Microprose Soccer
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MicroProse Soccer – The C64 Football Game That Led to Sensible Soccer
️ MicroProse Soccer (1988) – Commodore 64 Arcade Football That Changed the Game Released in 1988, MicroProse Soccer is an arcade-style football game developed by Sensible Software and published by MicroProse for the Commodore 64. Often seen as the foundation of the legendary Sensible Soccer series, it redefined how football games felt on 8-bit systems with speed, flow, and immediate control. The game offers both full 11-a-side outdoor matches and fast-paced 6-a-side indoor soccer, alongside single matches, tournaments, and full World Cup campaigns. You can save progress and customise teams using the Name Bank, adding long-term appeal rarely seen in football games of the era. Controls are simple yet expressive, allowing crisp passing, chipped balls, powerful shots, and the famous “banana kick” for curling efforts on goal. The top-down scrolling pitch is enhanced by weather effects, you fatigue, and dynamic replays that mimic video rewinding, adding style and atmosphere to every match.
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️ MicroProse Soccer (1988) – Commodore 64 Arcade Football That Changed the Game Released in 1988, MicroProse Soccer is an arcade-style football game developed by Sensible Software and published by MicroProse for the Commodore 64. Often seen as the foundation of the legendary Sensible Soccer series, it redefined how football games felt on 8-bit systems with speed, flow, and immediate control. The game offers both full 11-a-side outdoor matches and fast-paced 6-a-side indoor soccer, alongside single matches, tournaments, and full World Cup campaigns. You can save progress and customise teams using the Name Bank, adding long-term appeal rarely seen in football games of the era. Controls are simple yet expressive, allowing crisp passing, chipped balls, powerful shots, and the famous “banana kick” for curling efforts on goal. The top-down scrolling pitch is enhanced by weather effects, you fatigue, and dynamic replays that mimic video rewinding, adding style and atmosphere to every match.
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Magazine Reviews · 11
Contemporary average 84% · range 20–97%
ACE
Reviewed by Phil South. MicroProse Software full-price release
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C&VG
Reviewed by Gary Whitta. MicroProse Software full-price release
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Commodore Computing Int.
Reviewed by Tony Horgan. MicroProse Software full-price release
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Commodore Force
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Commodore User
Reviewed by Steve Jarratt. MicroProse Software full-price release
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Datormagazin
Reviewed by Magnus Reitberger. MicroProse Software full-price release
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Games Machine
Reviewed by MicroProse Software full-price release
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Info
Reviewed by Mark R. Brown. Microplay / MicroProse full-price release
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Zzap!64
Reviewed by Gordon Houghton & Kati Hamza. MicroProse Software full-price release
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Zzap!64
Reviewed by Phil King. Kixx budget release
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Zzap!64
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