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Subbuteo

aka: Subbuteo: The Computer Game
Moby ID: 15102

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Subbuteo recreates the famous table football game, which makes for something very different from Sensible/Kick Off/FIFA style games. It's effectively a turn-based strategy game of sorts, as each player has 30 seconds to make their move (within a 30 minute match length), which involves first selecting a player, then aiming the direction in which he will be flicked, then the power and swerve of the flick are determined by the length of time the button is held down for.

With any luck, your player will hit the ball, and hit it such that it doesn't leave the playing area, and doesn't hit an opponent. If any of those rules are violated, possession passes to the opposition. Before each flick, the team not in possession can make a 'defensive flick' involving moving one of their players into a potential blocking position (without hitting the ball or an opponent, as this is a foul).

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Credits (DOS version)

13 People (11 developers, 2 thanks)

Directors
Adapted by
16 bit program by
8 bit program by
Graphics by
Music by
  • Teque
Tea and sympathy
Special Thanks to
  • Waddingtons for the Subbuteo license
Published by
  • European Electronic Zoo

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Average score: 68% (based on 10 ratings)

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Awards

    • ST Format 1992 issue 5: #5 Most weird and stupid plots of all time (Atari ST games).Comment: "Possibly the daftest, most pointless and ridiculous concept in software gaming history. We love it."

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Martin Smith.

DOS added by B.L. Stryker. Amstrad CPC added by Kabushi.

Additional contributors: formercontrib, Jo ST.

Game added October 6, 2004. Last modified February 22, 2023.