Tactical Soccer

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Tactical Soccer

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Developer(s) Electronic Arts Victor
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts Victor [1] [2]
Composer(s) Akira Takemoto [3]
Platform(s) Super Famicom [4]
Release
Genre(s) Traditional soccer simulation [1]
Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer

Tactical Soccer(タクティカル・サッカー,Takutikaru Sakkā) is a Japan-exclusive soccer game released for the Super Famicom in 1995.

Association football team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System home video game console developed by Nintendo and first released in 1990 in Japan

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), also known as the Super NES or Super Nintendo, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Australasia (Oceania), and 1993 in South America. In Japan, the system is called the Super Famicom (SFC). In South Korea, it is known as the Super Comboy and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics. The system was released in Brazil on August 30, 1993, by Playtronic. Although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent the different versions from being compatible with one another.

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Gameplay

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Gameplay.

The game can be considered as the sequel to Zico Soccer . Players must choose from 16 national soccer teams with skills ranging from an "A" letter grade (best) to an "E" letter grade (worst). There are 8 different formations to choose from and once the players have set their teams, during the gameplay they must use a tactical map to guide the football into the goal.

<i>Zico Soccer</i> 1994 video game

Zico Soccer from Electronic Arts is a Super Famicom football management video game that allows players to become the head coach of an international football team; it was named after the Brazilian midfielder Zico, who at the time was playing for Japanese team Kashima Antlers. The game is mostly in the Japanese language although some words are in the English language.

Formation (association football) in association football (soccer), position of the players

In association football, the formation describes how the players in a team generally position themselves on the pitch. Association football is a fluid and fast-moving game, and a player's position in a formation does not define their role as rigidly as for, for instance, a rugby player, nor are there episodes in play where players must expressly line up in formation. Nevertheless, a player's position in a formation generally defines whether a player has a mostly defensive or attacking role, and whether they tend to play towards one side of the pitch or centrally.

A football is a ball inflated with air that is used to play one of the various sports known as football. In these games, with some exceptions, goals or points are scored only when the ball enters one of two designated goal-scoring areas; football games involve the two teams each trying to move the ball in opposite directions along the field of play.

Tactical Soccer was released almost a year later after the 1994 FIFA World Cup but the teams available are exactly those who qualified for the Round of 16 of the tournament (except the inclusion of Japan instead of Saudi Arabia).

1994 FIFA World Cup 1994 edition of the FIFA World Cup

The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, held in nine cities across the United States from 17 June to 17 July 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on 4 July 1988. Despite the host nation's lack of football tradition, the tournament was the most financially successful in World Cup history; aided by the high-capacity stadia in the United States, it broke the World Cup average attendance record with more than 69,000 spectators per game, a mark that still stands. The total attendance of nearly 3.6 million for the final tournament remains the highest in World Cup history, despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams, which was first introduced at the 1998 World Cup and is the current format.

Japan national football team Mens national association football team representing Japan

The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan. The current head coach is former footballer and current coach of the Japan national under-23 football team: Hajime Moriyasu.

The Saudi Arabia national football team represents Saudi Arabia in international football. The team's colours are green and white. Saudi Arabia are known as Al-Suqour and Al-Akhdhar.

Reception

On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 21 out of 40. [5]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Release information". GameFAQs . Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  2. ↑ Tactical Soccer at superfamicom.org
  3. ↑ Composer information at SNES Music
  4. ↑ Tactical Soccer at super-famicom.jp (in Japanese)
  5. ↑ NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: タクティカル・サッカー. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.332. Pg.30. 28 April 1995.
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