World Cup Italia '90
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World Cup Italia '90 is a football video game by Sega
for Mega Drive and Master System released in 1990
.
official licensed franchise game based on the 1990 FIFA World Cup
featuring official logo and the mascot, the first having been the ill-fated and little-known World Cup Carnival
for the 1986 FIFA World Cup
. The game gives official groups, teams and the fidelity schedule of the championship. The game comprises 16 Bit graphics and the gameplay occurs at a birds eye view.
It was ported by U.S. Gold
for DOS
, Amiga
, Atari ST
, Commodore 64
and ZX Spectrum
. After the World Cup, the game was released as World Championship Soccer and later renamed to Sega Soccer on the Mega 6 compilation cartridge on the Mega Drive removing the Virgin Mastertronic credits. In Brazil was released with the name Super Futebol II.
World Cup Italia 90 sees the player given the choice of participating as any of the teams of whom featured in the tournament itself, however no qualifying tournaments to reach the World Cup are available on this game.
, Italy '90 Soccer
and Italia 1990 Codemaster.
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
for Mega Drive and Master System released in 1990
1990 in video gaming
-Notable releases:*Bonk's Adventure is released for NEC's TurboGrafx-16 and is the first US appearance of Bonk, the mascot of the TurboGrafx-16.*February 12 — Nintendo releases the NES game Super Mario Bros. 3 in North America...
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Summary
This is the second World CupFIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
official licensed franchise game based on the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
featuring official logo and the mascot, the first having been the ill-fated and little-known World Cup Carnival
World Cup Carnival
World Cup Carnival is a football video game for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum released in 1986.-Summary:This is the first World Cup franchise game, and is based on 1986 FIFA World Cup...
for the 1986 FIFA World Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...
. The game gives official groups, teams and the fidelity schedule of the championship. The game comprises 16 Bit graphics and the gameplay occurs at a birds eye view.
It was ported by U.S. Gold
U.S. Gold
U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:...
for DOS
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
, Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
, Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
, 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...
and 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...
. After the World Cup, the game was released as World Championship Soccer and later renamed to Sega Soccer on the Mega 6 compilation cartridge on the Mega Drive removing the Virgin Mastertronic credits. In Brazil was released with the name Super Futebol II.
World Cup Italia 90 sees the player given the choice of participating as any of the teams of whom featured in the tournament itself, however no qualifying tournaments to reach the World Cup are available on this game.
See also
There are other officially licensed Italia '90 games: World Cup Italia '90World Cup Italia '90 (Tiertex)
Italy 1990 is a soccer video game published by U.S. Gold Ltd., and programmed by Tiertex Ltd. in 1990. It features Italy 1990 World Cup of football It is part of the FIFA World Cup series.-The game:...
, Italy '90 Soccer
Italy '90 Soccer
Italy '90 Soccer is a football video game developed by Dardari Bros and distributed by Simulmondo in 1988 It is part of the FIFA World Cup series.The game was launched for Amiga and Commodore 64....
and Italia 1990 Codemaster.
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