World League Soccer '98

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World League Soccer '98
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
EU 		MK81181-50

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World League Soccer '98 is a football game for the Sega Saturn. It was only released in Europe.

Gameplay

WLS 98 features over 200 teams and 14 stadiums (with six different surface types, which can affect ball physics and thus game speed), with Peter Brackley and Ray Wilkins providing the commentary. It is an evolution of Silicon Dreams' previous football games; Olympic Soccer in 1996 and Soccer 97 for the PlayStation. It operates a higher screen resolution than most of its rivals (and its PlayStation counterpart).

World League Soccer '98 has no official licenses from any football governing body, so cannot use the real names of club teams. Likewise player names are only "similar" to their real-life counterparts, however the team editor allows users to freely rename sides as they see fit. Failing this, a secret option exists to convert all the fake names to their real-life counterparts, representing a legal grey area that was never challenged in the courts.

Magazine articles

Main article: World League Soccer '98/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Secret Service (PL) #52: "Grudzień 1997" (1997-1x-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
94 №32, p58-61[2]
Sega Saturn
 94
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Level (TR)
88
[3]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
67
[4]
Mega Console (IT) PAL
85
[5]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
73
[6]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
78
[7]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
94
[8]
Sega Saturn
 81
Based on
6 reviews

World League Soccer '98

Saturn, EU
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
654,693,312 CD-ROM (EU) MK81181-50 V1.003

References

  1. ↑ File:CVG UK 200.pdf, page 44
  2. ↑ File:SSM_UK_32.pdf, page 58
  3. ↑ Level, "8/98" (TR; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
  4. ↑ MAN!AC, "08/98" (DE; 1998-07-01), page 81
  5. ↑ Mega Console, "Luglio/Agosto 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 68
  6. ↑ Mega Fun, "08/98" (DE; 1998-07-01), page 78
  7. ↑ Sega Magazin, "August 1998" (DE; 1998-07-01), page 8
  8. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1998" (UK; 1998-05-xx), page 58
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