Ultimate Soccer
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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.
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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
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Czech
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
England
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Holland
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Liberia
Luxembourg
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Morocco
Nigeria
Nth. Ireland
North Korea
Norway
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
Qatar
Rep. Ireland
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Slovakia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Trinidad
Turkey
U. A. E.
U. S. A.
Uruguay
Venezuela
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
also published in:
- Play Time (DE) #1993-03: "3/93" (1993-02-10)[15]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #1: "September/Oktober 1993" (1993-09-01)[16]
also published in:
- Hobby Consolas (ES) #24: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[17]
also published in:
- Svet Kompjutera (YU) #130: "Jul/Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)[19]
- Svet Kompjutera (YU) #132: "Septembar 1995" (1995-xx-xx)[20]
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Based on 25 reviews |
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Master System version
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63 | |
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Based on 11 reviews |
Master System, EU |
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Master System, PT |
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Game Gear version
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68 | |
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Based on 10 reviews |
Game Gear, PT |
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Technical information
- Main article: Ultimate Soccer/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:UltimateSoccer GG EU Box Back.jpg
- ↑ File:UltimateSoccer GG JP cover.jpg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-07 04:57)
- ↑ File:UltimateSoccer SMS EU Box.jpg
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 62
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-05), page 44
- ↑ Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 34
- ↑ Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 24
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 93
- ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 25
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 10
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 53
- ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 30
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 61
- ↑ Play Time, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-10), page 9
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 95
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 2
- ↑ Freak, "2/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 22
- ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Jul/Avgust 1995" (YU; 1995-xx-xx), page 2
- ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Septembar 1995" (YU; 1995-xx-xx), page 32
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 323
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 81
- ↑ GamesMaster, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 69
- ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 51
- ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 24
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 22
- ↑ Mega Action, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 20
- ↑ Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 36
- ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 94
- ↑ Mega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-29), page 54
- ↑ MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 58
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-30), page 78
- ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 72
- ↑ Play Time, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-08), page 102
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 92
- ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 70
- ↑ Sega Zone, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 56
- ↑ Sega Force, "2/94" (SE; 1994-02-23), page 18
- ↑ Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 10
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 62
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 213
- ↑ Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 103
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-04), page 57
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 126
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 101
- ↑ Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 33
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 Mega Fun, "01/94" (DE; 1993-12-22), page 82
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 72
- ↑ Play Time, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 139
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 87
- ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 52
- ↑ Sega Master Force, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 18
- ↑ Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 104
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-08), page 28
- ↑ Famitsu, "1993-11-05" (JP; 1993-10-22), page 41
- ↑ Hippon Super, "December 1993" (JP; 1993-11-02), page 43
- ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 135
- ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 150
- ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 148
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
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