shooter game created by Dinamic Software.

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +4

Twin Calibre: 688 Attack Sub + Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (Game)

31 December 1994

A compilation of two EA simulators.

PC​

Company details

Name

The Hit Squad

Abbreviation

Founded

2 January 1989

Location

UK

Website

Aliases

Developed Games

• None
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Published Games

• Star Wars (Game)
• They Sold a Million (Game)
• Supercars International (Game)
• Populous & The Promised Lands (Game)
• Match Point (Game)
• Navy Moves (Game)
• Twin Calibre: 688 Attack Sub + Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (Game)
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Franchises

• Arcade Archives (Franchise)
• Batman (Franchise)
• DC Universe (Franchise)
• James Bond (Franchise)
• Oretachi Game Center Zoku (Franchise)
• Renegade (Franchise)
• Star Wars (Franchise)
• Arkanoid (Franchise)
• Bubble Bobble (Franchise)
• Contra (Franchise)
• Ghostbusters (Franchise)
• Gradius (Franchise)
• Grand Theft Auto (Franchise)
• Johnny Turbo's Arcade (Franchise)
• Kunio-Kun (Franchise)
• Mario Kart (Franchise)
• Match Day (Franchise)
• Operation Wolf (Franchise)
• Populous (Franchise)
• Pro Tennis Tour (Franchise)

People

• Yu Suzuki (Person)
• Archer Maclean (Person)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (Person)
• Ben Daglish (Person)
• Clare Edgeley (Person)
• David Kaemmer (Person)
• Eugene Jarvis (Person)
• H. R. Giger (Person)
• Hidenori Maezawa (Person)
• Hitoshi Sakimoto (Person)
• Jack Nicklaus (Person)
• John W. Ratcliff (Person)
• Jon Ritman (Person)
• Kyouhei Sada (Person)
• Martin Galway (Person)
• Omar Khudari (Person)
• Paul Grace (Person)
• Rob Hubbard (Person)
• Steven Spielberg (Person)
• Tim Follin (Person)

Characters

• Daley Thompson (Character)
• John Rambo (Character)
• Batman (Character)
• Doh (Character)
• The Joker (Character)
• Alex Kidd (Character)
• Baron von Blubba (Character)
• Bob (Character)
• Bub (Character)
• Egon Spengler (Character)
• Han Solo (Character)
• James Bond (Character)
• James Burton (Character)
• Jaws (Character)
• John Connor (Character)
• Luke Skywalker (Character)
• Medusa (Character)
• Oolong (Character)
• Peter Venkman (Character)
• R2D2 (Character)

Concepts

• 2D (Concept)
• Licensed Game (Concept)
• High Score (Concept)
• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• Side-Scrolling (Concept)
• Sprite (Concept)
• Boss Fight (Concept)
• Cheat Code (Concept)
• Jump (Concept)
• Retroachievements (Concept)
• Lives (Concept)
• Power Up (Concept)
• ASM Hit (Concept)
• Virtual Console (Concept)
• 8-bit (Concept)
• Games Based on Movies (Concept)
• Chiptune (Concept)
• Explosion (Concept)
• Time Limit (Concept)
• Boss (Concept)

Locations

• The United States of America (Location)
• Street (Location)
• Space (Location)
• Cave (Location)
• New York City (Location)
• City (Location)
• Europe (Location)
• Jungle (Location)
• London (Location)
• Moscow (Location)
• Bar (Location)
• Castle (Location)
• Central Park (Location)
• Chicago (Location)
• Desert (Location)
• Gotham City (Location)
• Japan (Location)
• Sewer (Location)
• Space Station (Location)
• Temple (Location)

Objects

• Gun (Object)
• Car (Object)
• Laser (Object)
• Machine Gun (Object)
• Missile (Object)
• Sports Car (Object)
• Helicopter (Object)
• Motorcycle (Object)
• Water (Object)
• Airplane (Object)
• Barrel (Object)
• Bomb (Object)
• Fireball (Object)
• Hamburger (Object)
• Key (Object)
• Knife (Object)
• Shield (Object)
• Spaceship (Object)
• Statue (Object)
• Sword (Object)