Ultimate Soccer

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Ultimate Soccer
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega Drive
Team Player,
Sega Game Gear
Gear-to-Gear Cable
Genre: Sports[1][2][3][4] (football)

















Number of players:
Sega Mega Drive
1-8
Sega Master System
Sega Game Gear
1-2
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • Italiano
  • Español
    • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Mega Drive
    EU     		1219
    Sega Mega Drive
    DE     		DM 110110[9]
    Sega Mega Drive
    FR
    Sega Mega Drive
    PT     		MDJ1219
    Sega Mega Drive
    UK     		£39.9939.99[5][7] 1219
    Sega Mega Drive
    SE
    (Rental)
    Sega Mega Drive
    AS
    Sega Master System
    EU     		7119
    Sega Master System
    PT
    Sega Master System
    UK     		£24.9924.99[11] 7119
    Sega Master System
    GR
    Sega Master System
    BR     		024440
    Sega Game Gear
    JP     		¥3,8003,800 G-3333
    Sega Game Gear
    EU     		2441
    Sega Game Gear
    FR     		2441
    Sega Game Gear
    UK     		£29.9929.99[13] 2441
    Sega Game Gear
    BR     		075300

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    Ultimate Soccer (アルティメイト サッカー) is a football game developed by Rage Software (who at the time specialised in sports games) and published in 1993 by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear. It is based on Rage's Amiga game Striker, released a year before, with Ultimate Soccer seeing release around the same time as the Super NES version of said game.

    All three versions of the game were released in Europe, however Brazil did not see the Mega Drive version and Japan only saw the Game Gear port. No versions of Ultimate Soccer were released in North America.

    Gameplay

    Ultimate Soccer is one of many football games released for Sega systems, opting for a pseudo-3D top-down perspective. The game also features support for 8 players simultaneously. It also contains numerous Sonic the Hedgehog cameos.

    Teams

    The game contains 64 national teams to play as, though uses made-up names for the players, presumably due to licensing issues.

    • Albania Albania
    • Algeria Algeria
    • Angola Angola
    • Argentina Argentina
    • Austria Austria
    • Belgium Belgium
    • Bolivia Bolivia
    • Brazil Brazil
    • Bulgaria Bulgaria
    • Cameroon Cameroon
    • Canada Canada
    • Chile Chile
    • Colombia Colombia
    • Costa Rica Costa Rica
    • Cyprus Cyprus
    • Czechia Czech
    • Denmark Denmark
    • Ecuador Ecuador
    • Egypt Egypt
    • El Salvador El Salvador
    • England England
    • Finland Finland
    • France France
    • Germany Germany
    • Greece Greece
    • Guatemala Guatemala
    • Netherlands Holland
    • Hungary Hungary
    • Iceland Iceland
    • Italy Italy
    • Japan Japan
    • Kenya Kenya
    • Liberia Liberia
    • Luxembourg Luxembourg
    • Malawi Malawi
    • Malta Malta
    • Mexico Mexico
    • Morocco Morocco
    • Nigeria Nigeria
    • Ulster Nth. Ireland
    • North Korea North Korea
    • Norway Norway
    • Paraguay Paraguay
    • Peru Peru
    • Portugal Portugal
    • Qatar Qatar
    • Ireland Rep. Ireland
    • Romania Romania
    • Russia Russia
    • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
    • Scotland Scotland
    • Slovakia Slovakia
    • South Korea South Korea
    • Spain Spain
    • Sweden Sweden
    • Switzerland Switzerland
    • Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad
    • Turkey Turkey
    • United Arab Emirates U. A. E.
    • United States of America U. S. A.
    • Uruguay Uruguay
    • Venezuela Venezuela
    • Wales Wales

    History

    The success of Striker on multiple platforms led to it becoming a series of games, with future Sega releases dropping the Ultimate Soccer moniker and reverting back to the original name, with 1995's Striker (also published by Sega) being the first to do so on Sega platforms. Two other Striker games would be released on Sega consoles, Striker '96 for the Sega Saturn and UEFA Striker (known in North America as Striker Pro 2000) for the Sega Dreamcast.

    Magazine articles

    Main article: Ultimate Soccer/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

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    Print advert in Play Time (DE) #1993-08: "8/93" (1993-07-07)
    also published in:
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    Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #17: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
    also published in:
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    Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-11: "November 1993" (1993-10-08)
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    Print advert in Freak (IL) #16: "2/94" (1994-xx-xx)
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    Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #13: "Jul-Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
    also published in:
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    Physical scans

    Mega Drive version

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
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    Based on
    0 review
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
    50
    		[19]
    Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
    75
    		[20]
    Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
    86
    		[5]
    GamesMaster (UK) PAL
    88
    		[21]
    Joypad (FR) PAL
    82
    		[22]
    MAN!AC (DE) PAL
    69
    		[23]
    Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
    78
    		[24]
    Mega (UK) PAL
    93
    		[25]
    Mega Action (UK) PAL
    85
    		[26]
    Megablast (DE) PAL
    82
    		[27]
    Mega Force (FR)
    87
    		[28]
    Mega Power (UK) PAL
    50
    		[29]
    MegaTech (UK) PAL
    70
    		[30]
    Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
    79
    		[31]
    Player One (FR) PAL
    75
    		[32]
    Play Time (DE)
    90
    		[33]
    Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
    86
    		[34]
    Sega Power (UK) PAL
    82
    		[6]
    Sega Pro (UK) PAL
    70
    		[35]
    Sega Zone (UK) PAL
    80
    		[36]
    Sega Force (SE)
    53
    		[37]
    Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
    75
    		[38]
    Todo Sega (ES)
    90
    		[39]
    Tricks 16 bit (RU)
    60
    		[40]
    Video Games (DE) PAL
    82
    		[41]
    Sega Mega Drive
    		 77
    Based on
    25 reviews

    Ultimate Soccer

    Mega Drive, EU
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    Cover
    UltimateSoccer MD EU cart.jpg
    Cart
    Ultimate Soccer MD EU Manual.jpg
    Manual
    UltimateSoccer MD EU pcb.jpg
    PCB
    Mega Drive, FR
    UltimateSoccer MD FR cover.jpg
    Cover
    Mega Drive, FR (Blister pack)
    UltimateSoccer MD FR blister back.jpgUltimateSoccer MD FR blister front.jpg
    Cover
    Mega Drive, PT
    UltimateSoccer MD PT cover.jpg
    Cover
    Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

    Mega Drive, CZ (Datart)

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    Manual
    Mega Drive, CZ/SK (DDC Agency)
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    Cover
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    Manual
    Mega Drive, Asia
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    Cover
    UltimateSoccer MD AS Cart.jpg
    Cart
    Mega Drive, Asia (Wywy)
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    Cover
    UltimateSoccer MD AS Cart.jpg
    Cart

    Master System version

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
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    Based on
    0 review
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    Aktueller Software Markt (DE) PAL
    67
    		[42]
    Consoles + (FR) PAL
    88
    		[43]
    Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
    12
    		[44]
    Gamers (DE)
    73
    		[45]
    Mega Fun (DE) PAL
    76
    		[46]
    Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
    42
    		[47]
    Play Time (DE)
    78
    		[48]
    Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
    18
    		[49]
    Sega Pro (UK) PAL
    84
    		[50]
    Sega Master Force (UK) PAL
    90
    		[51]
    Video Games (DE) PAL
    70
    		[52]
    Sega Master System
    		 63
    Based on
    11 reviews

    Ultimate Soccer

    Master System, EU
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    Cover
    UltimateSoccer SMS EU Cart.jpg
    Cart
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    Manual
    Master System, PT

    Master System, GR
    UltimateSoccer SMS GR cover.jpg
    Cover
    Master System, BR
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    Cover
    UltimateSoccer SMS BR cart.jpg
    Cart

    Game Gear version

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
    {{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
    Based on
    0 review
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
    81
    		[20]
    Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
    53
    		[53]
    Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
    48
    		[54]
    Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
    50
    		[55]
    Joypad (FR) PAL
    86
    		[56]
    Mega Force (FR)
    71
    		[57]
    Mega Fun (DE) PAL
    76
    		[46]
    Player One (FR) PAL
    70
    		[58]
    Sega Pro (UK) PAL
    78
    		[13]
    Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
    64
    		[59]
    Sega Game Gear
    		 68
    Based on
    10 reviews

    Ultimate Soccer

    Game Gear, JP
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    Cover
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    Cart
    Game Gear, EU
    UltimateSoccer GG EU Box Back.jpgUltimate Soccer GG EU BoxSpine.jpgUltimateSoccer GG EU cover.jpg
    Cover
    UltimateSoccer GG EU cart.jpg
    Cart
    Ultimate Soccer GG EU Manual.jpg
    Manual
    Game Gear, FR
    UltimateSoccer GG FR Box Back.jpgNospine.pngUltimate Soccer GG FR cover.jpg
    Cover
    UltimateSoccer GG EU cart.jpg
    Cart
    Ultimate Soccer GG EU Manual.jpg
    Manual
    Game Gear, PT

    Game Gear, BR
    UltimateSoccer GG BR back.jpgNospine.pngUltimateSoccer GG BR Box.jpg
    Cover
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    Cart

    Technical information

    Main article: Ultimate Soccer/Technical information.

    References

    1. ↑ File:UltimateSoccer GG EU Box Back.jpg
    2. ↑ File:UltimateSoccer GG JP cover.jpg
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-07 04:57)
    4. ↑ File:UltimateSoccer SMS EU Box.jpg
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 62
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-05), page 44
    7. ↑ Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 24
    8. ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 93
    9. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 25
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 10
    11. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 53
    12. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-15), page 12
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 61
    14. ↑ Play Time, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-10), page 9
    15. ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 95
    16. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 2
    17. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Jul/Avgust 1995" (YU; 1995-xx-xx), page 2
    18. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Septembar 1995" (YU; 1995-xx-xx), page 32
    19. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 323
    20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 81
    21. ↑ GamesMaster, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 69
    22. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 51
    23. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 24
    24. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-29), page 58
    25. ↑ Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 22
    26. ↑ Mega Action, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 20
    27. ↑ Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 36
    28. ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 94
    29. ↑ Mega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-29), page 54
    30. ↑ MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 58
    31. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-30), page 78
    32. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 72
    33. ↑ Play Time, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-08), page 102
    34. ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 92
    35. ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 70
    36. ↑ Sega Zone, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 56
    37. ↑ Sega Force, "2/94" (SE; 1994-02-23), page 18
    38. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 10
    39. ↑ Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 62
    40. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 213
    41. ↑ Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 103
    42. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-04), page 57
    43. ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 126
    44. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 101
    45. ↑ Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 33
    46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Mega Fun, "01/94" (DE; 1993-12-22), page 82
    47. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 72
    48. ↑ Play Time, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 139
    49. ↑ Sega Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 87
    50. ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 52
    51. ↑ Sega Master Force, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 18
    52. ↑ Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 104
    53. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-08), page 28
    54. ↑ Famitsu, "1993-11-05" (JP; 1993-10-22), page 41
    55. ↑ Hippon Super, "December 1993" (JP; 1993-11-02), page 43
    56. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 135
    57. ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 150
    58. ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 148
    59. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88


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