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

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
EU
7119
Sega Master System
UK
Sega Master System
BR
024440
Sega Game Gear
JP
¥3,8003,800 G-3333
Sega Game Gear
EU
2441
Sega Game Gear
UK
Sega Game Gear
BR
075300

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 Commodore Amiga game Striker, released a year before, with Ultimate Soccer seeing release around the same time as the Super Nintendo 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
  • 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
  • Venuzuela
  • 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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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
86 №142, p62/63
88 №9, p68/69
82 №23, p51[4]
78 №13, p58/59
93 №11, p22-24
85 №6, p20/21
70 №20, p58-60
79 №11, p78-80[5]
75 №37, p72
82 №46, p44/45[6]
70 №23, p70/71
80 №10, p56/57
75 №8, p10
Sega Mega Drive
80
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[7]
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
75
[8]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
86
[9]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
88
[10]
Joypad (FR) PAL
82
[4]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
69
[11]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
78
[12]
Mega (UK) PAL
93
[13]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
85
[14]
Megablast (DE) PAL
82
[15]
Mega Force (FR)
87
[16]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
50
[17]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
70
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
79
[5]
Player One (FR) PAL
75
[19]
Play Time (DE)
90
[20]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
86
[21]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
82
[6]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
70
[22]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
80
[23]
Sega Force (SE)
53
[24]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
75
[25]
Todo Sega (ES)
90
[26]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
60
[27]
Video Games (DE) PAL
82
[28]
Sega Mega Drive
77
Based on
25 reviews

Ultimate Soccer

Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, Asia
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Cover
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Cart

Master System version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
88 №33, p126
12 №153, p101[29]
42 №22, p72/73[30]
18 №7, p87
84 №23, p52
90 №5, p18-21[31]
Sega Master System
56
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Aktueller Software Markt (DE) PAL
67
[32]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
88
[33]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
12
[29]
Gamers (DE)
73
[34]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
76
[35]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
42
[30]
Play Time (DE)
78
[36]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
18
[37]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
84
[38]
Sega Master Force (UK) PAL
90
[31]
Video Games (DE) PAL
70
[39]
Sega Master System
63
Based on
11 reviews

Ultimate Soccer

Master System, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Master System, BR
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Cover
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Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68 №24, p135
70 №35, p148[40]
78 №25, p61
Sega Game Gear
72
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
81
[8]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
53
[41]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
48
[42]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[43]
Joypad (FR) PAL
86
[44]
Mega Force (FR)
71
[45]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
76
[35]
Player One (FR) PAL
70
[46]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
78
[47]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
64
[48]
Sega Game Gear
68
Based on
10 reviews

Ultimate Soccer

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 139.pdf, page 14
  2. Play Time, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-10), page 9
  3. Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 95
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:Joypad FR 023.pdf, page 51 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 023.pdf_p51" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega11UK.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega11UK.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 323
  8. 8.0 8.1 Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 81
  9. Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 62
  10. GamesMaster, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 69
  11. MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 24
  12. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 58
  13. Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 22
  14. Mega Action, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 20
  15. Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 36
  16. Mega Force, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 94
  17. Mega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-29), page 54
  18. MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 58
  19. Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 72
  20. Play Time, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-08), page 102
  21. Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 92
  22. Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 70
  23. Sega Zone, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 56
  24. Sega Force, "2/94" (SE; 1994-02-23), page 18
  25. Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 10
  26. Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 62
  27. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 213
  28. Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 103
  29. 29.0 29.1 File:CVG UK 153.pdf, page 101 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 153.pdf_p101" defined multiple times with different content
  30. 30.0 30.1 File:MeanMachinesSega22UK.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega22UK.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  31. 31.0 31.1 File:SegaMasterForce UK 05.pdf, page 18 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaMasterForce UK 05.pdf_p18" defined multiple times with different content
  32. Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-04), page 57
  33. Consoles +, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 126
  34. Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 33
  35. 35.0 35.1 Mega Fun, "01/94" (DE; 1993-12-22), page 82
  36. Play Time, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 139
  37. Sega Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 87
  38. Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 52
  39. Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 104
  40. File:PlayerOne FR 035.pdf, page 132
  41. Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-08), page 28
  42. Famitsu, "1993-11-05" (JP; 1993-10-22), page 41
  43. Hippon Super, "December 1993" (JP; 1993-11-02), page 43
  44. Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 135
  45. Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 150
  46. Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 148
  47. Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 61
  48. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88