Kick Off 3: European Challenge
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: VIC Tokai | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Anco Games | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound driver: UniSound v1.1 (Ash Hogg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kick Off 3: European Challenge is a football game developed by Steve Screech for Anco Games as a sequel to Kick Off 2 (which made it to the Sega Mega Drive in the altered form of Super Kick Off). VIC Tokai published a version for the Mega Drive in 1994.
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Gameplay
There are roughly 2,000 frames of player animations in Kick Off 3[3].
History
Development
Unlike its predecessors, Kick Off 3 had no involvement from lead programmer Dino Dini, and thus plays very differently to other games in the series, having a "horizontal" pitch as opposed to a "vertical" one. Due to these radical changes, the game was met with controversy upon release. Dino Dini released his own football game around the same time for the Amiga titled Goal!, which made its way onto the Mega Drive as Dino Dini's Soccer.
The team sought the advice of then Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan to determine where players should stand during free and corner kicks[4].
Magazine articles
- Main article: Kick Off 3: European Challenge/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Mean Machines Sega (UK) #26: "December 1994" (1994-10-28)[5]
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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1MB | 1994-09 | Cartridge (EU) | ||||||||||
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References
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-15), page 15
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 21
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-28), page 105
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-28), page 104
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 83
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 155
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 59
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-11-04)
- ↑ Gamer, "Fevrouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 82
- ↑ MAN!AC, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-11), page 59
- ↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 42
- ↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 63
- ↑ Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 86
- ↑ Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 12, Avgust 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 15
- ↑ Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
- ↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 107
- ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 51
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 50
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 100
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