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Play Top Gun (US edition · English) Online
Top Gun
Play Top Gun online for NES. Learn missile lock-on, aerial refueling and carrier landing, including the A/B throttle controls and cockpit instruments.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Top Gun
Quick start
Press START, use SELECT on the missile-selection screen and press START to confirm and take off. In combat, A fires the cannon. Line up an enemy, press B to lock on, then press B again once the sight flashes red to launch a missile. Watch your fuel: from the second combat stage onward, START can call the tanker when supplies run low. During refueling, use the directional pad to align with the hose on the radar, hold A to speed up or B to slow down. The same throttle buttons apply during landing. Follow the approach guidance and aim for an altitude reading of 200 and speed of 288; steer carefully onto the carrier instead of continuing to fire.
Controls
Directional pad: steer and line up targets; up lowers the nose and down raises it. During refueling or landing, use it to align with the fuel line or carrier approach. Combat A: fire cannon. Combat B: lock on; press again after the sight flashes red to fire a missile. Refueling/landing A held: accelerate; B held: decelerate. START: begin and confirm the selected missile; during combat, request a tanker when available, not pause. SELECT: cycle missile choices before takeoff; not used in combat or landing.
Top Gun — About this game
Top Gun puts you in the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat for a solo combat campaign. Radar, fuel, altitude and damage displays matter alongside the targets in your sights: surviving the fighting is only part of bringing the aircraft home. The cannon has unlimited ammunition, while missiles must be selected before takeoff and launched after locking onto a target. The missions lead from aerial combat toward attacks on naval and ground forces, with a space base as the ultimate objective. When supplies run low, a tanker rendezvous can replenish both fuel and missiles, but you must align with its fuel line rather than receive supplies automatically. At the end of a stage, the carrier approach demands another change of technique: the weapon buttons become throttle controls, and the altitude and speed instruments guide the landing. Careful adjustments and attention to the radar are more useful than treating every scene as another shooting gallery.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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