Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer (Commodore 64)

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Description

Arcade-style soccer game. It has two different parts: Indoor and Outdoor.

The Outdoor game is the normal European soccer. You may play single matches, league or tournament (world championships). Optional features are: weather effects, replays, customizable game length. Some quite funny movements and shots are available (e.g. banana flanks).

The Indoor game has US soccer teams (?fictional?) and plays on a much smaller field. It has different rules compared to outdoor soccer. You can play single matches, league and All Star tournament. The same movements and shots can be made, sometimes with even funnier effects (e.g. banana shot bouncing of the wall and into goal).

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Alternate Titles

• "MicroProse Soccer" -- European title
• "Microprose Pro Soccer" -- In-game title

Part of the Following Groups

• Licensed title: Athletes
• Sensible Sports games

User Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Games Preview	Jan, 1989	95 out of 100	95
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Nov, 1988	95 out of 100	95
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Feb, 1989	915 out of 1000	92
Power Play	Oct, 1988	90 out of 100	90
Zzap!	Feb, 1989	90 out of 100	90
Commodore User	Oct, 1988	9 out of 10	90
The Games Machine (UK)	Feb, 1989	89 out of 100	89
Commodore Computing International	Feb, 1989	87 out of 100	87
64'er	1991	8 out of 10	80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Dec, 1988	8.2 out of 12	68

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Trivia

Advertising

An advertisement used in the UK multi-format magazines C&VG and ACE was written to look like a review from the magazine in question, using the same text but stylized to look like the respective magazine's typical review format. The positive reviews quoted within the review were genuine, however.

Awards

• Commodore Format
  • April 1991 (Issue 7) - listed in the A to Z of Classic Games article (Great)
  • July 1993 (Issue 34) - Modern Classics: Sports
  • November 1994 (Issue 50) – #5 The All-Time Top 50 C64 Games
• Computer and Video Games
  • Issue 06/1989 - Winner Golden Joystick Award 1989 for Best 8-Bit Simulation Game (reader's vote)
• Power Play
  • Issue 01/1989 - Best Sports Game in 1988
• ST Format
  • January 1990 (Issue #06) - Included in the list 50 Games of the Year. Category "Real Dogs"
• Zzap!
  • January 1990 (Issue 57) – 'The Best Games of the 80's Decade' (Phil King)