Top Gun: Fire at Will

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Free. No game data and no BIOS needed beyond your own Top Gun: Fire at Will (USA) disc image.
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How to play

  1. Download the version for your computer and unzip it. Mac: drag Top Gun Fire at Will into Applications and double-click it. Windows: double-click TopGunFireAtWill.exe. Linux: double-click TopGunFireAtWill.
  2. The launcher asks for your game disc. Pick the .cue file of your own Top Gun: Fire at Will (USA) disc image (its .bin sits next to it). It shows Disc verified when it's the right one.
  3. Set your options (the Game button has the cheats and sound switches), then press Play.

Controls

ButtonKeyboardControllerIn the game
D-pad↑ ↓ ← →D-pad or left stickFly: Up dives, Down climbs, Left / Right roll
✕XBottom face button (A / ✕)Fire the gun
○SRight face button (B / ○)Fire a missile
□ZLeft face button (X / □)Drop a flare / chaff
△ATop face button (Y / △)Pick the weapon
R1WRight shoulder (RB / R1)Next target
R2RRight trigger (RT / R2)More throttle
L2ELeft trigger (LT / L2)Less throttle
L1QLeft shoulder (LB / L1)Change cockpit screen
StartEnterStart / Options / +Pause
SelectRight ShiftBack / Share / −Change the view
MenuEscGuide / Home, or Select + left stick clickThis port's menu

The game's own Options → Controller screen offers two more button layouts. 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.

Sharp at any size

Integer scaling keeps every line even; render the 3D at up to 4K in Settings.

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.

Movies and saves

The full-motion video plays as on the console, and memory card saves work.

Cheats

Infinite missiles and lives, start at any of the 32 missions, skip to the next one.

Screenshots

The opening movie
The opening movie
A mission briefing
A mission briefing
Flying over Miramar
Flying over Miramar
A missile away
A missile away
Over the ocean
Over the ocean
The cockpit view
The cockpit view
The launcher
The launcher
Cheats and sound before you play
Cheats and sound before you play
Launcher settings
Launcher settings
The About page
The About page
The in-game menu on Esc
The in-game menu on Esc
Mission debrief
Mission debrief

About Maddie

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

Top Gun: Fire at Will is a PlayStation dogfighting game I wanted to see on a modern computer, with a proper launcher, controllers that just work, and a few cheats for when a MiG is being mean. So I rebuilt it 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 got shot down by the same MiG three times in a row, feel free to drop me a tiny tip. It really helps!

Signed, Maddie Leave a Tip