- "World Cup Italia '90" redirects here. For the Sega Master System game, see World Cup Italia '90 (Master System).
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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 various home computers by Elite Systems in the following year.
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 24 national teams in most versions of World Cup Soccer. The home computer variants exchange Japan for the Republic of Ireland.
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Belgium
- Brazil
- China
- Denmark
- England
- France
- Holland
- Hungary
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Peru
- Poland
- Scotland
- Rep Korea
- Spain
- 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.
During the time of the Japanese Mega Drive version release, the qualification phase for the actual tournament had not ended. That's the reason of the inconsistencies between the team list present on the game and the teams that actually qualified. This was not fixed in following releases.
History
Legacy
The game was followed by World Championship Soccer II in 1994.
Versions
Localised names
Also known as
Language
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Localised Name
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English Translation
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English
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World Cup Italia '90
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World Cup Italia '90
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English (US)
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World Championship Soccer
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World Championship Soccer
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Japanese
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ワールドカップサッカー
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World Cup Soccer
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Portuguese (Brazil)
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Super Futebol
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Super Football
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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, Italian firm Olivetti (a subsidiary company of Telecom Italia), 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.
Production credits
- Main article: World Cup Soccer/Production credits.
Mega Drive version
Source: Uncredited
Commodore 64 version
- Programming and Music: Mike Lympany
- Grafix: P Robinson and S Beal
- Technical Assistant: D Wainwright
- Managed: S Hosseini
- Animated Pixels Production
Magazine articles
- Main article: World Cup Soccer/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Mega Drive print advert in
GamePro (US) #11: "June 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
also published in:
Print advert in Computer Games (GR) #3: "Ioúnios 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
Home computers print advert in
ACE (UK) #38: "November 1990" (1990-10-xx)
also published in:
Home computers print advert in
Power Play (DE) #1990-11: "11/90" (1990-10-12)
Physical scans
Mega-Tech version
Mega Drive version
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Division by zero.
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Based on 0 review
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Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart Manual
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Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart Manual
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Mega Drive, EU (Italia '90)
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Cover
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Mega Drive, EU (Sega Soccer; Part of Mega6 Console Pack In)
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Manual
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Mega Drive, BX†
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Cover
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Mega Drive, PT
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Cover
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Manual
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Mega Drive, PT (Alt; Colour Manual)
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Cover
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Cart World Cup Italia 90 Portuguese manual (Print) EU Manual
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Mega Drive, SE (rental; Hent; black)
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|
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Mega Drive, CZ (Datart)
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Manual
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Mega Drive, AU
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Cover
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Cart Manual
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Mega Drive, AU (alt)
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Cover
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Cart Manual
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Mega Drive, AU (Classics)
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Cover
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Cart Manual
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Mega Drive, BR (Cardboard)
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Cover
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Cart
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Mega Drive, BR (Plastic)
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Cover
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Amiga version
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Division by zero.
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Based on 0 review
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Amiga, UK
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Cover
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Amstrad CPC version
Atari ST version
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Division by zero.
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Based on 0 review
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Commodore 64 version
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Division by zero.
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Based on 0 review
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Commodore 64, UK (cassette)
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IBM PC version
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Division by zero.
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Based on 0 review
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IBM PC, US
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Disk 2
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ZX Spectrum version
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Division by zero.
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Based on 0 review
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ZX Spectrum, UK
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Cover
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Technical information
- Main article: World Cup Soccer/Technical information.
ROM dump status
System |
Hash |
Size |
Build Date |
Source |
Comments |
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✔
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CRC32
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b01c3d70
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MD5
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9ef694ab80344a7cced0d33f9c84a1b5
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SHA-1
|
39bbab6430aad3fa9bf024c4b42387ba4ba3e488
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256kB
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1989-05
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Cartridge (JP)
|
Revision 00
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|
|
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✔
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CRC32
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bf84ede6
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MD5
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34d356930dcb13fe02a3ec42b3d8d70e
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SHA-1
|
ef8c106acad9c3b4a5db2cd0d311762491d28392
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256kB
|
1989-05
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Cartridge (US/JP)
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Revision 02
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|
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✔
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CRC32
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bf272bcb
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MD5
|
a1647bee0108acba9e2f99daab336c18
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SHA-1
|
9da376f266c98c93ae387bec541c513fec84a0e9
|
|
256kB
|
1989-05
|
Cartridge (US/JP)
|
Revision 03
|
|
|
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✔
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CRC32
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dd95f829
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MD5
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11e4635d58198b873fdafc65fb6d1229
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SHA-1
|
c233313214418300a39afc446e8426cc11f99c6c
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256kB
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1990-07
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Cartridge (EU)
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References
- ↑ File:WCS MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
- ↑ Computer Entertainer, "October 1989" (US; 1989-10-20), page 15
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sega Power, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-07), page 49
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- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 39
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 39
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 136
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1989" (UK; 1989-09-16), page 120
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 115
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 21
- ↑ Joystick, "Novembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 122
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "January 1990" (JP; 1989-12-08), page 73
- ↑ Mega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-17), page 60
- ↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21
- ↑ Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 21
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81
- ↑ Mean Machines, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-28), page 115
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
- ↑ Power Play, "12/89" (DE; 1989-11-13), page 74
- ↑ Raze, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-01-31), page 44
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 31
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Force, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-09), page 26
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
- ↑ Tilt, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 87
- ↑ Top Secret, "Kwiecień 1995" (PL; 1995-xx-xx), page 57
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 226
- ↑ CU Amiga, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-xx), page 72
- ↑ Joystick, "Mars 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 176
- ↑ Zzap!64, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-13), page 69
- ↑ Zzap!, "Luglio 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ Games-X, "7th-13th June 1991" (UK; 1991-06-07), page 22
- ↑ Your Sinclair, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-07), page 65