Viva Soccer

aka: 20 Seiki Striker Retsuden, Absolute Football, Viva Football, Viva Fussball

Moby ID: 20436

Released

1998 on Windows

Credits

56 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1998 (Windows)
1999 (PlayStation)

Publishers

Developers

Crimson

Moby Score

7.1

#12,344 of 24.2K

Critics

70% (21)

Players

(7)

Review Ranking

#531 on PlayStation
#5,068 on Windows

Collected By

15 players

Genre: Sports
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Interface: Direct control
Multiple units/characters control
Sport: Football (European) / Soccer

Windows Specs

USK Rating: 0 (ohne Altersbeschränkung)

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: CD-ROM
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Other Input Devices
Number of Offline Players: 1-4 Players

Description official descriptions

Viva Soccer is the first game to allow a player to take part and re-write history in all Football World Cups (including the qualifying stage) from 1958 until 1998. Deal with players retiring, new talent emerging and the geopolitical changes of the 90s as the Iron Curtain opens and several new national teams emerge.

Instead of using commentators, Viva relies on PlayerChat, which means only the sounds of the stadium - players and crowd - will be audible. 1035 squads (some with individual shirts) and 16554 players with different attributes (and some with personalized textures and models) are included in the game.

Spellings

20世紀ストライカー列伝 - Japanese spelling
足球万岁 - Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Credits (Windows version)

56 People (52 developers, 4 thanks) · View all

Executive Producer	Joss Ellis (Manchester United FC - but lives in London)
Design	Simon Keith Humber (Portsmouth FC)
Producer	Simon Keith Humber (Portsmouth FC)
Assistant Producer	David Casey (unable to decide for a team - but likes good matches)
Lead Programmer	Andrew Eades (Millwall FC)
Main Programmer	Richie Turner (Sheffield United FC)
Assistant Programmer	Peter Johnson
Programming	Richard Parr Leo Skirenko (Cheese City FC) Asim Naseer Chris Hardy
Lead Artists	Simon Swift (West Bromwich Albion FC) Matthew Butler (Simple Farmer FC)
Artists	Simon Garrigan (Nottingham Forest FC) Pat Beirne (The Good Old Days FC) Steve Martin David Corless (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Nick Gopolla (West Ham United FC)
Audio Engineering	Lee Nicklen (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Research Lead	Nick de Palma (Millwall FC)
Additional Research	Craig McCracken (Glasgow Rangers FC) Colin Gough (Chelsea/Glasgow Rangers FC) Daniel Hodgkins (Queens Park Rangers FC)
Tests	Drew Waldegrave (The German Team) Steven Frazer (very obstinate)
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 70% (based on 21 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.8 out of 5 (based on 7 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Luis Silva.

PlayStation added by Xoleras.

Additional contributors: Jeanne, Gonchi, Kabushi, Xoleras, CaesarZX.

Game added December 26, 2005. Last modified February 22, 2023.