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International Superstar Soccer Deluxe

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Konami

Developer: Factor 5

Peripherals supported: Team Player

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-8

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1996-09^[1]		T-95196-50
PT	1996
UK	1996-12-05^[2]	£39.9939.99^[3]	T-95196-50
SE (Rental)	199x
BR	1997-12	R$49.9949.99

Non-Sega versions
PlayStation Super NES

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International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (ISS Deluxe) is a football game released by Konami for the Sega Mega Drive in 1996. It is a sequel to International Superstar Soccer, a Super NES game originally released in late 1994, and the second in the long-running International Superstar Soccer series by Konami's Osaka division, which was eventually discontinued to give a bigger focus to the alternative Pro Evolution Soccer series by Konami's Tokyo division.

Gameplay

ISS Deluxe is an arcade-style football game played at an oblique viewing angle. The game lacks any sort of official licensing, so opts for 36 national teams comprised of fictional players (often loosely based on their real-life counterparts).

Teams

Europe 1

England
Germany
Italy
Wales
Scotland
N.Ireland

Europe 2

France
Holland
Norway
Spain
Ireland
Portugal

Europe 3

Sweden
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Austria
Belgium
Poland

Europe 4

Romania
Russia
Bulgaria
Swiss (Switzerland)
Croatia
Greece

Asia-Africa

Japan
Turkey
S.Korea
Nigeria
Cameroon
Morocco

N.S.America

Brazil
Argentina
Columbia
Mexico
U.S.A
Uruguay

All Star (unlockable)

All Star
Eurostar A
Eurostar B
Asian Star
Africanstar
AllAmer.Star

History

Legacy

As a late release in the console life cycle, happening when Konami had already discontinued all its internal Mega Drive developments in Japan, this conversion of ISS Deluxe was outsourced to German developer Factor 5. It was also targeted especifically for the European markets (later on, also for the Brazilian market), where association football is considered the main national sport.

The earlier Super NES version of ISS Deluxe is notorious in South America for being redistributed as localised ROM hacks, replacing the teams and players with those from Argentina, Colombia or Peru. This has happened to this Mega Drive version too, becoming the Brazilian branded Ronaldinho Soccer 98, despite the presence of a fully licensed retail version released in Brazil by TecToy.

Versions

The Mega Drive version of ISS Deluxe is largely identical to its Super NES counterpart, save for minor palette differences (and a checkerboarding effect to mask the lack of alpha transparency) and lower quality audio samples. No attempt was made to let the game run at a full 320x224 (or 320x240) resolution.

Unlike previous Mega Drive games handled by Chris Hülsbeck which relied on his own A.U.D.I.O.S. Wave Slave MD sound driver, for this title a custom music and sound effects player programmed by Factor 5 developer Willi Bäcker was used instead. ^[4]

Production credits

Producer: Julian Eggebrecht
Main Programmer: Sven Meier
Additional Programming: Willi Bäcker, Holger Schmidt, Thomas Engel
Graphics: Andreas Escher, Sven Meier
Music and Sound Effects: Chris Hülsbeck
Troet System: Jens Petersam, Willi Bäcker, Thomas Engel, Dirk Jagalski
Special Thanks: Tomonori Otsuka, Hiroshi Makitani, Monika Aust, Manfred Kleimann, Jon Sloan, Konami Osaka, ISS SNES Team
Our Regards To: Sandra and Jonas, Nils Meier, René F. Henke, Lutz Osterkorn, Mario Wagner, Anja Eggebrecht, Philipp Eggebrecht, Klaus-Dieter Hartwig

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: International Superstar Soccer Deluxe/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Player One (FR) #71: "Janvier 1997" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

CD Consoles (FR) #27: "Avril 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[7]

Cool Gamer (RU)

30

^[8]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[3]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

91

^[9]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

92

^[10]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

93

^[11]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

87

^[12]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

81

^[13]

Player One (FR)

95

^[14]

Power Unlimited (NL)

81

^[15]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

92

^[16]

Sega Power (GR)

92

^[17]

	80
Based on 12 reviews

International Superstar Soccer Deluxe

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR

Manual

Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, SE rental (HENT black)
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: International Superstar Soccer Deluxe/Technical information.

References

↑ Sega Magazin, "November 1996" (DE; 1996-10-09), page 83
↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-11), page 53
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-11), page 90
↑ https://www.maniac.de/extended/turrican-flashback-das-xxl-interview/2/
↑ CD Consoles, "Avril 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 7
↑ GamesMaster, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 47
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 105
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 178
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 120
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 97
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier/Février 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 97
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 78
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 104
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 4/April 1996" (NL; 1996-0x-xx), page 52
↑ Sega Power, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 56
↑ Sega Power, "Októmvrios-Noemvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 64

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[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_36.pdf_p83-1] Sega Magazin, "November 1996" (DE; 1996-10-09), page 83

[:File:CVG_UK_182.pdf_p53-2] Computer & Video Games, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-11), page 53

[:File:CVG_UK_182.pdf_p90-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-11), page 90

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[:File:CDConsoles_FR_27.pdf_p7-5] CD Consoles, "Avril 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 7

[6] GamesMaster, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 47

[7] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 105

[8] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 178

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_062.pdf_p120-9] Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 120

[:File:Joypad_FR_059.pdf_p97-10] Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 97

[:File:MegaForce_FR_55.pdf_p28-11] Mega Force, "Janvier/Février 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-12.pdf_p97-12] Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 97

[:File:MeanMachinesSega51UK.pdf_p78-13] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 78

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_070.pdf_p104-14] Player One, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 104

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_031_199604.pdf_p52-15] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 4/April 1996" (NL; 1996-0x-xx), page 52

[:File:SegaPower_UK_87.pdf_p56-16] Sega Power, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 56

[:File:SEGA_Power.28GR.29_2_Oct-Nov1997.pdf_p64-17] Sega Power, "Októmvrios-Noemvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 64

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