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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
- Main article: World Cup Soccer/Production credits.
Mega Drive version
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
- Main article: World Cup Soccer/Technical information.
ROM dump status
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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)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 15
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 54
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 ', "" (; ), page 165
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 49
- ↑ https://sega.jp/fb/album/05_fz/interview1.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)
- ↑ ', "June 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 9
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 ', "November 1990" (; 1990-10-xx), page 11
- ↑ ', "November 1990" (; 1990-10-xx), page 15
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 341
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 81
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 39
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 39
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 51
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 136
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 120
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 115
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 21
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 122
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 79
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 95
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 73
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 60
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 81
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 143
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 74
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 44
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 49
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 55
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 31
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 68
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 26
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 57
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 226
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 72
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 176
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 69
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 18
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 65
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