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- "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 various home computers by Elite Systems in the following year.
Contents
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 qualifyed. This was not fixed in following releases.
History
Legacy
The game was followed by World Championship Soccer II in 1994.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | World Cup Italia '90 | World Cup Italia '90 |
English (US) | World Championship Soccer | World Championship Soccer |
Japanese | ワールドカップサッカー | World Cup Soccer |
Portuguese (Brazil) | Super Futebol | Super Football |
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
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
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Physical scans
Mega-Tech version
Mega Drive version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 165
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 165
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 49
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 54
- ↑ ', "June 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 9
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 ', "November 1990" (; 1990-10-xx), page 11
- ↑ ', "November 1990" (; 1990-10-xx), page 15
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 81/82 (81)
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 70 (72)
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 84 (86)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 39
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 120
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 21
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 122
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 79
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 81
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 115
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 44/45 (44)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 49
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 55
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 31
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 26
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 341
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 72
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 51
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 136
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 95
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 73
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 60
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 143
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 74
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 44
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 68
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 86
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 87
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 57
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 226
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 72/73 (72)
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 176
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 69
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 18
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-16), page 65
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