Striker

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For the Sega Saturn game, see Striker '96. For the Sega Mega Drive control, see Striker Stereo Control Pad.

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  • Mega Drive
  • Game Gear

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Striker
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Sports[1]

















Number of players: 1-2
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • Español
  • Italiano
    • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Mega Drive
    EU     		1185-50
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Mega Drive
    DE     		DM 129.00129.00[4] 1185-50
    Sega Mega Drive
    PT     		MDJ1185
    Sega Mega Drive
    UK     		£49.9949.99[3] 1185-50
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Mega Drive
    AU     		$69.9569.95[5]
    Sega Game Gear
    EU     		2551-50
    Sega Game Gear
    PT
    Sega Game Gear
    UK     		2551-50
    Non-Sega versions

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    Striker is a Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear football game. It was only released in Europe.

    Confusingly it is the fourth game by Rage Software to use the Striker moniker - the original Striker was released for the Amiga in 1992 (later ported to the Amiga CD32 in 1994) and formed the basis for all Striker games to come. A second Striker was released for the Super Nintendo in 1993, being known as World Soccer '94: Road to Glory in North America, World Soccer in Japan and Eric Cantona Football Challenge in France, which was followed by World Cup Striker (released as Elite Soccer in North America) the next year. This fourth Striker was made exclusive to Sega systems as a spiritual sequel to Ultimate Soccer.

    Gameplay

    Striker takes influences from all prior football games released by Rage Software while also adding a list of features for itself. Of note is the multiple camera perspectives for the pitch and wide array of added features, including over 340 local and national teams (over five times the amount seen in Ultimate Soccer).

    Due to a lack of FIFA (or other footballing body) licensing, local teams and players have falsified-but-recognisable names (for example, Newcastle becomes "Oldcastle").

    Uniquely for the Mega Drive, Striker features multiple possible camera angles, an effect created on the Super NES through the use of its "mode 7" hardware graphics mode, but replicated here entirely in software while still retaining a 50FPS refresh rate (remembering the game was only released in PAL regions).

    Striker also includes a hidden table football game.

    History

    Development

    Sega Mega-CD and Sega 32X versions of the game were planned[6], but were never finished. Rage had plans to use the disc space to incorporate 200,000 football teams in the Mega-CD version[7] - a feat no football game developer has ever come close to matching. The 32X version was due for release in Spring 1995 and would have had "astounding" visual effects[8].

    Magazine articles

    Main article: Striker/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

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    Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #46: "Julio 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

    Physical scans

    Mega Drive version

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
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    0 review
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
    59
    		[9]
    Digitiser (UK) PAL
    84
    		[10]
    GamesMaster (UK) PAL
    76
    		[11]
    Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
    78
    		[3]
    MAN!AC (DE) PAL
    72
    		[12]
    Mega (UK) PAL
    72
    		[13]
    Mega Force (FR) PAL
    84
    		[14]
    Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
    27
    		[15]
    Player One (FR) PAL
    81
    		[16]
    Sega Power (UK) PAL
    79
    		[17]
    Sega Power (GR)
    70
    		[18]
    Sega Pro (UK) PAL
    84
    		[19]
    Todo Sega (ES)
    75
    		[20]
    Tricks 16 bit (RU)
    84
    		[21]
    Video Games (DE) PAL
    82
    		[22]
    Sega Mega Drive
    		 74
    Based on
    15 reviews

    Striker

    Mega Drive, EU
    Striker MD EU Box.jpg
    Cover
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    Cart
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    Manual
    Mega Drive, PT
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    Cover

    Game Gear version

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
    {{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
    Based on
    0 review
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    Joypad (FR)
    74
    		[23]
    Player One (FR) PAL
    60
    		[24]
    Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
    75
    		[25]
    Sega Power (UK) PAL
    59
    		[26]
    Todo Sega (ES)
    73
    		[27]
    Sega Game Gear
    		 68
    Based on
    5 reviews

    Striker

    Game Gear, EU
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    Cover
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    Cart
    Striker GG EU Manual.jpg
    Manual
    Game Gear, PT

    Technical information

    Main article: Striker/Technical information.

    References

    1. ↑ File:Striker GG EU back.jpg
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 88
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 13
    4. ↑ Games World Magazin, "" (DE; 1995-02-17), page 71
    5. ↑ Sega Megazone, "March 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 33
    6. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 30
    7. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 31
    8. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 32
    9. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 228
    10. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-04-10)
    11. ↑ GamesMaster, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-xx-xx), page 44
    12. ↑ MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 69
    13. ↑ Mega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-30), page 18
    14. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
    15. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 89
    16. ↑ Player One, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
    17. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 58
    18. ↑ Sega Power, "Dekémvrios-Ianouários 1998" (GR; 1998-xx-xx), page 46
    19. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 14
    20. ↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 44
    21. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 189
    22. ↑ Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 96
    23. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 58
    24. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 122
    25. ↑ Sega Magazin, "September 1995" (DE; 1995-08-16), page 83
    26. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-08-17), page 58
    27. ↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 52


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