On the Ball

aka: Anstoss, Carton Rouge: League Edition, On the Ball: League Edition

Released

November 1993 on DOS

Credits

26 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1993 (DOS)
1994 (Amiga)

Publishers

Ascon GmbH

Developers

Ascon GmbH

Moby Score

7.8

#3,609 of 163K

Critics

84% (13)

Players

(12)

Ranking

#181 on Amiga
#409 on DOS

Collected By

16 players

Genre: Simulation
Sports
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Gameplay: Managerial / business simulation
Interface: Menu structures
Sport: Football (European) / Soccer

DOS Specs [ all ]

USK Rating: 0 (ohne Altersbeschränkung)

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: 3.5" Floppy Disk, CD-ROM
Input Devices Supported: Mouse

Description

On The Ball is a soccer manager simulation that differentiates itself from the others by its novel emphasis on the psychological aspects of the game. The game gives you, as team manager, full control over not just the strategies but even on what kind of "pep talk" you can give during half-time and PR moves to enhance public perception. Choose the host country, and lead your team from Qualification to World Cup in World Cup Edition and lead your English team to win the championship in League Edition. One of the unique options of the game is possibility to play up to 4 players in turns on one machine.

Groups +

On the Ball / ANSTOSS series

Screenshots

Promos

Credits (DOS version)

26 People (25 developers, 1 thanks) · View all

Concept & Game Design	Gerald Köhler
Base Program	Gerald Köhler
Programming	Norman Neubert Uwe Schmelich
Graphics / Layout	Holger Flöttmann Andreas Hancock Jürgen Kersting Dirk Schulz
Illustrations	Andreas Hancock Dirk Schulz
Intro	Heinrich Stiller
Graphic Editing	Jürgen Kersting Renate Langenkämper
Graphic Conversion	Jürgen Kersting
Music	Rudolf Stember
Sound Effects	Rudolf Stember Frank Woischke
Tester	Ralf Eggert Toralf Heidel Fabian Häusler Frank Jenderek Heiko Köhler Stephan Mühlmann Oliver Smid Jürgen Zander
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 84% (based on 13 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 12 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Bugs

The first releases of this game were so bug-pested that there were more bugs than *working* features. Most subsequent Anstoss games were released in the same state.

Awards

Amiga Joker
- Issue 02/1994 – #2 Best Game in 1993 (Readers' Vote)
- Issue 02/1994 – Best Sports Game in 1993 (Readers' Vote)
GameStar (Germany)
- Issue 12/1999 - #56 and #79 in the "100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties" ranking