Mastiff Ships Top Gun for Nintendo DS
Press Release
San Francisco, CA - April 28, 2006 - Video Game publisher Mastiff today announced that Paramount Pictures' Top Gun for Nintendo DS, under license from Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products, has shipped to retail. An action-packed tribute to the blockbuster movie hit of 1986, Top Gun takes advantage of the unique Nintendo DS interface for high octane mastery of the sky.
Top Gun for Nintendo DS takes a look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Top Gun players enter as rookie pilots, selected along with a handful of other pilots for elite training at the US Navy's Fighter Weapons School. To become the best fighter pilot in the world players must to go head to head with the best of enemy fighter pilots.
Top Gun puts the player in the cockpit of a heavily armed jetfighter plane. The game includes 10 single player missions (plus 2 unlockable secret missions) such as high altitude dogfights, escort missions, and protecting airspace, over a variety of terrain with dramatic weather and visual effects. Top Gun also features head to head play for two, three or four players. High quality sound effects take advantage of the Nintendo DS's ability to deliver virtual surround-sound.
Top Gun features include:
- Top Gun Competition Campaign includes elite training and realistic combat
- Choose different fighter planes, each with different handling characteristics
- 10 (+2 unlockable) diverse missions across arctic, ocean, forest and desert zones
- Weapons include machine gun, fire-and-forget missiles, homing missiles
- Multiplayer dogfight for 2-4 players
- Stunning visual effects include explosions, water splashes, smoke, and gun/rocket trails
- Challenging weather effects include sun, rain, animated clouds, and snow
- Pulse-pounding music reminiscent of the movie soundtrack
About Mastiff
Mastiff is a publisher of interactive entertainment with offices in Tokyo, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Recent titles from Mastiff include Dr. Sudoku for the Game Boy Advance and La Pucelle: Tactics, which was recently awarded an Editor's Choice Award from leading gaming website, IGN.com, and a "Must Buy" from the top PlayStation 2 publication, PSM. Please visit www.mastiff-games.com for more information.
About Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products
Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) manages the merchandise licensing, home video, music, book and interactive software businesses for Nickelodeon brands and characters as well as the properties of Comedy Central, Spike TV and MTV Networks International. In addition, NVCP manages the merchandise, interactive, book, and wireless licensing for Paramount Pictures properties. Nickelodeon, MTV Networks, Comedy Central and Spike TV are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
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Top Gun
- Publisher(s): Mastiff
- Developer(s): InterActive Vision Games
- Genre: Simulation
- Release:
- PEGI: 12+





