Peter Beardsley's International Football

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Peter Beardsley's International Football
PeterBeardsleysInternationalFootballBoxShotC64.jpg
Cover art
Developer(s) Grandslam
Platform(s) ZX Spectrum
Commodore 64
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Atari ST
MSX
Release1988
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) 1 or 2 players

Peter Beardsley's International Football is a football video game developed in 1988 by Grandslam and endorsed by Peter Beardsley. [1]

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Gameplay

Players select an international team to play as, and can choose to play against the computer in a one player league format, or two players in a two player league format. They can then select the other teams in each group. [2]

Reception

The Commodore 64 version was reviewed poorly by Zzap!64 , which gave it a score of 23%, stating that it is "one of the worst football games around at the moment". [3]

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References

  1. Game entry at lemon64
  2. Page 28 Issue 44 Review by Zzap!64
  3. Page 29 Issue 44 Review by Zzap!64
  4. "Jeux & stratégie 53". October 1988.