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Peter Beardsley's International Football / EuroSoccer '88

Euro Soccer '88

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2004-10-28

Stats

5,122

Genre

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
MSX 1/2
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

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Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2

Features

Hard Disk Installer

No

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1988
Peter Beardsley's International Football
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
1
Rare
1989
EuroSoccer '88
AKA Euro Soccer '88
Commercial
Full Price
Germany
German
German
1
Extremely rare

Notes

[1] Licensed game endorsed by English football coach and 1980s/90s international and EPL player Peter Beardsley.

[2] Game supports joystick/keyboard control.


TRIVIA: The title tune is based on the intro of the famous march "Stars and Stripes Forever", composed by John Philip Sousa (1854-1932).

[[NOTES]]

[1] German version (sans player endorsement) of Grandslam's 1988 release of PETER BEARDSLEY'S INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL, marketed/distributed and published by Ariolasoft almost a year later in 1989 (and several months after the German Atari ST and C64/128 releases).

[2] Game supports joystick/keyboard control.


TRIVIA: The title tune is based on the intro of the famous march "Stars and Stripes Forever", composed by John Philip Sousa (1854-1932).

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Teque/Ariolasoft Atari ST release.

[[NOTES]]

Based on 1988 Teque/Ariolasoft Atari ST release.

N.B. Released on the C64/128 as EUROSTAR SOCCER '88.

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

Box scan OCS no. 2

Disk: OCS
Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

UK Pre-release Advert (Commodore User 7/1988, Page 39)

OCS no. 2

UK Advert [2] [Source: Atari Mania]

Manual info

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Instructions (English/French/German/Italian/Spanish/Dutch) [Source: Atari Mania]

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Continual tapping of the fire button while in possession of the ball prevents any other players from tackling.

Conversion info

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
Commodore C64/128
No conversion screens found.
MSX 1/2
Conversion MSX 1/2

Conversion MSX 1/2

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Computing
Vol 1 No 5 (Oct 1988)
27%
Chris Holmes
Simon Rockman
3
Amiga User International
Vol 2 No 8 (Aug 1988)
7/10
Bud Vennos
2
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 6 No 2 (Feb 1989)
Andrew Baines
0
CU Amiga
Jul 1988
4/10
Ferdy Hamilton
1
Datormagazin
Vol 1988 No 12 (Sep 1988)
2.7/5
Magnus Friskytt
0
Génération 4
5 (Sep - Oct 1988)
63%
0
The Games Machine
9 (Aug 1988)
55%
1
Zzap
42 (Oct 1988)
47%
Gordon Houghton
Maff Evans
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
No magazine previews found

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Lore Score: 45%

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