Dino Dini's Soccer

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Dino Dini's Soccer
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver
Peripherals supported: Team Player
Genre: Sports (football)

















Number of players: 1-4 (simultaneous) 1-24 (alternating)
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Deutsch
  • Français
    • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Mega Drive
    EU     		T-70276-50
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Mega Drive
    PT
    Sega Mega Drive
    UK     		£49.9949.99[2] T-70276-50
    ELSPA: 3+ OK

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    Dino Dini's Soccer is a top-down football game for the Sega Mega Drive programmed by Dino Dini, the man behind the first two Kick Off games by Anco Games. It was only released in Europe.

    Dino Dini's Soccer is a retooled version of an earlier Amiga game, Goal!, sporting superior graphics and support for four players via Sega's Team Player peripheral. Though this has not been confirmed, it has been suggested that during development Dino Dini's Soccer was set to be a straight port of Goal! with no extra features (this being the situation with the SNES version, which despite its name, was not personally handled by Dino Dini like this Mega Drive release). An unconfirmed working title appears to have been Dino Dini's Goal!.

    As a spiritual sequel to Kick Off 2 (or Super Kick Off, as it appeared on the Mega Drive), Dino Dini's Soccer offers similar gameplay but with the addition of smarter AI, multiple cameras and improved presentation.

    Gameplay

    Teams

    Unlike the Kick Off games, Dino Dini's Soccer only features national teams.

    • Albania Albania
    • Algeria Algeria
    • Austria Antilles
    • Argentina Argentina
    • Australia Australia
    • Austria Austria
    • Bulgaria Belgium
    • Bolivia Bolivia
    • Brazil Brazil
    • Bulgaria Bulgaria
    • Cameroon Cameroon
    • Canada Canada
    • Chile Chile
    • China China
    • Colombia Colombia
    • Costa Rica Costa Rica
    • Cuba Cuba
    • Cyprus Cyprus
    • Denmark Denmark
    • Egypt Egypt
    • El Salvador El Salvador
    • England England
    • Ecuador Ecuador
    • Spain Estonia
    • Ethiopia Ethiopia
    • Faroe Islands Faeroe Islands
    • Fiji Fiji
    • Finland Finland
    • France France
    • Germany Germany
    • Ghana Ghana
    • Greece Greece
    • Guatemala Guatemala
    • Guinea Guinea
    • Guyana Guyana
    • Haiti Haiti
    • Netherlands Holland
    • Honduras Honduras
    • Hong Kong Hong Kong
    • Hungary Hungary
    • Indonesia Iceland
    • India Indonesia
    • Iraq Iraq
    • Iceland Israel
    • Italy Italy
    • Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast
    • Jamaica Jamaica
    • Japan Japan
    • Latvia Latvia
    • Liberia Liberia
    • Libya Libya
    • Lithuania Lithuania
    • Luxembourg Luxembourg
    • Kenya Kenya
    • Kuwait Kuwait
    • Malta Malta
    • Malaysia Malaysia
    • Mexico Mexico
    • Malawi Malawi
    • Morocco Morroco
    • New Zealand New Zealand
    • Nigeria Nigeria
    • Ulster Northern Ireland
    • North Korea North Korea
    • Norway Norway
    • Paraguay Paraguay
    • Peru Peru
    • Philippines Philippines
    • Poland Poland
    • Portugal Portugal
    • Qatar Qatar
    • Czechia RCS
    • Ireland Rep. of Ireland
    • Romania Romania
    • Russia Russia
    • San Marino San Marino
    • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
    • Scotland Scotland
    • Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
    • Singapore Singapore
    • South Korea South Korea
    • Spain Spain
    • Sudan Sudan
    • Sweden Sweden
    • Switzerland Switzerland
    • Syria Syria
    • Taiwan Taiwan
    • Thailand Thailand
    • Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad
    • Tunisia Tunisia
    • Turkey Turkey
    • Uruguay Uruguay
    • United Arab Emirates U.A.E.
    • United States of America U.S.A.
    • Venezuela Venezuela
    • Wales Wales
    • Zaire Zaire
    • Zambia Zambia
    • Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

    "RCS" represents Czechoslovakia, which split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia a year before the game's release.

    Production credits

    • Concept, Design and Code by: Dino Dini
    • Conversion by: Dino Dini
    • Produced by: Pam Dini
    • Produced for Virgin by: Michael Merren
    • Graphics by: Design Systems
    • Theme Tune by: Allister Brimble
    • Audio by: Krisalis Software Ltd
    • Music Driver by: S.Hollingworth
    • Other Music and FM SFX by: Matt Furniss
    • Additional Samples by: Dino Dini
    • Team Data by: Michael Merren
    • Playtesters: Dino Dini, Pam Dini, Michael Merren, Michael Wenn, Tony Byus, Alon Malka, Carl Perrin
    • Published by: Virgin I.E.
    A Dini and Dini Production
    Copyright (C) Dino Dini 1993-1994
    All Rights Reserved Worldwide
    Dedicated to Our Daughter Chance

    Magazine articles

    Main article: Dino Dini's Soccer/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

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    Print advert in (UK) #157: "December 1994" (1994-11-15)
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    Print advert in (UK) #61: "December 1994" (1994-10-20)
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    Physical scans

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    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    (RU)
    50
    		[3]
    (UK) PAL
    85
    		[4]
    (UK) PAL
    77
    		[2]
    (DE) PAL
    62
    		[5]
    (FR) PAL
    86
    		[6]
    (DE)
    66
    		[7]
    (UK) PAL
    88
    		[1]
    (FR)
    55
    		[8]
    (DE) PAL
    60
    		[9]
    (DE) PAL
    87
    		[10]
    (UK) PAL
    90
    		[11]
    (UK) PAL
    91
    		[12]
    (RU)
    64
    		[13]
    (ES)
    83
    		[14]
    (ES)
    90
    		[15]
    (RU)
    84
    		[16]
    Sega Mega Drive
    		 76
    Based on
    16 reviews

    Dino Dini's Soccer

    Mega Drive, EU
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    Cover
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    Cart
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    Manual
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    PCB
    Mega Drive, PT

    Technical information

    Main article: Dino Dini's Soccer/Technical information.

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 112
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Games World: The Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 13
    3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 59
    4. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 84
    5. ↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 80
    6. ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 64
    7. ↑ Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 40
    8. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 154
    9. ↑ Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 109
    10. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 32
    11. ↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 112
    12. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 60
    13. ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 51
    14. ↑ Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 112
    15. ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
    16. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 71


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