Top 3 Retro football games

We present a review of some football titles that left their mark on the world of videogames during the nineties.

 Football fans have many titles to dominate the ball and unleash your passion. While the rage PES Konami and EA FIFA today, in the history of this particular segment appear milestones.

The nineties in particular was the scene of great excitement in the world of football : Germany champion was consecrated on Italian soil, knocking the Argentine peak. Great figures were leading the different selected. In addition,the nineties led to a further development of this type of delivery . Of videogames fairly flat and somewhat repetitive alternatives titles evolved into games with more action, more realism and a certain dose of humor. Let's review:

"Hattrick Hero"

Developed by Taito in the nineties, and with versions also known as "Football Champ" or "Euro Football Champ", this is an arcade title that stood out for its dynamism and adding details of caricature. Players have the possibility of violent movements within the field of play (something that was innovative in the genre), take the skill of a star player, in addition to scoring with celebrations and amazing stunts skill. Over the years the title was updated, with the help of versions that continued until the middle of the decade.

 

"Super Sidekicks"

Developers also with Japanese consumers, SNK (now known as "PlayMore"), is a game originally created for the Neo-Geo home console, which then had a wide expansion into arcades and new platforms. With more realistic gameplay "Hattrick Hero", it has four versions: the original, followed by the second ("The World Championship), the third (" The Next Glory "), and a last known as" The Ultimate 11 " developed in 1996. The updates incorporated the ability to play with multiple international selected, along with innovative features like the ability to change players during the action. One of the curiosities of these deliveries was the inability of the company to the license official of the world organization of soccer (FIFA), so named players with similar surnames, but fantasy One detail. Version 2 was included in ". SNK Arcade Classics Vol 1", a compilation of games the company to be run on PlayStation 2, PSP and Nintendo Wii.

 

"Cup Soccer"

Also known as "Olympic Soccer 92" or "Goal! 92" was developed in 1991 and published the following year by the company Seibu, also Japanese, something that provides a parameter of the Japanese heyday in this segment, especially in the nineties. The title stands out for the presence of super stars of soccer in those years. While their real names do not appear, it is indisputable "inspiration" is figures like Dutch Rud Gullit, the German Rummenigge, the Colombian Valderrama or self Diego Armando Maradona; feasting or suffered against the alternatives of play. Upon reaching the end of the game, it is present a team wearing black jackets, whose main figure recalls the image of Brazilian star Pele. A curiosity: "Cup Soccer" was one of the first video games to incorporate gender recognized companies advertising on the sides of the field.