Konami Hyper Soccer for the Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System

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 was Konami

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's first soccer game on a Nintendo

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 console, and the game that sowed the seed for the International Superstar Soccer and Winning Eleven series. It was part of Konami's Hyper Sports series which included Hyper Olympic (Track & Field

Track & Field (arcade game)

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outside of Japan), its sequel Hyper Sports

Hyper Sports

Hyper Sports is a video game published in 1984. It is the sequel to Konami's Track & Field and features seven all-new Olympic events. Like its predecessor, Hyper Sports featured two run buttons and one action button per player....

and Hyper Athlete. The game was only released in Japan and Europe. As the controller of a NES game console has only two buttons, the gameplay is understandably simple, on the ball, one button for pass and slide tackle, that can be also used for volley

Volley (football)

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, and one for lob and for headers while off the ball.

The game allows two players, either against each other or both against the computer in either a single match or a tournament. There are twenty-four playable international teams, Germany

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, the Netherlands

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, Italy

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, Argentina

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, France

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, Spain

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, England

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, Brazil

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, Poland

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, Uruguay

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, Hungary

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, USSR

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 (now defunct), Sweden

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, Czechoslovakia

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, Cameroon

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, Ireland

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, Japan

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, Korea

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 (corresponds to South Korea rather than North Korea), USA, Mexico

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, Australia

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, Scotland

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, Colombia

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 and Yugoslavia

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. Before the game, the player can choose the formation of their team as well as number of overall attributes, including offense and defense, as well as luck. Unlike other similar games at the time, Hyper Soccer featured more advanced moves such as bicycle kicks, flying headers and volleys. The game features a scrolling view of the pitch and 2-Dimensional

2D computer graphics

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sprites for the players, one of two background music tracks can be chosen to play during the match.

Unusual for a sports game, there is no on-screen display of the game's score or the time remaining.