Victory Goal '96

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Victory Goal '96
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Team Aquila
Licensor: J.League
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (14 tracks)
Peripherals supported: 6Player
Genre: Sports/Soccer (スポーツ/サッカー), Sports
Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code JP 1996-03-29 ¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e GS-9048

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Victory Goal '96 (ビクトリーゴール’９６) is a Japanese football game developed by Team Aquila exclusively for the Sega Saturn, and a direct sequel to Victory Goal.

Like Victory Goal and its sequel, J. League Victory Goal '97, Victory Goal '96 was not released outside of Japan.

Gameplay

Victory Goal '96 is a significant upgrade over its predecessor, sporting not only an updated player roster for the 1996 J. League season, but an entirely new 3D engine, with the players depicted as 3D models (as opposed to Victory Goal and International Victory Goal, where all players are 2D sprites). It also has limited commentary which is missing in previous games.

History

Release

Victory Goal '96 was released in March 1996, and with Sega of America wanting to promote a football game for Christmas at E3 1996, this game was brought to that event and advertised as Worldwide Soccer II. As it was a (presumably unchanged) build of Victory Goal '96, some sources covering E3 1996 use the Victory Goal name, while others use Worldwide Soccer II, as labeled on the stand.

Given Victory Goal '96 uses J.League teams, it is unlikely that it was set to be released in North America, and was simply a stand-in for the not-yet complete Sega Worldwide Soccer 97.

Production credits

• Executive Producer: Yoji Ishii
• Producer: Hirotsugu Kobayashi
• Technical Director: Honkang Lee
• Art Producer: Kou Tanaka
• Planners: Takayuki Yanagihori, Shigenori Araki
• Programers: Kenji Murayama, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Maki Kato, Koji Aiba, Yasushi Fujisawa
• Designers: Koichi Sasaki, Takashi Thomas Yuda, Kazuki Aizawa, Hiroki Okabata, Harumi Masuda, Nanako Yarimizu
• Sound Staff: Hirofumi Murasaki, Jun Senoue, Miki Obata, Saori Kobayashi
• Recording Staff: Tatsutoshi Narita, Naoyuki Machida, Shinji Kawahira
• Musicians: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Akira Sasaki, Masafumi Nakao, Akihiko Shinone, Kouhei Okamura, Tadashi Ohtsubo, Jun Senoue
• Voice Actor: David Leytze, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
• Marketing Staff: Takayuki Kawagoe, Tadashi Takezaki, Masatoshi Kawaguchi, Yasushi Nagumo, Hiroto Kikuchi, Yosuke Okunari
• Announcer: Katsuhiko Kaneko (Office: Onetwo Return)
• Commentator: Kazushi Kimura (Shoot)
• Special thanks to: Tohru Nakabayashi, Satoshi Inokoshi, Vega Team

Thank You For Your Playing

• Presented by: Team Aquila

Magazine articles

Main article: Victory Goal '96/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-05: "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (1996-03-08)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-06: "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (1996-03-22)

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J 93 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 88 Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-J 80 Intelligent Gamer (US) NTSC-J 100 Joypad (FR) NTSC-J 94 MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J 78 Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J 86 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 80 Saturn+ (UK) NTSC-J 87 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 80 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 84 Video Games (DE) NTSC-U 78

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Victory Goal '96

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Inlay

Technical information

Main article: Victory Goal '96/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	654,465,168	1996-03-04	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9048 V1.000

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn