Carrier Landing in Top Gun for the NES
Top Gun’s Carrier Landing: Exposed Best read with Danger Zone playing on loop Like most people, you’re probably an absolute expert at landing on the aircraft carrier in Top Gun for the NES. But if you’re in the silent minority that have not yet mastered this skill, you’re in luck: I’ve done a little reverse engineerining and figured out precisely how landing works. Hopefully now you can get things really dialed in during your next practice session. Let’s get those windmill high-fives warmed up! tl;dr: Altitude must be in the range 100-299, speed must be in the range 238-337 (both inclusive), and you must be laterally aimed at the carrier at the end of the sequence. As a reminder in case you haven’t played Top Gun in the last few decades (weird), the landing portion of the…
