Description

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.

Alternate Titles

  • "熱血高校ドッジボール部サッカー編" -- Japanese Spelling
  • "Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu Soccer-hen" -- Japanese title
  • "Nekketsu Koko Dodgeball-bu: MD Soccer-hen" -- Mega Drive Title
  • "Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-bu: CD Soccer-hen" -- TurboGrafx CD Title

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Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
World Cup Soccer Game Boy    
Nintendo World Cup NES $1.17  
ebay.com
Nintendo World Cup    
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User Reviews

The lack of realism makes this game great NES Sean Booth (24)
Knock them out! Game Boy vicrabb (6540)

The Press Says

Nintendo Power Magazine Game Boy May, 1991 3.1 out of 5 62
Video Games NES Jun, 1991 56 out of 100 56
Power Play NES May, 1991 44 out of 100 44
Mean Machines NES Mar, 1991 33 out of 100 33
The Video Game Critic NES Aug 15, 2009 D- 16

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Trivia

The original Japanese release of the game had a storyline and different half-time cinemas that were stripped for the US release.


This entry was contributed by Zovni (9141), Andreas Vilén Bronze Star Contributing Member (290), gamewarrior (5118) and djsquarewave (12149)
 

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