Top Gun NES landing (successful with explanation annotations)

This is how you can land on Top Gun for NES. Watch the numbers. Also, to get past the first level with no attacks, just down DOWN so you gain maximum altitude. The trick to landing, is to get the altitude right first(or the speed if its closer to the requirement), then try to get the speed right(or altitude if you did speed first), without changing the altitude by more than about 25-100 points. When slowing, aim straight up to try to slow loosing altitude. If your altitude drops too low, you instantly crash.

I could never land as a kid unless I was lucky, but knew someone that could land 90% of the time and I never knew how. Now I understand what is going on, thanks to "The Angry Video Game Nerd" for inspiring me to figure it out. It took me over 20 retry attempts to understand what button does what and what the "advice" they give you actually means.

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[laserface78]

Landing is candy in this game so is refueling

[guest2424]

I haven't got re-fueling to work except randomly. I played the landing over and over until I finally figured out what they want you to do. Once you know what to do and what the instructions mean, you can still mess up, but at least you stand a chance. The problem with Landing/Refueling, is knowing what to do.

[guest2424]

As long as you know HOW to. The problem with landing/refueling, is poor instructions. If the manual the game came with, told you exactly how to do it, there wouldn't be so many people unable to do it. This took me many attempts before I finally figured out what to do. It would be like a menu in a game where you have to hold A and B and while holding those, press "select" to bring up a menu in the game in order to keep from losing the game.

[darkpowrjd]

My q\question is about the very end of your vid: what is that picture of the plane about. I've never seen that before. Something that was added later on or something, or something you created, or what?

[guest2424]

maybe it only shows up if you don't crash. I usually crashed, until I kept trying over and over and over and over and over and over, until i finally figured out what the heck you do and how to do it. I didn't add anything to the game, idk if someone modified my game, but i doubt it.

[Adam Smith]

Has James Rolfe seen this?

[guest2424]

LOL! Oh yeah, I had the powerglove for a few hours and my parents returned it to the store the same day, it was too difficult and buggy to use.

[Luigis98]

you re chuck norris

[xshanghu]

Thank you for suscribing !!!!!

[Wayne2221]

when i was little i couldnt do it and i got crashed.  now i no wat to do w/o crashing.

[darkpowrjd]

Actually, I found out after I posted: this is the Japanese version of the game.