Summary
One flaw ruins this port.
The Good
Sensible Soccer is a classic football game. The visuals are simple, the players are tiny, the sound is simple, and the gameplay is just perfect. Two player Amiga Sensi is a beautiful thing, mainly due to all the finetuning Sensible did.
The IBM port is fairly good technically, making use of Mode-X and hardware scrolling, delivering a much smoother game than many other IBM football games at the time.
The Bad
The guys who did the IBM conversion took all the routines designed for 50hz, and ran them at 70hz. This means that the game runs too fast, and all the gameplay finetuning Sensible did on the Amiga is wasted, ruining the game. This is a shame, as otherwise the IBM version is a very good port.
The other bad point is that the original Captain Sensible theme tune is absent, replaced by some godawful Adlib tune.
The Bottom Line
A classic on virtually any other platform than the IBM. I would recommend the Amiga, ST and Archimedes versions, as they all play well.
