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Nintendo World Cup

1990 · Million · Football (Soccer) · 1-4 players

About

This soccer game was made at the time when Nintendo introduced their four player adapter, and was probably made for the four playing purpose. This is shown clearly when you choose to play 2 or more players. Then you can choose between many different ground layers, like ice, grass and stone, which adds to the replayability. When you play a one player game you play the world cup as one of the top soccer countries of that time, and you meet countries in a fixed order. Cameroon in the first match and the final is against West Germany. In an old-school fashion you lose when you play a draw, there's no extra time whatsoever. In the game you always steer only one character, which you choose before the match starts. You can then give simple orders to you team-mates, like pass, tackle and shoot. Your moves are also limited to these moves. The game is totally lawless, so feel free to make elbow tackles without a wink from the referee. Probably it was made this way to be funnier to play against friends.

Gallery

Nintendo World Cup — Box front
Box front
Nintendo World Cup — Box back
Box back
Nintendo World Cup — Title screen
Title screen
Nintendo World Cup — Screenshot
Screenshot

Details

Developer
Million
Publisher
Nintendo
Genre
Football (Soccer)
Players
1-4
Release Date
December 1, 1990
System
NES

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