Computer Gamer


Super Soccer

Publisher: Imagine
Machine: Spectrum 48K/128K

 
Published in Computer Gamer #23

Super Soccer

This looks like another rewrite of Ocean's Match Day. This time, the game features one and two player options, practice, single game and tournament options and a more realistic gameplay including fouls, set pieces and chips, crosses and lobs. This produces more complicated game controls but a more interesting game.

Now at last here's a computer football game in which you can chop down a forward that's left you standing. You might get a warning or a yellow card but it's usually worth it.

It's at free kicks and corners that Super Soccer scores on its rivals, as before the kick is taken you've got 30 seconds to set your players on a plan of the pitch. Then you can either chip the keeper, lob the ball over the defensive wall or drive a shot from 20 yards out.

Unfortunately, Super Soccer is also very slow to play and best played between two humans of equal ability otherwise you won't stand a chance and will spend most of the game trying to make your players run in the right direction. However, players prepared to put in the practice will find it to be an excellent game.