VR Soccer

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VR Soccer
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Interplay (US), Naxat Soft (JP)
Developer:
Brand: VR Sports
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)
Genre: Sports[1][2] (football)

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,8005,800 T-18706G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Saturn
US 		T-12517H
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Non-Sega versions

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VR Soccer, known as Actua Soccer (アクチャーサッカー) in Japan, is a football game for the Sega Saturn. It was not released in Europe, who instead received Actua Soccer Club Edition.

In North America, the game was announced as VR Soccer '96[4], dropping the "'96" late in development. As a result of this, the game was advertised as VR Soccer '96 and still often refers to itself by this name

Gameplay

Teams

  • Argentina Argentina
  • Belgium Belgium
  • Bolivia Bolivia
  • Brazil Brazil
  • Bulgaria Bulgaria
  • Cameroon Cameroon
  • Switzerland China
  • Colombia Colombia
  • Czechia Czech Rep.
  • Denmark Denmark
  • Egypt Egypt
  • England England
  • Finland Finland
  • France France
  • Germany Germany
  • Ghana Ghana
  • Greece Greece
  • Netherlands Holland
  • Israel Iceland
  • Italy Italy
  • Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast
  • Japan Japan
  • Mexico Mexico
  • Morocco Morocco
  • Nigeria Nigeria
  • England N. Ireland
  • Norway Norway
  • Poland Poland
  • Portugal Portugal
  • Ireland Rep. Ireland
  • Romania Romania
  • Russia Russia
  • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arab.
  • Scotland Scotland
  • Slovakia Slovakia
  • South Korea S. Korea
  • Spain Spain
  • Sweden Sweden
  • Switzerland Switzerland
  • Tunisia Tunisia
  • Uruguay Uruguay
  • United States of America USA
  • Wales Wales
  • Zambia Zambia

Northern Ireland competes under an unofficial flag, using the Nordic cross flag with a similar colour scheme to England's.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English (US) VR Soccer VR Soccer
Japanese アクチャーサッカー Actua Soccer

Production credits

For VR Sports
  • Director of Sports Development: Matt Findley
  • Producer: Chris Parker
  • Line Producer: Jeff Barnhart
  • VR Sports Logo Animation: Adam Rote
  • 2D Art: Dave Finley
  • Director of Quality Assurance: Chad Allison
  • Assist. Director of QA: Colin Totman
  • Lead Testers: Doug Avery
  • Testers: Greg Baumeister, Kaycee Vardaman, Chris Keenen, Tony Martin
For Gremlin Interactive
  • Game Design: Andy Findlay, Kevin Dudley, Ade Carless
  • Programming: Andy Findlay, Laurent Noel, Richard Stevenson, Kevin Dudley
  • Lead Artist: Wayne Laybourn
  • Additional Artists: Oliver Murry, Matt Furniss, Martin Calpin, Les Spink
  • FMV Video: Alan Coltan, David Lewis, Jim Tibutt
  • Motion Capture Technology: Paul Hiley, Ben Wilson, Mick Sheehan, Tony Wills
  • Commentary: Barry Davies
  • Soccer Players: Chris Woods, Andy Sinton, Graham Hyde
  • Team Data Research: Rob Millington
  • Sound Technology: Human Machine Interface Ltd.
  • Music and Sound Effects: Neil Biggin, Patrick Phelan
  • Producer: Tony Casson
  • Manual Design and Layout: Malchick Nostra
  • Software Manager: Tim Heaton
  • Product Director: James North-hearn
  • Quality Assurance: Rob Millington, Lee Campbell, Sim Furniss, Tony Howe, Carl Bilby
Source:
US manual
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[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: VR Soccer/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in (US) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
also published in:
  • (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[6]
  • (US) #93: "June 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[7]
  • (US) #18: "June 1996" (1996-05-21)[8]
Logo-pdf.svg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in (US) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
also published in:
  • (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[9]
  • (US) #82: "May 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[10]
Logo-pdf.svg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in (US) #19: "July 1996" (1996-06-18)
also published in:
  • (US) #84: "July 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[11]
Logo-pdf.svg

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
(JP) NTSC-J
53
[12]
(US) NTSC-U
70
[13]
(US) NTSC-U
56
[14]
(JP) NTSC-J
50
[15]
(JP) NTSC-J
58
[16]
(JP) NTSC-J
53
[17]
Sega Saturn
 57
Based on
6 reviews

VR Soccer

Saturn, JP
ActuaSoccer Saturn JP Box Back.jpgActuaSoccer Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
VRSoccer Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
ActuaSoccer sat JP manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, US
VRSoccer Saturn US Box Back.jpgVRSoccer Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
VRSoccer US disc.jpg
Disc
Vrsoccer sat us manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

Main article: VR Soccer/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ File:ActuaSoccer Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
  3. ↑ http://sega-saturn.com/software.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-01-01 11:35)
  4. ↑ http://www.interplay.com/press/soccer.html (Wayback Machine: 1997-06-06 00:07)
  5. ↑ File:Vrsoccer sat us manual.pdf, page 19
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 41
  7. ↑ GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 27
  8. ↑ Next Generation, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 23
  9. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 38
  10. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 110
  11. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 109
  12. ↑ Famitsu, "1996-10-04" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 1
  13. ↑ GamePro, "March 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 94
  14. ↑ Game Informer, "December 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 72
  15. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 20" (JP; 1996-09-20), page 202
  16. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 24" (JP; 1996-11-15), page 70
  17. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 247


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