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Kick Off 3: European Challenge

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: VIC Tokai

Developer: Anco Games

Sound driver: UniSound v1.1 (Ash Hogg)

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Español

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1994-11-26		T-23086-50
NL	199x
UK	1994-09^[1]	£44.9544.95^[2]	T-23086-50

Non-Sega versions
Amiga IBM PC Super NES

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Kick Off 3: European Challenge is a football game developed by Steve Screech for Anco Games as a sequel to Kick Off 2 (which made it to the Sega Mega Drive in the altered form of Super Kick Off). VIC Tokai published a version for the Mega Drive in 1994.

Gameplay

There are roughly 2,000 frames of player animations in Kick Off 3^[3].

History

Development

Unlike its predecessors, Kick Off 3 had no involvement from lead programmer Dino Dini, and thus plays very differently to other games in the series, having a "horizontal" pitch as opposed to a "vertical" one. Due to these radical changes, the game was met with controversy upon release. Dino Dini released his own football game around the same time for the Amiga titled Goal!, which made its way onto the Mega Drive as Dino Dini's Soccer.

The team sought the advice of then Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan to determine where players should stand during free and corner kicks^[4].

Magazine articles

Main article: Kick Off 3: European Challenge/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Magazine (UK) #11: "November 1994" (1994-10-15)
also published in:

Mean Machines Sega (UK) #26: "December 1994" (1994-10-28)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[6]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

90

^[7]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

81

^[8]

Gamer (GR)

83

^[9]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

71

^[10]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

85

^[11]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

73

^[12]

Mega (UK)

PAL

81

^[13]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

77

^[14]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

63

^[15]

Megazin (SI)

41

^[16]

Player One (FR)

60

^[17]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

68

^[18]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

44

^[19]

Todo Sega (ES)

73

^[20]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

44

^[21]

	67
Based on 16 reviews

Kick Off 3: European Challenge

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, NL

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	bc37401a
MD5	640b900fc064c6962dc6160b8a033bf8
SHA-1	e449cfd4f9d59cf28b4842d465022a399964d0d6

1MB

1994-09

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-15), page 15
↑ Sega Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 21
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-28), page 105
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-28), page 104
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 83
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 155
↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 59
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-11-04)
↑ Gamer, "Fevrouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 82
↑ MAN!AC, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-11), page 59
↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 42
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 63
↑ Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 86
↑ Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 12, Avgust 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 15
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 107
↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 51
↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 50
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 100

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[:File:CVG_UK_152.pdf_p15-1] Computer & Video Games, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-15), page 15

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_11.pdf_p21-2] Sega Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 21

[:File:MeanMachinesSega18UK.pdf_p105-3] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-28), page 105

[:File:MeanMachinesSega18UK.pdf_p104-4] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-28), page 104

[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p83-5] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 83

[6] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 155

[:File:CVG_UK_151.pdf_p59-7] Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 59

[digitiser1994-11-04-8] Digitiser (UK) (1994-11-04)

[9] Gamer, "Fevrouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_07.pdf_p15-10] Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_042.pdf_p82-11] Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 82

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-02.pdf_p59-12] MAN!AC, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-11), page 59

[:File:Mega_UK_27.pdf_p42-13] Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 42

[:File:MegaForce_FR_35.pdf_p63-14] Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 63

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-01.pdf_p86-15] Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 86

[:File:Megazin_SI_0212.pdf_p15-16] Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 12, Avgust 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_049.pdf_p118-17] Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-02.pdf_p107-18] Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 107

[:File:SegaPro_UK_40.pdf_p51-19] Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 51

[:File:TodoSega_ES_23.pdf_p50-20] Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 50

[21] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 100

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