World Cup Soccer

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World Cup Soccer

System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum

Publisher: Sega,

Elite Systems

Developer: Sega

Animated Pixels

Genre: Sports

Release	Date	RRP	Code

World Cup Soccer (ワールドカップサッカー), is a football game developed and published by Sega in 1989. It was subsequently brought to the Sega Master System by Sega and various home computers by Elite Systems in the following year.

World Cup Soccer has been marketed under many names. In Japan the Mega Drive version has always been known as 'World Cup Soccer and in United States, World Championship Soccer (although some earlier cartridges erroneously use the simplified development name, Soccer on the title screen). In Europe, however, the game was originally sold as a joint venture between Sega, Spanish firm Olivetti and Virgin Mastertronic, becoming World Cup Italia '90, holding the Italian 1990 FIFA World Cup license for a short period. Later variants in Europe are simply titled Sega Soccer.

Gameplay

World Cup Soccer is a top-down football game which adheres to most of the sport's rules. There are no free kicks.

Teams

There are 23 national teams in most versions of World Cup Soccer, with the exception of the Master System version which ups the count to 30. The home computer variants exchange Japan for the Republic of Ireland.

Mega Drive

Algeria
Argentina
Brazil
China
Denmark
England
France
Holland
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Morocco
Peru
Poland
Scotland
Rep Korea
Spain
Uruguay
USA
USSR
W. Germany
Yugoslavia

Master System

Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Cameroon
Czechoslovakia
Colombia
Costa Rica
China
Denmark
Egypt
England
France
Holland
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Poland
Romania
Scotland
Rep Korea
Spain
Sweden
UAE
Uruguay
USA
USSR
W. Germany
Yugoslavia

No later releases addressed the issue of West Germany, the USSR and Yugoslavia, which had all ceased to exist by the beginning of 1993.

Despite its official Italia '90 license, neither of the games were adjusted to reflect the participants of the event. The Master System version has all 24 qualifying teams plus an extra six more, but the Mega Drive port makes no effort, continuing to include Algeria, China, Denmark, France, Hungary, Japan, Morocco, Poland and Peru despite neither of these countries qualifying. Mexico, included in both, did not even enter the world cup.

History

Legacy

The game was followed by World Championship Soccer II in 1994.

Production Credits

Commodore 64 Version

Programming and Music: Mike Lympany
Grafix: P Robinson and S Beal
Technical Assistant: D Wainwright
Managed: S Hosseini
Animated Pixels Production

Promotional Material

WCS Computers UK PrintAdvert.jpg

Home computers UK print advert

Physical Scans

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,
Cover

Mega Drive Version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[3]

ACE (UK)

NTSC-J

91

^[4]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[5]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

83

^[6]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

64

^[7]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

80

^[8]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

83

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

83

^[10]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

51

^[11]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

83

^[12]

Joystick (FR)

85

^[13]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

55

^[14]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

55

^[15]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

69

^[16]

Mega (UK)

PAL

20

^[17]

Mega (UK)

PAL

40

^[18]

Mega (UK)

PAL

35

^[19]

MegaTech (UK)

64

^[20]

Mean Machines (UK)

64

^[21]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

64

^[22]

Power Play (DE)

76

^[23]

Raze (UK)

PAL

82

^[24]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

45

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

25

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

87

^[27]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[28]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

62

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[30]

Tilt (FR)

75

^[31]

Top Secret (PL)

Mega Games I

75

^[32]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

74

^[33]

	65
Based on 31 reviews

World Cup Soccer

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US (Sega Classic)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU (Italia '90)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Master System Version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

World Cup Soccer

Master System, EU
Cover

Master System, EU 8-language variant
Cover

Master System, AU

Cart

Master System, BR (Older)
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR (Newer)
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, BR (Master System III Compact Built-In)

Manual

Master System, CA
Cover

Amiga Version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CU Amiga (UK)

41

^[34]

	41
Based on 1 review

World Cup Soccer

Amiga, UK
Cover

Amstrad CPC Version

Amstrad CPC, UK

Atari ST Version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Joystick (FR)

PAL

72

^[35]

	72
Based on 1 review

World Cup Soccer

Atari ST, UK

Commodore 64 Version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Zzap!64 (UK)

42

^[36]

Zzap! (IT)

57

^[37]

	50
Based on 2 reviews

World Cup Soccer

Commodore 64, UK (cassette)

Commodore 64, UK (disk)

DOS Version

DOS, US

ZX Spectrum Version

ZX Spectrum, UK
Cover

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[:File:Mdfan_JP_1990-01.pdf_p73-16] Mega Drive Fan, "January 1990" (JP; 1989-12-08), page 73

[:File:Mega_UK_01.pdf_p60-17] Mega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-17), page 60

[:File:Mega_UK_09.pdf_p21-18] Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21

[:File:Mega_UK_11.pdf_p21-19] Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 21

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p81-20] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_20.pdf_p115-21] Mean Machines, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-28), page 115

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p143-22] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1989-12.pdf_p74-23] Power Play, "12/89" (DE; 1989-11-13), page 74

[:File:Raze_UK_05.pdf_p44-24] Raze, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-01-31), page 44

[:File:SegaPower_UK_16.pdf_p49-25] Sega Power, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-07), page 49

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p55-26] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_06.pdf_p31-27] Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 31

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p68-28] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68

[:File:SegaForce_UK_08.pdf_p26-29] Sega Force, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-09), page 26

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[:File:Tilt_FR_081.pdf_p87-31] Tilt, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 87

[32] Top Secret, "Kwiecień 1995" (PL; 1995-xx-xx), page 57

[33] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 226

[:File:CUAmiga_UK_012.pdf_p72-34] CU Amiga, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-xx), page 72

[:File:Joystick_FR_014.pdf_p176-35] Joystick, "Mars 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 176

[:File:Zzap64_UK_075.pdf_p69-36] Zzap!64, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-13), page 69

[:File:Zzap_IT_58.pdf_p18-37] Zzap!, "Luglio 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 18

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World Cup Soccer

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Teams

Mega Drive

Master System

History

Legacy

Production Credits

Commodore 64 Version

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Mega-Tech version

Mega Drive Version

Master System Version

Amiga Version

Amstrad CPC Version

Atari ST Version

Commodore 64 Version

DOS Version

ZX Spectrum Version