Top Gun: The Second Mission

Insert cartridge

MacApple chip or Intel · macOS 11+ Windows64-bit · Windows 10 and 11 Linux64-bit · most desktops from 2020 on

Free. No game data included: bring your own Top Gun: The Second Mission (USA) file.
SHA-256 99a4eb6cc3fb2f26de3d1b8b49d2936e76b46e4a8ef5da93f61f657a5188000e

How to play

  1. Download the version for your computer and unzip it. Mac: drag Top Gun 2 into Applications and double-click it. Windows: double-click TopGun2.exe. Linux: double-click TopGun2.
  2. The launcher asks for your game file. Pick your own Top Gun: The Second Mission (USA) .nes file. It shows ROM verified when it's the right one.
  3. Set your options (the Game button has the cheats and sound switches), then press Play.

Controls

ButtonKeyboardController
D-pad↑ ↓ ← →D-pad or left stick
AZBottom face button (A / ✕)
BXLeft face button (X / □)
StartEnterStart / Options / +
Select\Back / Share / −
MenuEscRight shoulder (RB / R1 / R)

Plug a controller in and play, no setup. Xbox, PlayStation 3, 4 and 5, Switch Pro and Joy-Con, 8BitDo and over 2,000 more are recognized by name, and any other USB pad works with a standard layout. Everything can be remapped in Settings.

What's inside

Native code

The game's own program, translated into a real Mac, Windows or Linux app.

Crisp at any size

Whole-number scaling keeps every pixel sharp, from a small window to a 4K screen.

A real launcher

Display, sound, controls and cheats, all set before you press Play.

Menu on Esc

Settings, save and load states, reset the game, or close it.

Sound board

Volume, and a mute switch for each of the five sound channels.

Cheats

Infinite lives and missiles, can't be hit, start at any mission, skip to the next one.

Screenshots

Flying in mission 1
Mission 1, over the sea
Banking with an enemy jet in view
Banking toward an enemy
Mission 2
Mission 2
Mission 3
Mission 3
The carrier deck before launch
On the carrier deck
Mission briefing
Mission briefing
The in-game menu
The Esc menu
The launcher
The launcher
Cheats and sound before you play
Cheats and sound, before you play
Launcher settings
Settings
The opening scene
The opening scene
The About page
About

About Maddie

Hi, I'm Maddie. I make apps and games on my own at Tanooki Studios.

I love old NES games, and I wanted to play them on a modern computer the way they deserve: crisp pixels at any size, a real settings screen, controllers that just work, and a few cheats for when a mission is being mean. So I rebuilt Top Gun: The Second Mission as a native program for Mac, Windows and Linux.

It's free, and it'll stay free. Making apps (including some decomps) is how I pay my bills. If this game brought you some nostalgia and you failed the carrier landing, feel free to drop me a tiny tip. It really helps!

Signed, Maddie Leave a Tip