Super Match Soccer
Encyclopedia
Super Match Soccer is a football (soccer) 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
.
Super Match Soccer is a 3D videogame with five camera angles to see the simulation, each one with four zoom factors.
It includes 24 national teams with different skill levels. The player can choose for every match, footballers playing in his team and tactic. Names and attributes of each footballer can be edited.
Tha game can be played by one human vs. computer, two humans or several of them (using network connection in PC or adapter for PlayStation. It also supports analogue controllers for PC
and PlayStation.
many years after the popular Match Day II
. It was even presented in a PlayStation preview in Spain as Matchday 3. But due to legal problems it was finally called Super Match Soccer.
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...
and developed in 1998 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...
. The game is available for PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
and PlayStation and it is the last game in 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 :...
.
Features
Some of the features of the game are:Super Match Soccer is a 3D videogame with five camera angles to see the simulation, each one with four zoom factors.
It includes 24 national teams with different skill levels. The player can choose for every match, footballers playing in his team and tactic. Names and attributes of each footballer can be edited.
Tha game can be played by one human vs. computer, two humans or several of them (using network connection in PC or adapter for PlayStation. It also supports analogue controllers for PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
and PlayStation.
Related videogames
It was developed as a sequel of Match DayMatch Day
Match Day was a football computer game, published by Ocean Software in 1984, originally on the ZX Spectrum and then later released on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, & Commodore 64 systems. It is the first game in the Match Day series, and the title and opening music are references to Match of the Day...
many years after the popular Match Day II
Match Day II
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 even presented in a PlayStation preview in Spain as Matchday 3. But due to legal problems it was finally called Super Match Soccer.
External links
- Game review at computerandvideogames.com
- Official home site recovered from archive.org