Soccer (1985 video game)

Soccer
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Composer(s)	Koji Kondo
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo GameCube (Animal Crossing game), Virtual Console
Release date(s)	NES JP April 9, 1985 NA 1987 EU January 15, 1987 FDS JP February 21, 1986 Virtual Console JP December 2, 2006 NA November 19, 2006 EU December 22, 2006 AUS December 22, 2006
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	Virtual Console ESRB: Everyone
Media/distribution	Cartridge

Soccer is a video game produced by Intelligent Systems^[1] and Nintendo as part of its Sports Series for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan in 1985, and was released in the United States and in Europe in 1987. It was also released for the Family Computer Disk System in 1986. It is also available on the Wii's Virtual Console since 2006, to be bought from the Wii Shop Channel.

Gameplay

The objective is to kick the ball into the opponent's goal. The game features cheerleaders and the ability to choose between 15, 30, and 45-minutes halves. Pressing B passes the ball, while A shoots at the opponent's goal.

There are sixteen teams represented in the game:

• AUS -  Australia
• BRA -  Brazil
• CSK -  Czechoslovakia
• ESP -  Spain
• FRA -  France
• FRG -  West Germany
• GDR -  East Germany
• GBR -  Great Britain
• ITA -  Italy
• JPN -  Japan
• NED -  Netherlands
• NZL -  New Zealand
• POR -  Portugal
• SUI -  Switzerland
• USA -  United States
• URS -  Soviet Union

See also

• List of association football video games

References

1. ^ "Intelligent Systems - Official List of Software". http://www.intsys.co.jp/english/software/index.html. 

External links

• Soccer at GameFAQs
• Soccer at MobyGames
• Soccer at NinDB