"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
System(s): Sega Mega Drive , Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, IBM PC , ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Sega , Elite Systems
Developer: Sega R&D2 , Animated Pixels , Motivetime
Sound driver: Pre-SMPS 68000
Genre: Sports
Number of players: 1-2
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1989-07-29
¥5,5005,500
G-4009
US
1989
$39.9939.99[3]
US (Classic )
1992
EU
1990-12[1]
AU
199x
BR
199x
UK
19xx
£?
?
UK
1990
£24.9924.99
UK
1990
UK (Cassette)
1990
UK (Disk)
1990
£14.9914.99
UK (Cassette)
1990
£9.999.99
ES (Cassette)
199x
UK (Cassette)
1990
UK
1990
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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.
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
Also known as
Language
Localised Name
English Translation
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 Mega Drive print advert in
GamePro (US) #11: "June 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
also published in:
Home computers print advert in
ACE (UK) #38: "November 1990" (1990-10-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans
Mega-Tech version
Mega Drive version
Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart
Manual
Mega Drive, EU (Italia '90)
Cover
Cart
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, SE (rental)
Cover
Amiga version
Amiga, UK
Cover
Amstrad CPC version
Atari ST version
Commodore 64 version
Commodore 64, UK (cassette)
IBM PC version
DOS, US
Disk 2
ZX Spectrum version
ZX Spectrum, UK
Cover
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
CRC32
b01c3d70
MD5
9ef694ab80344a7cced0d33f9c84a1b5
SHA-1
39bbab6430aad3fa9bf024c4b42387ba4ba3e488
256kB
1989-05
Cartridge (US/JP)
REV00
✔
CRC32
bf84ede6
MD5
34d356930dcb13fe02a3ec42b3d8d70e
SHA-1
ef8c106acad9c3b4a5db2cd0d311762491d28392
256kB
1989-05
Cartridge (US/JP)
REV02
✔
CRC32
bf272bcb
MD5
a1647bee0108acba9e2f99daab336c18
SHA-1
9da376f266c98c93ae387bec541c513fec84a0e9
256kB
1989-05
Cartridge (US/JP)
REV03
✔
CRC32
dd95f829
MD5
11e4635d58198b873fdafc65fb6d1229
SHA-1
c233313214418300a39afc446e8426cc11f99c6c
256kB
1990-07
Cartridge (EU)
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 ACE , "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-xx), page 165
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sega Power , "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-07), page 49
↑ GamePro , "February 1990" (US; 19xx-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly , "July 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 9
↑ Computer & Video Games , "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-16), page 11
↑ ACE , "December 1990" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 15
↑ Computer & Video Games , "December 1990" (UK; 1990-11-16), page 11
↑ ACE , "February 1990" (UK; 1990-01-04), page 81/82 (81)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive , "February 1990" (JP; 1990-01-08), page 70 (72)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine , "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)
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↑ 18.0 18.1 Mean Machines , "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-28), page 115
↑ Raze , "March 1991" (UK; 1991-01-31), page 44/45 (44)
↑ 20.0 20.1 Sega Power , "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
↑ 21.0 21.1 Sega Pro , "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 31
↑ 22.0 22.1 Sega Force , "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-09), page 26
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega , "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 341
↑ ACE , "February 1990" (UK; 1990-01-04), page 81
↑ Beep! MegaDrive , "February 1990" (JP; 1990-01-08), page 72
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega , "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51
↑ Console XS , "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 136
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide , "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 115
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming , "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
↑ Mega Drive Fan , "January 1990" (JP; 1989-12-08), page 73
↑ Mega , "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-17), page 60
↑ Mega , "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21
↑ Mega , "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 21
↑ Mean Machines Sega , "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
↑ Power Play , "12/89" (DE; 1989-11-13), page 74
↑ Raze , "March 1991" (UK; 1991-01-31), page 44
↑ Sega Pro , "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine , "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
↑ Tilt , "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 87
↑ Top Secret , "Kwiecień 1995" (PL; 1995-xx-xx), page 57
↑ Tricks 16 bit , "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 226
↑ CU Amiga , "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-xx), page 72/73 (72)
↑ CU Amiga , "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-xx), page 72
↑ 44.0 44.1 Joystick , "Mars 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 176
↑ 45.0 45.1 Zzap!64 , "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-13), page 69
↑ Zzap! , "Luglio 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 18
↑ 47.0 47.1 Your Sinclair , "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-07), page 65