Sega Worldwide Soccer 97

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Sega Worldwide Soccer 97
System(s): Sega Saturn, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega CS1, Sega PC
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (16 tracks)
Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad, Saturn 6 Player Adaptor, Saturn Backup Memory
Genre: Sports
Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code JP 1996-11-29 ¥5,800 GS-9112 US 1996-10-16 $49.99 81112 UK 1996-10-17More...More... £44.99More... MK81112-50 FR 1996-10-17More...More... ?F MK81112-50 DE 1996-10-17More...More... DM ? MK81112-50 ES 1996-10-17More...More... ?Ptas MK81112-50 AU 199x $? ? BR 199x R$? 193346 JP 1997-09-25 ¥7,800 (8,190) HCJ-0126 US 1997-09 $39.99 85056 US (Expert Software) 1998 $14.99 ? UK 1997-08-21More... £? MK85056-50 FR 1997-08-21More... ?F MK85056-50 DE 1997-08-21More... DM ? MK85056-50 ES 1997-08-21More... ?Ptas MK85056-50 UK (Fair Game) 199x £? ? UK (GrabIt) 199x £? ? UK (Xplosiv) 199x £? ?
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Sega Worldwide Soccer 97, known as Victory Goal Worldwide Edition (ビクトリーゴール ワールドワイドエディション) in Japan, is a football game developed by Team Aquila and published by Sega.

Gameplay

For its time, SWWS97 was considered to be one of the best football games available on the market, although was displaced in the coming years by more advanced rivals. The game is not licensed by FIFA so cannot use real team or player names, however it attempts to stick as close as possible to the 1996 football season and allow users to rename players should they see fit. Some of the fictional players include names of the development staff, and in the case of Wales and Scotland, writers for the UK's Sega Saturn Magazine.

Commentary is offered by Gary Bloom, notable for commentating on the sport across various British TV channels.

Teams

Europe 1

• England
• Spain
• Italy
• Switzerland
• Poland
• Norway

Europe 2

• France
• Romania
• Denmark
• Ireland
• Croatia
• Greece

Europe 3

• Holland
• Bulgaria
• Belgium
• Wales
• Turkey
• Russia

Europe 4

• Germany
• Portugal
• Sweden
• Scotland
• N. Ireland
• Austria

Africa

• Nigeria
• S. Africa
• Cameroon
• Egypt
• Liberia
• Morocco

Asia/Oceania

• Japan
• China
• S. Korea
• Saudi Arabia
• UAE
• Australia

North America

• USA
• Canada
• Mexico
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Honduras

South America

• Brazil
• Colombia
• Argentina
• Uruguay
• Bolivia
• Paraguay

History

The game was re-released for Windows PCs in 1997 under the title of Sega Worldwide Soccer PC (セガワールドワイドサッカーＰＣ).

During development, Sega Worldwide Soccer 97 was known simply as Worldwide Soccer. The original name can still be seen in backgrounds of menu screens.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Sega Worldwide Soccer 97	Sega Worldwide Soccer 97
English (US)	Sega Worldwide Soccer 97	Sega Worldwide Soccer 97
Japanese	ビクトリーゴール ワールドワイドエディション	Victory Goal Worldwide Edition

Production credits

Saturn version

• Development and Game Design: Sega of Japan
• Producer: Gerald DeYoung
• Assistant Producer: Tre Johnson
• Product Manager: Brad Hogan
• Voice Talent: Gary Bloom
• Manual: Marc Sherrod
• Sega Sports: John Gillin and Christine Bertoglio
• Product Development Team: Rosie Freeman, Marcus Matthews, Dave Perkinson, Scott Rohde and Chris Smith
• Lead Tester: Lance Nelson
• Assistant Lead Testers: Ty Johnson, Mo Berry and Dave Paniagua
• Testers: Lorne Asuncion, Nicolas Azizian, Tom Collins, Marc Dawson, Lou DiSimone, Mark Griffin, Rob Hernandez, Matt Hutaff, Kyle Jung, Ian McGuinness, Loren Miller, Abe Navarro, Mark Paniagua, Steve Perez, Pedro Ponce, Sean Potter, Tony Ragano, Ilya Reeves, Malakai Rida, Alan Tan and Adam Victor
• Special Thanks: Janine Cook, Angela Edwards, Jef Feltman, Takahiro Fukada, Gary Griffith, Ryoichi Hasegawa, Cobi Jones, Mark Lindstrom, Larry Loth, Willie Mancero, Mark Maslowicz, Andy Mee, Dave Nulty, Steve Payne, Mark Subotnick, Helene Sheeler of MS&L and Cory Clemetson of Intersport

Source: US manualMedia:Sws97 sat us manual.pdf

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Worldwide Soccer 97/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #87: "October 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

PDF

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #13: "November 1996" (1996-10-17)
also published in:

• Computer & Video Games (UK) #181: "December 1996" (1996-11-xx)

PDF

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #89: "December 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

PDF

Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #63: "Diciembre 1996" (199x-xx-xx)

PDF

Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #38: "Januar 1997" (1996-12-11)
also published in:

• Sega Magazin (DE) #39: "Februar 1997" (1997-01-08)
• Sega Magazin (DE) #40: "März 1997" (1997-02-12)
• Sega Magazin (DE) #44: "Juli 1997" (1997-06-11)
• Sega Magazin (DE) #45: "August 1997" (1997-07-09)
• Sega Magazin (DE) #47: "Oktober 1997" (1997-09-10)
• Sega Magazin (DE) #48: "November 1997" (1997-10-15)
• Sega Magazin (DE) #49: "December 1997" (1997-11-12)

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Print advert in Secret Service (PL) #47: "Czerwiec 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #30: "Eylül 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Morgunblaðið (IS) #1997-10-22 (1997-10-22)

Physical scans

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication Score Source Computer & Video Games (UK) 100 More... Edge (UK) 80 More... Weekly Famitsu (JP) 80 №416, p33 GamesMaster (UK) 93 №49, p49 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 93 More... Mega Fun (DE) 89 More... Mega Force (FR) 92 More... Player One (FR) 94 №69, p96-97 Sega Power (UK) 91 №86, p44-45 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) 94 More... Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) 77 More... Sega Saturn Magazine (readers) (JP) 85 More...Media:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf Sonic the Comic (UK) 92 №96, p10

	89
Based on 13 reviews

Saturn, US
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Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
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Saturn, EU (Not For Resale)
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Saturn, JP
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Saturn, BR
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Disc Manual

PC version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source No results 87 №48, p84-85

	87
Based on 1 review

PC, US
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PC, US (Expert Software)

PC, EU
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PC, EU (Replaygem)
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PC, JP
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PC, JP (PC Home)
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PC, UK (Expert Software)
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PC, UK (Xplosiv)
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PC, UK (GrabIt)
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PC, UK (GrabIt; 99p)
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PC, UK (Sports Pack)
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PC, UK (Fair Game)
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PC, DE
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Disc Jewel Case

PC, ES (Xplosiv)

PC, PT (Power Games)

PC, BX† (Sega Classics)
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PC, PL (Xplosiv)
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PC, AU (Valusoft)
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PC, HU (Ecobit)
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PC, HU (EVM)
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	563,849,664		CD-ROM (EU)	MK81112-50 V1.000
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	576,282,336	1996-10-14	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9112 V1.000
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	564,028,416		CD-ROM (US)	81112 V1.001

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue page; PC version (Japanese)