Match Day II
Encyclopedia
Match Day II is a football
sports game
part of the Match Day series
released for the Amstrad CPC
, ZX Spectrum
, MSX
and Commodore 64
platforms. It was created in 1987
by Jon Ritman
with graphics by Bernie Drummond and music and sound by Guy Stevens (except for the Commodore version, that was a line by line conversion to the extent made by John Darnell).
The game is highly addictive due to its difficulty level, the complete control over ball direction, power and elevation (using a Diamond Deflection System), and the importance of tactics and player positioning over the field (barging if necessary), which makes it challenging to break strong defences. Was the first game to use a kickometer.
The default names for the teams are:
The game plays the song When the Saints Go Marching In
while the players are walking to their initial positions on the field at the beginning of each half.
The ZX Spectrum version was voted the 10th best game of all time in a special issue of Your Sinclair
magazine in 2004.
128KB, International Match Day, including national teams.
The game is similar to a previously, not published game by Jon Ritman, Soccerama. Later, in 1995, Jon Ritman tried to release Match Day III, but due to copyright problems he had to change the name of the game to Super Match Soccer
.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
sports game
Sports game
A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the practice of traditional sports. Most sports have been recreated with a game, including team sports, athletics and extreme sports. Some games emphasize actually playing the sport , whilst others emphasize strategy and organization...
part of the Match Day series
Match Day (series)
Match Day is an association football video game franchise created by Jon Ritman in 1984 for the 1980s 8-bit home computer market.- Games in the series :...
released for the Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom,...
, ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
, MSX
MSX
MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi, then Vice-president at Microsoft Japan and Director at ASCII Corporation...
and Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
platforms. It was created in 1987
1987 in video gaming
-Notable releases:* January 14, Nintendo releases Zelda II: The Adventure of Link in January for the Famicom Disk System in Japan only. The game would go unreleased in America for nearly two years afterwards.* February 20, Konami releases Contra...
by Jon Ritman
Jon Ritman
Jon Ritman is a software developer, notable for his work on major 1980s video games. Working primarily on games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computer range. His first experience with a computer was at the age of 13, and first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 that he bought in 1981.His first...
with graphics by Bernie Drummond and music and sound by Guy Stevens (except for the Commodore version, that was a line by line conversion to the extent made by John Darnell).
The game
The controls consist of four directions (allowing eight directions including diagonals) and a shot button. Each team has seven players,including goalkeeper and there are league and cup options available.The game is highly addictive due to its difficulty level, the complete control over ball direction, power and elevation (using a Diamond Deflection System), and the importance of tactics and player positioning over the field (barging if necessary), which makes it challenging to break strong defences. Was the first game to use a kickometer.
The default names for the teams are:
- Ritman Utd
- Soccerama
- Bombay Mix
- Darnell City
- Ocean Blues
- Legs Eleven
- Kevs Cosmos
- Stevens FC
The game plays the song When the Saints Go Marching In
When the Saints Go Marching In
"When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn that has taken on certain aspects of folk music. The precise origins of the song are not known. Though it originated as a spiritual, today people are more likely to hear it played by a jazz band...
while the players are walking to their initial positions on the field at the beginning of each half.
The ZX Spectrum version was voted the 10th best game of all time in a special issue of Your Sinclair
Your Sinclair
Your Sinclair or YS as it was commonly abbreviated, was a British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum.-History:...
magazine in 2004.
Related games
Matchday is the ancestor of this videogame. There is also another version of this game for ZX SpectrumZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
128KB, International Match Day, including national teams.
The game is similar to a previously, not published game by Jon Ritman, Soccerama. Later, in 1995, Jon Ritman tried to release Match Day III, but due to copyright problems he had to change the name of the game to Super Match Soccer
Super Match Soccer
Super Match Soccer is a football videogame published by Acclaim and developed in 1998 by Jon Ritman. The game is available for PC and PlayStation and it is the last game in the Match Day series.- Features :Some of the features of the game are:...
.
External links
- Comment about Ritman, that allows his games to be distributed over the Internet
- Match Day II playing video at youtube.com
- Match Day challenge Crash - Issue 37
- Martin Galway interview at c64.com
- Match Day II at thelegacy.de