Top Gun: The Second Mission

Website: topgunsecondmission.tanookistudios.com

Download

Your computer	Download
Mac (Apple chip or Intel, macOS 11+)	TopGun2-Mac.zip	Signed and notarized by Apple
Windows (64-bit)	TopGun2-Windows.zip
Linux (64-bit, most desktops from 2020 on)	TopGun2-Linux.tar.gz

Every version and its notes are on the Releases page.

How to play

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

No game files come with this download. You need your own copy of the cartridge's data. The one that works is:

Game	Top Gun: The Second Mission (USA)
SHA-256	99a4eb6cc3fb2f26de3d1b8b49d2936e76b46e4a8ef5da93f61f657a5188000e

Controls

NES	Keyboard
D-pad	Arrow keys
A	Z
B	X
Start	Enter
Select	\
Menu	Esc

Controllers: plug one in and play, no setup. Xbox, PlayStation (3, 4 and 5), Switch Pro and Joy-Con, 8BitDo, and over 2,000 other pads are recognized by name. Any other USB pad still works with a standard layout. The keyboard keeps working alongside a controller. Everything can be remapped in Settings, and the Esc menu opens from a controller with the right shoulder button (R / RB / R1). Own mappings: put a gamecontrollerdb.txt in the settings folder (Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/TopGun2, Windows and Linux: next to the program).

What's in it

• Native code. The game's own program was translated into native code, so it runs as 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.
• Launcher. Set everything before you play: display, sound, controls, cheats.
• In-game menu (Esc). Change settings, save and load states, reset the game, or close it.
• Sound. Volume, and a mute switch for each of the NES's five sound channels.
• Cheats. Infinite lives, infinite missiles, can't be hit, start at any mission, and skip to the next mission.

Screenshots

Building it yourself

You need your own ROM for this too: the build reads it to translate the game, and nothing from it is stored in this repository.

./setup.sh                                  # fetches the engine at the tested versions and applies patches/
cp "/path/to/Top Gun - The Second Mission (USA).nes" rom/topgun2.nes
cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DNESRECOMP_RECOMP_UI="$PWD/vendor/recomp-ui"
cmake --build build

Release builds: tools/make_app.sh --notarize (Mac), tools/make_windows_zip.sh (Windows, cross-built on a Mac), tools/make_linux.sh (Linux, built in an Ubuntu 20.04 container). Screenshots: tools/capture-screenshots.sh.

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!

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Credits and legal

• Built on NESRecomp by Matthew Stanley (PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0) and recomp-ui (MIT), with SDL (zlib) and Dear ImGui (MIT), and the SDL_GameControllerDB controller list (zlib). Full texts: THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.
• This project's own code is under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0. It may never be sold.
• Top Gun is a trademark of Paramount Pictures. Top Gun: The Second Mission was published by Konami. NES is a trademark of Nintendo. This project is not made by, endorsed by, or affiliated with any of them. It contains no game data: you supply your own.