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Version comparisons

Title screen

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Mega Drive

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Amiga

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Amstrad CPC

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Atari ST

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Commodore 64

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IBM PC (VGA)

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ZX Spectrum

Select team

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Mega Drive

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Amiga

WCS CPC SelectTeam.png

Amstrad CPC

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Atari ST

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Commodore 64

WCS IBMPC SelectTeam.png

IBM PC (VGA)

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ZX Spectrum

Groups

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Mega Drive

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Amiga

WCS CPC Groups.png

Amstrad CPC

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Atari ST

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Commodore 64

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IBM PC (VGA)

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ZX Spectrum

Start of match

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Mega Drive

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Amiga

WCS CPC MatchStart.png

Amstrad CPC

WCS AtariST MatchStart.png

Atari ST

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Commodore 64

WCS IBMPC MatchStart.png

IBM PC (VGA)

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ZX Spectrum

Kick off

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Mega Drive

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Amiga

WCS CPC KickOff.png

Amstrad CPC

WCS AtariST KickOff.png

Atari ST

WCS C64 KickOff.png

Commodore 64

WCS IBMPC KickOff.png

IBM PC (VGA)

WCS Spectrum KickOff.png

ZX Spectrum

Goal

WCS MD Goal.png

Mega Drive

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Amiga

WCS CPC Goal.png

Amstrad CPC

WCS AtariST Goal.png

Atari ST

WCS C64 Goal.png

Commodore 64

WCS IBMPC Goal.png

IBM PC (VGA)

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ZX Spectrum

Mega Drive version

The first version of the game (00) has different player names than later revisions, being more similar to real-world players (loosely based on those appearing at the 1986 Mexico World Cup). It can be safely assumed Sega were keen to change the names as it lacked an official license from any of football's governing bodies.

Algeria and Morocco have the same lineup across all versions of the game.

ALGERIA
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
DRID DRID
CERBAH CERBAH
LARBI LARBI
GUENDOUZ GUENDOUZ
KOURICHI KOURICHI
MEDJADI MEDJADI
MANSOURI MANSOURI
MEGHARIA MEGHARIA
KACI SAID KACI SAID
MAROC MAROC
BELLOUMI BELLOUMI
BENMABROUCK BENMABROUCK
ASSAD ASSAD
MADJER MADJER
ZIDANE ZIDANE
MENAD MENAD
ARGENTINA
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
FILLOL COOK
PUMPIDO REED
PASSARELLA PAGET
CLAUSEN CLAUSEN
TARANTINI SORRENTO
RUGGERI SUTERI
GALVAN GARUIN
BATISTA BATISTA
BURRUCHAGA BULASA
MARADONA MADRON
ARDILES ARJILESS
BERTONI BENNETT
BARBAS BULBAS
VALDANO MALDES
KEMPES KEMPANO
BORGHI BURGHOFF
BELGIUM
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
PFAFF PANN
BODART BOND
GERETS GELLETS
RENQUIN RENNET
GRUEN RUNDLE
DEMOL DIAMOND
VERVOORT FOLET
VAN DER ELST DARREAU
BROOS BRAND
VERCAUTEREN COTHER
SCIFO NELL
CEULEMANS CORMAN
VANDEREYCKEN VAN SANT
CLAESEN CLEESE
VANDENBERGH MOFFET
VEYT VELOT
BRASIL/BRAZIL
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
CARLOS CARLOS
VITOR VICTOR
EDSON MENLO
OSCAR SCARPEN
EDINHO WILKINS
LEANDRO JAQUIN
BATISTA BATISTA
FALCAO FELDMAN
JUNIOR COLIN
ZICO ZUKKA
SOCRATES SORA
CEREZO CEREZO
LIBERINO LIBERINO
CARECA KARRAS
PELE POLA
CASAGRANDE GRANDE
CHINA
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
MAO TSE TUNG POI TUNG
YUE HAI YUE PIN
FU CHI FOO FANG
LU FANG LU KAI
ROMY DIAZ XI PAI
XI YANG PIN CHAN PIN
CHAN WEN YANG TAK
CHAO AN SUN CHA TAN
ANN TSE KAI ANN SUN
WANG TAN WANG CHEI
SUN JIAN KUI SUN JIANKUI
CHI YIN TAK CHI WEN
DRAGON WANG LOU WANG
TAO PAI PAI TAI JEI
LI LIN JEI LIN HAN
LIN MING MEI LU LIN
DENMARK
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
RASMUSSEN LASMUSSEN
QVIST LUNDQUIST
BUSK BASS
M OLSEN M OLSEN
NIELSEN NIELSEN
ANDERSEN ANDERSEN
SIVEBAEK SIMONSEN
LERBY LARBER
BERGGREEN GREEN
BERTELSEN BERTELSEN
ARNESEN JENSEN
SIMONSEN SIMONSEN
HANSEN HANSEN
ELKJAEL ELKA
LAUDRUP LAUDO
J OLSEN J OLSEN
ENGLAND
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
SHILTON SILTON Peter Shilton
BAILEY SAXON Gary Bailey
BUTCHER BUTCHER Terry Butcher
MILLS MILLS
THOMPSON THOMPSON
FENWICK FENWICK Terry Fenwick
SANSOM HANSOM Kenny Sansom
HODDLE HODGE Glenn Hoddle
ROBSON ROBSON Bryan Robson
WILKINS WILKINS Ray Wilkins
COWANS CORWIN
CHARLTON CHARLSTON
LINEKER LINEKER Gary Lineker
FRANCIS FRANCIS
KEEGAN KEENE
HATELY HATELY Mark Hateley
FRANCE
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
BATS BATTEAU
ETTORI ETIENNE
AMOROS AMOUR
BATTISTON BACHISTON
BOSSIS ROSSI
TRESOR TRESI
FERNANDEZ FERDINAND
PLATINI LATAN
GIRESSE GERARD
TIGANA TIFAN
VERCURUYSSE VERCUROOSE
GENGHINI GENGINI
FERRERI FERRER
ROCHETEAU ROUSSEAU
STOPYRA STOPIRA
FONTENE FONTEN
HOLLAND
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
BREUKELEN ROM
HUISTRA HANNA
NICEKENCE NEESE
SPRENGERS SPRAGUE
VALKE VALLEY
LOFFELD RHOADS
EYKENBROEK BROOK
CREIGU CRAIG
VAN VEEN VAN DER MOST
BUTER BUTER
ADVOCAAT LEGAT
BRANDTS BRENNAN
DOORNEVELD DONNER
GULLIT YOWELL
KOEMAN CLEEF
BERGER VAN PELT
HUNGARY
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
DISZTL STOLLO
MESZAROS MESZAROS
SALLAI SALLAI
ROTH ROTH
VARGA VARGA
PETAR PETAR
GARADA GARADA
BALINT BILLOS
HARDOS HARDOS
NAZY NAZY
DETARI STARR
NYILASI DIAS
MUELLER MUELLER
KIPRICH KIPRICH
ESTERHAZY ESSER
KOCSISS KOCH
ITALY
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
GALLI GARRO
ZOFF ZOLLO
BERGONI MELDONI
CABRINI LACONNA
SCIREA SORRENTO
GENTILE GALLO
COLLOVATI GIANNA
TRICELLA CELLI
DE NAPOLI VERONA
TARDELLI ROMANO
CONTI COROLLA
ANTOGNONI ANTONIO
DI GENNARO GIOUANNI
ALTOBELLI RITO
ROSSI RUSSO
GRAZIANI GARDINO
JAPAN
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
MATSUI MITSUI
MORISHITA MORITA
KATO SATO
KATSUYA MATSUDA
ISHIGAMI ISOGAMI
TSUNAMI TONAMI
OKUDERA OKUDAIRA
KIMURA MIMURA
YONASHIRO YONASHIRO
ECHIGO ECHIGO
MIURA MIURA
HASHIRATANI SHIRATANI
TOTSUKA OTSUKA
HARA HADA
NAGAI DAGAI
KAMAMOTO AMAOTO
MEXICO
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
LARIOS RIATA
RODRIGUEZ JORGE
QUIRARTE RIO
CRUZ CORTEZ
SERVIN MERVANOS
TREJO TURANOS
ESPANA ESPADILLA
BOY BOWIE
MUNOZ DIAZ
NEGRETE NETTEZ
DOMINGUEZ DOMINGO
ORTEGA OLTOS
SANCHEZ SANTOS
AGUIRRE GUILLON
FLORES ESPERANZA
HERNANDEZ FERNANDES
MOROCCO
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
ZAKI ZAKI
HMIED HMIED
LABD LABD
LEMRISS LEMRISS
BIAZ BIAZ
BOUYAHYAOUI BOUYAHYAOUI
HCINA HCINA
DOLMY DOLMY
EL HADDAOUI EL HADDAOUI
TIMOUMI TIMOUMI
MERRY MERRY
AMANALLAH AMANALLAH
KHAIRI KHAIRI
SOULAIMANI SOULAIMANI
BOUDERBALA BOUDERBALA
KRIMAU KRIMAU
PERU
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
GONZALES WRIGHT
QUIROGA RAND
REYNA REINA
DUARTE DUALTE
SALGUERO SALVOS
DIAZ DORIO
OLAECHEA OLMEO
LEGUIA ELY
VELASQUEZ VALDES
CUETO CUELO
NAVARRO NABAR
LA ROSA LARROUX
BARBADILLO FELDO
URIBE URANO
CUBILLAS PILLAS
OBLITAS LYTTOS
POLAND
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
MLYNARCZYK ZELNICK
WANDIK VANOS
OSTROWSKI OSTROWSKI
WOJCICKI WOJCICKI
ZMUDA DUMAR
JANAS JANAS
PAWLAK PAWLAK
DZIEKANOWSKI DZIEKANOWSKI
MATYSIK MATYSIK
URBAN URBAN
LATO RARITO
BUNCOL BUNCOL
KARAS KARAS
BONIEK PANEK
SMORALEK SMUDA
SZARMACH SZARMACH
REP KOREA
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
BYUNG DUK BYUNG HWAN
YUN KYO SOO HOON
KYUNG HOON JONG SEI
JONG SOO JIONG SOO
YONG HWAN JIN HOI
YOUNG JEUNG YONG MOO
PYUNG SUK PYONG FAN
YONG SE YANG RAE
KWANG RAE KANG SOO
CHANG SUN CHANG SE
SOO JIN SOO JONG
JUNG MOO JONG HWAN
SOON HO SOON JO
BUM KUN BUN RAE
JOO SUNG SOO SUNG
BYUNG JOO BUNG SUK
SCOTLAND
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
LEIGHTON LEIGHTON
ROUGH ROUGH
MILLER MILLER
MALPAS WILSON
MAREY MAREY
GRAY GRAY
MCLEISH MC TAVISH
NICOL NICOL
STRACHAN STROELEN
AITKEN ANTON
SOUNESS SOUNESS
WARK WARK
DALGLISH DOUGLAS
ROBERTSON RIVERTON
MCAVENNIE MC AFIE
ARCHIBALD ARNOS
SPAIN
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
ZUBIZARRETA SANDO
ARCONADA LUIS
ABLANEDO BOLIVAR
CAMACHO COMAS
GOICOECHEA GOYA
ALESANCO BANCO
ALBERTO ALEXO
MACEDA MANOS
CARUDERE CARDIN
MICHEL MICHA
MUNOZ MUNOZ
GORDILLO ORO
VICTOR VICTOR
BUTRAGUENO LUTRAN
UFARTE OLANOS
JUANITO JUAREZ
URUGUAY
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
RODRIGUES HERNANDO
ALVEZ ALBES
GUTTIERREZ ANGEL
ACEVEDO ALTO
DIOGO LUIS
BATISTA BATISTA
PEREYRA HERRERA
BOSSIO HOVOS
SARALEGUI SERAVAN
PAZ PASSARO
ZALAZAR SALVADOR
SANTIN BANTOS
ALZAMENDI FENDO
DA SILVA PABLO
FRANCESCOLI HERNOS
RAMOS RUIZ
USA
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
DOLEMAN ANDERSON
MANN BROWN
SINGLETARY HARRIS
MARSHALL PAGE
TAYLOR SMITH
TIPPETT KAY
BANKS ROWLAND
WALKER THOMAS
ALLEN WOODS
MUSTER WARD
MCNIEL BUCKLEY
CRAIG LITTLE
MONTANA GRANT
KOSAR MITCHEL
MCMAHON WILLIAMS
MARINO ROBERTS
USSR
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
DASSAEV DATEV
HANOV ANOV
MOROZOV CHIZOV
DEMIANENKO RUMENKOV
CHIVADZE VIDOR
BUDNOV BALINOF
BALTACHA BULENCHUK
YAREMCHUK YARDOV
ZAVAROV ZALENKO
ALEINIKOV ROMANOF
CHERENKOV GORENKOV
GOTUMANOV SARONCHA
LITOVCHENKO LIDZE
BLOKHIN MORKANOV
BELANOV PRUSSENKO
PROTASOV ALTONOV
W. GERMANY
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
SCHUMACHER SCHUMAN
STEIN STEIN
MEIYER MEIYER
FOERSTER FERTH
STIELIKE STILIKE
JAKOBS JAKOBS
AUGENTHALER AUGUST
BECKENBAUER ERICH
BRIEGEL BRIEGEL
BREITNER BREITNER
RAHN RAHN
SCHEFER SCHEFER
MAGATH MAGATO
LITTBARSKI LITTBAL
RUMMENIGGE HAHN
MUELLER MUELLER
YUGOSLAVIA
Rev 00 Rev 01+ Based on
PANTELIC SELAK
PASIC LASSIC
GUDELJ RANOC
ZAJEC GAJEC
STOJKOVIC JANUS
JAVANOVIC RONOVIC
HOLIHODZIC HANOZIC
KRMPOTIC ZAPTIC
PETROVIC PETRI
SLJIVO SALJO
PUDAR PANTO
HRSTIC MASTI
VUJOVIC BAUHOFER
SUSIC POLIC
SESTIC MESSIC
SURJAK ROJAK

IBM PC version

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EGA

WCS IBMPC Title.png

VGA

Despite the box claiming the IBM PC version of World Championship Soccer is only compatible with EGA graphics cards, this is not strictly true. If the user has a VGA card, the game will still run in 16 colours (as there are no VGA-specific graphics in-game), but it will choose a slightly more appropriate palette from the 256 colours available in the standard.

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EGA

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VGA

While the difference would be subtle on many CRT displays of the time, it can allow users to see what is going on more clearly. It also allows teams to play in different colours - in EGA mode player 1 is always red and player 2 is always blue.

References


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