This is a list of soccer video games based on/licensed by the J.League.
The first licensed game, J-League Fighting Soccer , was released for the Game Boy on December 27, 1992. Two months later J-League Champion Soccer was released for the Mega Drive. J-League Greatest Eleven was released for the PC Engine a day before the start of the inaugural season.
Since then, other titles were released for many other platforms. Popular franchises include: Pro Striker, [1] Excite Stage , Prime Goal , Victory Goal , [2] [3] Perfect Striker , Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! and Winning Eleven .
In 2002, Konami released Captain Tsubasa: Eikou no Kiseki for the Game Boy Advance, the only game from the Captain Tsubasa series which is licensed by J.League.
These games are based exclusively on the J.League, however the titles released more recently also contain other leagues.
The recent Winning Eleven titles (2012, 2013) are fully licensed by the J.League.
With EA Sports acquiring the license for the league for FIFA 17 , the J.League will make its first real appearance in a football game by Western developers.
Striker is a soccer video game series first released by Rage Software in 1992.
The UEFA Champions League video game license has been used by five different companies. Debuted in 1996, the series has only had five games published so far, and after being in the hands of Krisalis Software, Silicon Dreams Studio and Konami, the license now lies in the hands of EA and Sega.
FIFA has licensed FIFA World Cup video games since 1986, of which only a few were received positively by the critics, but given the popularity of the competition, they all did positively on the market, and the license is one of the most sought-after. Originally in the hands of U.S. Gold, Electronic Arts acquired it in 1997 and is the current holder.
The UEFA European Championship has its own video games licensed from European football's governing body, UEFA. Six games have been released so far, with the first game released in 1996. Originally held by Gremlin Interactive, it was then held by Electronic Arts from Euro 2000 until Euro 2012. Konami had the rights for Euro 2016 and 2020. EA Sports have again had the rights since Euro 2024.
International Superstar Soccer 64 is a video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka in the International Superstar Soccer series by Konami. Its team lineup follows the Super NES version of International Superstar Soccer Deluxe, only with South Africa replacing Morocco.
International Superstar Soccer Pro is a football video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. It is a slightly improved version of the Japan-exclusive J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97.
ISS Pro Evolution 2 is the fourth video game in the ISS Pro series and the second installment of the ISS Pro Evolution series, developed exclusively for the PlayStation by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, a division of Konami it was available in Europe and Japan but not available in North America due to the previously released enhanced remake version of the previous entry in the series, ISS Pro Evolution, retitled ESPN MLS GameNight with MLS licenses.
International Superstar Soccer, known as Jikkyō World Soccer Perfect Eleven in Japan, is a football video game developed by Konami for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the first title in the International Superstar Soccer (ISS) series of sports video games. The game sold over 500,000 copies.
International Superstar Soccer Pro 98 is a football video game which follows International Superstar Soccer Pro developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. The Japanese version was re-released in late 1998 as Winning Eleven 3: Final Version with some slight improvements, such as a wider camera option. In Japan, a version of the game featuring only J-League clubs was released in December 1998 titled J-League Jikkyou Winning Eleven '98-'99.
FIFA Soccer 95 is a 1994 football simulation video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released for the Sega Megadrive in November 1994. It is a sequel to FIFA International Soccer and the second game in the FIFA series. It is the only FIFA title to not be released on PC.
International Superstar Soccer 98 is a soccer video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka which was released exclusively for the Nintendo 64. It was released at the same time as International Superstar Soccer Pro 98, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (KCET) for the PlayStation.
J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 2001 is a sports video game developed by Konami for the PlayStation exclusively in Japan in June 2001. It is an addition to the Winning Eleven J-League series, and the successor to J-League Winning Eleven 2000. The game only features club teams and teams from both tiers of the J. League totalling 28 teams. The game also features seven unlockable European teams. The game uses the Winning Eleven 2000 engine.
Sega Sports Research and Development or Sega Sports R&D was a development division of the Japanese video game company Sega. It was previously known as Smilebit, one of nine semi-autonomous studios which Sega established in 2000. Smilebit was previously known as R&D6 or AM6 which itself was mainly based on Sega PC. Smilebit was known for its sports simulation titles, as well as Jet Set Radio. When Sega started releasing games for other platforms, Smilebit began developing games for the Xbox, with Jet Set Radio Future, Panzer Dragoon Orta and GunValkyrie. Smilebit was led by Shun Arai as president and Takayuki Kawagoe as director. Kawagoe became president of Smilebit in 2003.
J.League Jikkyō Winning Eleven '97, also known as World Soccer Winning Eleven 2, is a 1996 Japan-exclusive association football simulation sports video game, which was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation. Updated international versions of the game were released as International Superstar Soccer Pro and International Superstar Soccer 64.
eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer, known as eFootball World Soccer Winning Eleven in Japan, is a series of association football simulation video games developed by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and published by Konami.
Goal Storm, known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven in Japan, is a football sports video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami. It was released in late 1995 in North America and in early 1996 elsewhere for the PlayStation. It is the first installment of the Winning Eleven franchise, later known as Pro Evolution Soccer internationally. Gameplay-wise, the player controls one of thirty six national teams over two different game modes, which both simulate association football matches and/or tournaments.
J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven is a 1995 Japan-exclusive soccer simulation video game, which was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation. It's an official J-League licensed game.
Greatest Nine is a series of baseball-themed sports video games developed by Sega CS and published by Sega. It began with the 1995 game Kanzen Chūkei Pro Yakyū Greatest Nine for the Sega Saturn. Its most recent entry is Baseball Advance (2002).