High Noon
High Noon (Highnoon on the title screen) is a western-themed shoot 'em up game written for the Commodore 64 and published by Ocean Software in 1984. Originally advertised on both the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, the game itself was only ever released on the Commodore 64. The game has five levels.
High Noon

Paul Shively · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection · CC0
- Date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Ocean Software
- Genre
- shoot 'em up
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
High Noon (Highnoon on the title screen) is a western-themed shoot 'em up game written for the Commodore 64 and published by Ocean Software in 1984. Originally advertised on both the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, the game itself was only ever released on the Commodore 64. The game has five levels.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for High Noon. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1617792
In this article
The object
The object
The player takes the role of the good (white) sheriff in the American Old West. He must defend his town against outlaws looking to abduct women from the saloon and rob the bank, by shooting them. Shooting can be done in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction. The background music is "Do Not Forsake Me: The Ballad of High Noon", from the movie High Noon, arranged for the game by David Dunn.
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — High Noon • Developer — Ocean Software • Publisher — Ocean Software • Released — 1984 • Genre — Shoot 'em up • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Commodore 64
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Level 2 • Illustration — Bonus duel • Illustration — With the sheriff dead, the outlaws run off with the goods. • Illustration — Level 5 The game consists of five levels. In each level, the difficulty is increased: • Level 2 introduces outlaws on horseback • Level 3 introduces outlaws planting sticks of dynamite • Level 4 features outlaws hiding behind windows After each level there is a bonus duel, featuring the sheriff and an outlaw, requiring a fast reaction time from the player. In level 1 through 4, an undertaker from "Rig+ Mortis Undertakers" collects any bodies lying around during the game. Level 5 takes place in a different setting. The stage is set in a field surrounding a central cave opening, from which outlaws may appear. After surviving level 5, the game returns to level 1.
History of the object
Dated record
History of the object
The full dated record · 2 entries
1984
High Noon published.
1984
High Noon is recorded as published in 1984.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- United Kingdom
Named but not plotted · 1
High Noon is associated with United Kingdom.
Country
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Collectables
20,755 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- High Heat Major League Baseball 2002Work
- High Heat Major League Baseball 2003Work
- High Heat Major League Baseball 2004Work
- High HellWork
- High on LifeWork
- High SeasWork
- High Seas HavocWork
- High Seas TraderWork
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a copy of High Noon?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.