I worked in Future Zone/Electronics Boutique in the early-mid '90s, and they had the exclusive rights to sell Pele. Had boxes of the bloody things in the back room as no one wanted to buy them, and managment wouldn't sell them for less than £25. Did I mention Future Zone/Electronics Boutique were run by idiots?
You beat me to it Mr Bundy, I was there in the thick of it back in the day and managed two Future Zone Stores (Midlands) do you remember when they actually imported a shit load of the US version of Super Street Fighter II (SNES) along with a NTSC/PAL convertor all for a mere £75.
@@miremare9052 That must have been before my time, I remember they had the exclusive to the PAL version. I also rememb er how stupid their used game stock was, offering £40 for Virtua Racing, so we had an entire shelf of them.
I'll never forget being able to run away from the ref while he's trying to give you a card in FIFA Soccer International and having him chase you around the pitch
I loved European Club Soccer when I was a kid! I played it to death. But the only real reason I played it was because you could play as my local team, IFK Gothenburg, and that was the first time I had played a football game where they (and other Swedish teams) were featured. It blew my fragile little mind 😂
This, but with Portugal and FIFA 99. Being able to play as Sporting CP was part of why that is still my second-favourite FIFA of all time (can't beat the player/team customisation mode in 2000...)
Mine is actually one from Amiga. Italia 90. I just remember the training parts where you have to do push ups and stuff. I think it was Codies. Nothing like the MD game named Italia 90 lol. Love you, Kim!
Sensible Soccer. A couple of mates had it for the Amiga from the start and we were all obsessed with it. Recall being well impressed the V1.1 had the passback rule as introduced for the 92/93 season. I had to wait until Christmas 1993 to finally get it for the Mega Drive. That was when the original FIFA came out, and that got all the attention as it looked absolutely mind blowing. With only international teams and no edit option I couldn't get into it. As a fan of RPGs and football management, I wanted depth. Sensible Soccer's edit option, ability to save games, edit team kits, make up your own leagues and cups was brilliant - so simple to include in the game but so effective as well. The pitches would change through the season depending on which month you started, another nice touch. It was really tedious entering player names using the control pad instead of a keyboard though. I was gutted all the player names were wrong, guess. for licence reasons. The Mega CD version could have done so much more but at least it has decent crowd noise. Just watched a demo of it though, and it runs too fast. British spec 50hz is the best for Sensible Soccer! I loaned the game out once, and I had set it up with all the Scottish teams; working out which is a good match takes a lot of trial and error. And the little git wiped the memory. Still annoys me nearly 30 years later 🤣 I have the original game I got in 93, plus a second one I bought to replace the box and instructions on the first as they went missing, and the International update which I picked up off eBay a few years ago (is that version quite rare?). Sports games often don't age too well, but Mega Drive Sensible Soccer does, even if it isn't as good as the Amiga version.
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten I loved footy games on the Amiga! Sensible was probably the best of its time on any platform. I also enjoyed ones like Fighting Soccer. I think maybe it's rose tinted specs though with titles like that... haha. I just love the Amiga though hahaha.
Sensible Soccer is probably my all-time favourite megadrive game. The endless customisation of teams, kits, leagues and tournaments meant you could essentially update the game yourself and play it for years without getting bored.The gameplay was also much more fluid and adaptable than other football games which could often feel quite frustrating. Even in the early Fifas, which were a cut above almost all other football games at the time, it would be quite difficult to score anything other than shots from outside the area.
"Control your team of identical players and win matches by playing the absolute ugliest football you possible can - endlessly hoof the ball up the field until you get it into the box" Oh Mourhino will love that game...
I was the manager of a Future Zone store (remember them) back when Pele was released in fact it was a "Future Zone" exclusive. We had it playing on the multi screens but where told to remove the controllers from the "Play Zone" to stop people from actually playing it. It was on the shelves before it could be reviewed so we had a couple of weeks to "push it hard" upon the unsuspecting football loving public (Fifa this was not) there where many complaints. From what I can remember it originaly retailed for £44.99 but quickly ended being reduced finally down to a mere £12.99 after a few months.
I had WC Italia 90, Sensible Soccer and Fifa 96 on the Mega Drive....Sensible Soccer is one of the GREATEST games EVER!!!!!! The depth was immense, Competitions and you could edit all the names and comps and you knew who the players were, they'd just change 1 letter in the name, Oan Wroght for Ian Wright for instance, that one always stuck...oh and Ryin Goggs! What a game!! Got a soft spot for Italia 90 and obviously fifa for years to come but Sensible Soccer...DAMN!....oh i spoke to soon! I had Dino Dini's as well....god i'm hankering for some Sensi! Haven't played a MD for years
FIFA 96 wasn't the first 32-bit released alongside 16-bit versions, the 3DO received a FIFA in 94. While 95 is the only FIFA exclusive to the Mega Drive.
Brilliant Kim, love all of your work, but I think the football videos are definitely my favourite! Would you look at other systems (I know you have done the PSX and Zx Spectrum etc already) take care mate and really good to see you back after such awful recent events 👊
FIFA 97 with David Ginola on the front box cover was amazing on the mega drive. I used to play the indoor 5 aside mode literally all the time!! Renamed the players to all my mates names, good times man.
29:24 Got a funny story about that game as I rented it once as a kid but then couldn’t find it anywhere on the day it was due to go back to the video shop so had to pay them the buying price for it. About a day later, I found it under tv unit and still have it to this day. I guess fate wanted me to have this one for good for some reason 🤣
My main takeaway from FIFA 98 on the 16 Bits was the phoned in stats (well at least on the SNES version I played). Qatar had maximum stats, even better than Brazil. And that’s before they were waving sportswashing money about!
World Cup Italia '90 is great! Not just heading either. One of the most satisfying goals in video game football is the edge of the box diagonal into the bottom corner on this game, keeper at full stretch. GOOOOOAL.
Aw man I loved European Club Soccer too, I played that to death... it had a fun hidden aftertouch system so you could blast freekicks and curl them into the top corner
A bit harsh on European Club Soccer! I played it loads and it was good for it's time although nowhere near the level of Sensi and Fifa. I can still hear the half time music!
Striker was a fantastic game. Got it way late in MD's lifecycle and played it a lot. FIFA got samey fast. There was a sweet spot for goals that was too easy to hit. The announcer from Fever Pitch sounds like Robin Williams
I think striker came out on the PS1 as well at the same time because I had it as a Christmas present in the launch year. It was pretty good, Andy Gray commentary blew my mind at the time and the 360degree replay camera. It's not aged well but it was about 1000 times better than the first PS1 FIFA
Oh man I loved Kick Off 3: European Challenge. Had a frenetic pace, really chaotic and the shooting options felt more varied than the FIFA style of shooting from a particular angle to get a goal every time. The unlicensed names added to the charm, R. Goggs, P. Once, etc., lol.
I've played all of this games, most of them back at the time actually (The only ones I played on emulation later were the Sega J-League games and Total Football, which I actually had on Amiga). I had a friend who tried to get EVERY soccer game on the Mega-Drive, and I rented all I could. I was agreeing with you up until you reviewed Fever Pitch Soccer. I now want to play the SNES version from what you say, because I always found the Mega-Drive version to be damn brilliant, one of the best soccer games on the system. It's a Damn shame J-League Pro-Striker Final Stage didn't get a world release, because that game was really, really good. Sega really should had released this with National teams or something on the rest of the world.
Nice one Kim. I sold my Mega Drive collection a couple of years back. One of the few carts I kept is the French version of Champion World Class Soccer as it featured Daveeeed Ginola on the sticker. Legend. [He was the cover star on FIFA 97 in a Newcastle strip too].
This was a great video, Kim. Thank you very much. Any chance you can do the same for Amiga football games please or the original PlayStation? Keep up the fantastic work and I hope you are good.
im amazed how many of these game ive played. i was english-illiterate during these days so i can barely remember titles but it all came rushing back looking at the footage.
Tecmo Cup Football gives the impression that it was way ahead of its time, like many, many, MANY years later something like that was realized kind of in Final Fantasy X's Blitzball mini game.
I love your football game videos. In Italia 90 the only way Ireland ever scored was with crosses and headers so I didn't find that an unusual feature in the videogame. Glad to see the Rage Software games get some shine I think they're really underrated.
'Soccer' is a term for association football. Where rugby (league and union) was known was 'rugger'. Both names came from England. Great video, and World Cup USA '94 was the best!
Woah woah woah woah woah woah Kim Fever pitch is absolutely amazing. You wanted to play an exhibition game to see the teams with their full different teams. Like Germany has a diving player and Holland had a player that curls it. Brazil have a fellow who flame shots. This game is balls without those but when you play it like that it's amazing. In torny mode you build a squad up really slowly and it is a grind. But exhibition with a mate it's mega.
Great video, owned many of these as a kid (I actually managed to get good at Super Kick Off!) Premier Manager used to make the console so hot that it used to crash. Ended up dismantling it to put better thermal paste onto the heatsink (piece of bent metal)
Well, Im from Argentina, and i can tell you that here it was very usual to see Tecmo Cup Football cartridges, i still have a copy myself, keep in mind most of cartriges here were pirate, is one of my favorite games i did not know it was an unreleased game... Great video!
Yay! Mega Drive footie games!! My faves are International Sensi, World Championship Soccer 2, Fever Pitch/Head On Soccer (SNES), the Dino Dini game, Pro Striker Final Stage and ISS Deluxe
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe was hands down the best football game I played back in the day. I've played quite a few of them (World Cup Italia 90', some FIFA games, Pele, AWS Pro Moves Soccer) but none of them captivated me as much as ISS Deluxe did. It had a legit career mode, lots of individual challenges, and customizable weather conditions which actually affected your playstyle. To this day (to me) it stands as one of those games I normally wouldn't bother playing since I don't like the genre in general, but it was more than good enough for me to make an exception.
Kim, you've smashed it again! Brilliant. Most of those games I remember playing with SKO being the top-rated footy game by most magazines even though I am SO glad I'm not the only one that hated it. The only footy games I remember playing prior to me owning a Mega Drive was World Soccer on the Master System and Nintendo World Cup - of which I had no idea there was a psudo-port on the Mega Drive. Keep up the great work Kim, I hope you're well. 💚
13:01 My Mega Drive collection was 6 games, 3 of which were FIFA 95, 96 and 97. I seem to remember 96 had a glitch (not that I'd know to call it that at the time) where if you did a slide tackle and knocked the ball loose, that same player couldn't then collect the ball. You had to switch to another player to then pick it up before the player you tackled recovered and won it back. Could have been 97, but I seem to remember being relieved when I discovered they fixed it in the 97 version
I think World Cup Italia '90 is pretty underrated. It might be a very simple game, but it's just a lot of fun to play. I've played quite a few football games and it's still the one I've enjoyed most.
I loved Ultimate Soccer ⚽️ thought the 3D perspective was very advanced for the Mega Drive, and yes, great fun could be had with ricochets and rebounds. An underrated gem.
More football games from Kim? Is it my birthday? Hope you are doing well and thank you so much for your amazing work! Hours and hours and hours of entertainment!
I loved Super Kick Off. Yes the controls were limited and it was actually too easy to score but what I really liked was that you could modify the teams. They had names that were very similar to the real ones so for example Manchester had a goalkeeper called S. Michael and a defender called D. Erwin. I used to change Liverpool to Chelsea for the 1993/94 season. Hours of fun.
Fantastic video. I seem to remember UK magazines at the time highlighting the fact that it seemed virtually impossible for anybody to release a quality footy sim for the Mega Drive, things only changed after FIFA. Owned both the first FIFA game and Fever Pitch but actually preferred the latter of the two. Still, nothing could beat Sensible Soccer on the Amiga.
I'd love to see you do the same with the Sega Saturn! I was never a football/soccer fan, but I play a LOT of the original Worldwide Soccer on Saturn. I'd love to hear your thoughts on whether it's actually good or not.
Me and my brother had a Japanese import copy of Tecmo World cup on our megadrive when we were kids. Our dad bought it for us when we saw it in a shop along with Ringside Angel. We got them home and realised the Japanese carts wouldn't fit in our PAL machine, so our Dad took the top case off and filed down the cart slot 😂 fond memories
5-0 to Kuwait against England. That's how you know you're playing a video game. (If the 16-bit graphics weren't enough*.) *Tbf, modern editions of FIFA look so realistic that I and many other people I know have mistaken them for real life at times -- at least for a few seconds.
Fantastic video. It's actually great that you're going through all of the games from some genre. It helps to appreciate some titles even more :) (especially if you compare them to crap one titles xD). I like that you referring pretty often to: "if feels / it doesn't feel like football". Of course it's subjective but yea, at that point of time, it was very hard to create such title. I mean - calling something football just because you managed to code a ball and 22 players is not enough ;) I actually liked Kick Off 2 but I played on Amiga ;) I was somewhere around 12 years old, and many times after school we played together kick off II with my school friend who had Amiga (I was still on C64 xD). On Amiga it was also crazy title - it felt a little bit like football, but it was more about learning weird kick off mechanics, rather than real football world ;) It was more like a pinball ;) But yea, Kick Off from Amiga was waaay better than Mega Drive version. Also, it was 1992 - 1993. In 1995 - 1996 it was all conquered by Sensible (World of) Soccer ;)
Back in the 16 bit days music played more of a part with the on pitch action as it wasn't easy replicating a full on crowd with all the bells and whistles plus no ongoing commentary
Great video, loved sensible soccer.... also loved dini Dino goal! Pretty sure that was the amiga though , the version on the mega drive was unplayable , but I think using the joystick on the amiga helped with the likes of sensible and goal! Once again kim , love all the videos... keep up the good work kid.
I worked in Future Zone/Electronics Boutique in the early-mid '90s, and they had the exclusive rights to sell Pele. Had boxes of the bloody things in the back room as no one wanted to buy them, and managment wouldn't sell them for less than £25.
Did I mention Future Zone/Electronics Boutique were run by idiots?
You beat me to it Mr Bundy, I was there in the thick of it back in the day and managed two Future Zone Stores (Midlands) do you remember when they actually imported a shit load of the US version of Super Street Fighter II (SNES) along with a NTSC/PAL convertor all for a mere £75.
@@miremare9052 That must have been before my time, I remember they had the exclusive to the PAL version.
I also rememb er how stupid their used game stock was, offering £40 for Virtua Racing, so we had an entire shelf of them.
Did my time at EB in late 90s. Awful upper management
Wow Pele... I never scored 1 single time on that bloody game.
Uncle larry jnr. Once you go wack chicken snack
I'll never forget being able to run away from the ref while he's trying to give you a card in FIFA Soccer International and having him chase you around the pitch
I loved European Club Soccer when I was a kid! I played it to death. But the only real reason I played it was because you could play as my local team, IFK Gothenburg, and that was the first time I had played a football game where they (and other Swedish teams) were featured. It blew my fragile little mind 😂
I was mad after Nottingham forest, im French but the name sounded cool.
There was a cheese where you ran at the goalie and you just strafe left and shoot and you'd score everytime🤣🤣
@@andyrome316 Also the "three shredded wheat" code that gave super powerful shots. How do I still remember that after 30 years????
This, but with Portugal and FIFA 99. Being able to play as Sporting CP was part of why that is still my second-favourite FIFA of all time (can't beat the player/team customisation mode in 2000...)
I loved European club soccer too and Newcastle United were not even in it!
What are your favourite MD football games? If you have any, that is? Have a kickabout here. :)
Happy to see one of your videos again
Mine is actually one from Amiga. Italia 90. I just remember the training parts where you have to do push ups and stuff. I think it was Codies. Nothing like the MD game named Italia 90 lol.
Love you, Kim!
FIFA 95
Sensible Soccer. A couple of mates had it for the Amiga from the start and we were all obsessed with it. Recall being well impressed the V1.1 had the passback rule as introduced for the 92/93 season. I had to wait until Christmas 1993 to finally get it for the Mega Drive. That was when the original FIFA came out, and that got all the attention as it looked absolutely mind blowing. With only international teams and no edit option I couldn't get into it. As a fan of RPGs and football management, I wanted depth.
Sensible Soccer's edit option, ability to save games, edit team kits, make up your own leagues and cups was brilliant - so simple to include in the game but so effective as well. The pitches would change through the season depending on which month you started, another nice touch. It was really tedious entering player names using the control pad instead of a keyboard though. I was gutted all the player names were wrong, guess. for licence reasons.
The Mega CD version could have done so much more but at least it has decent crowd noise. Just watched a demo of it though, and it runs too fast. British spec 50hz is the best for Sensible Soccer!
I loaned the game out once, and I had set it up with all the Scottish teams; working out which is a good match takes a lot of trial and error. And the little git wiped the memory. Still annoys me nearly 30 years later 🤣
I have the original game I got in 93, plus a second one I bought to replace the box and instructions on the first as they went missing, and the International update which I picked up off eBay a few years ago (is that version quite rare?).
Sports games often don't age too well, but Mega Drive Sensible Soccer does, even if it isn't as good as the Amiga version.
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten I loved footy games on the Amiga! Sensible was probably the best of its time on any platform. I also enjoyed ones like Fighting Soccer. I think maybe it's rose tinted specs though with titles like that... haha.
I just love the Amiga though hahaha.
I still remember playing European club soccer for the first time and being blown away with the graphics.
Sensible Soccer is probably my all-time favourite megadrive game. The endless customisation of teams, kits, leagues and tournaments meant you could essentially update the game yourself and play it for years without getting bored.The gameplay was also much more fluid and adaptable than other football games which could often feel quite frustrating. Even in the early Fifas, which were a cut above almost all other football games at the time, it would be quite difficult to score anything other than shots from outside the area.
"Control your team of identical players and win matches by playing the absolute ugliest football you possible can - endlessly hoof the ball up the field until you get it into the box" Oh Mourhino will love that game...
I brought Kick Off 3 for the SNES and still to this day I cry about that purchase.
I was the manager of a Future Zone store (remember them) back when Pele was released in fact it was a "Future Zone" exclusive. We had it playing on the multi screens but where told to remove the controllers from the "Play Zone" to stop people from actually playing it.
It was on the shelves before it could be reviewed so we had a couple of weeks to "push it hard" upon the unsuspecting football loving public (Fifa this was not) there where many complaints.
From what I can remember it originaly retailed for £44.99 but quickly ended being reduced finally down to a mere £12.99 after a few months.
Man, that's still a scam :D
I hadn't heard the sound of the first game for 30 years or more, yet it was just like hearing it yesterday... ♥️
I loved European Club Soccer. It was greatly improved with the "THREE SHREDDED WHEAT" cheat code.
That’s it! I could never remember the cheat code name, what did the cheat do again I forgot?
I haven't thought about this in a looooong time
I didn't know that :(
I had WC Italia 90, Sensible Soccer and Fifa 96 on the Mega Drive....Sensible Soccer is one of the GREATEST games EVER!!!!!! The depth was immense, Competitions and you could edit all the names and comps and you knew who the players were, they'd just change 1 letter in the name, Oan Wroght for Ian Wright for instance, that one always stuck...oh and Ryin Goggs! What a game!! Got a soft spot for Italia 90 and obviously fifa for years to come but Sensible Soccer...DAMN!....oh i spoke to soon! I had Dino Dini's as well....god i'm hankering for some Sensi! Haven't played a MD for years
FIFA 96 wasn't the first 32-bit released alongside 16-bit versions, the 3DO received a FIFA in 94. While 95 is the only FIFA exclusive to the Mega Drive.
Brilliant Kim, love all of your work, but I think the football videos are definitely my favourite! Would you look at other systems (I know you have done the PSX and Zx Spectrum etc already) take care mate and really good to see you back after such awful recent events 👊
Boing boing!
UP THE BAGGIESSS!!!!!
took me a little while to notice Alan Partridge there in the info bar, a lovely touch
"TWAT. That was LIQUID FOOTBALL"
He must have a foot like a traction engine!
I loved Italia 90! All fun, no stress! The 7 year old me played that game so much
FIFA 97 with David Ginola on the front box cover was amazing on the mega drive. I used to play the indoor 5 aside mode literally all the time!! Renamed the players to all my mates names, good times man.
Thanks for doing what you do Kim!
I could listen to Kim talk about footie games for hours on end.
@@cwtrain Hey, just so you know, Kim is a trans woman and goes by she/her.
Welcome back Kim.
RIP Sophia 💙💙💙
Always nice to see you show some of the games I worked on in your vids, takes me back that's for sure. Keep up the cool vids, matey.
I remember in 'European Club Soccer' you could play as Rotherham United! Even as a kid I thought that was weird.
It’s because a lot of the programmers were actually from Rotherham and were fans.
Great to have you back Kim!
It feels very healthy to fill my head with knowledge about every single MD football game.
29:24 Got a funny story about that game as I rented it once as a kid but then couldn’t find it anywhere on the day it was due to go back to the video shop so had to pay them the buying price for it. About a day later, I found it under tv unit and still have it to this day. I guess fate wanted me to have this one for good for some reason 🤣
Welcome back Kim! Hope you are keeping OK. Great content as always
My main takeaway from FIFA 98 on the 16 Bits was the phoned in stats (well at least on the SNES version I played). Qatar had maximum stats, even better than Brazil. And that’s before they were waving sportswashing money about!
I mean, of all things to bribe people at, the footy ratings team was rather unexpected. Points for creativity.
Most of the Brazillian players in the roster had retired at east five years before too!
@@Larry If the Brazillian team were all in their late 30s and early 40's that might explain things a bit better I suppose!
H.Van. Semeitar (the spelling might be off) was an absolute baller on that game
Kim this is amazing, such a nostalgia trip for me xx
World Cup Italia '90 is great! Not just heading either. One of the most satisfying goals in video game football is the edge of the box diagonal into the bottom corner on this game, keeper at full stretch. GOOOOOAL.
Love you , Kim. Keep up the amazing content.
Please do the same for the Super NIntendo! : D
European Club Soccer was sort of the best soccer game on consoles in 1992, next to Super Soccer.
Aw man I loved European Club Soccer too, I played that to death... it had a fun hidden aftertouch system so you could blast freekicks and curl them into the top corner
A bit harsh on European Club Soccer! I played it loads and it was good for it's time although nowhere near the level of Sensi and Fifa. I can still hear the half time music!
The soundtrack on European Club Soccer was amazing. Still ingrained in my mind, 30 years later.
Striker was a fantastic game. Got it way late in MD's lifecycle and played it a lot. FIFA got samey fast. There was a sweet spot for goals that was too easy to hit.
The announcer from Fever Pitch sounds like Robin Williams
I think striker came out on the PS1 as well at the same time because I had it as a Christmas present in the launch year. It was pretty good, Andy Gray commentary blew my mind at the time and the 360degree replay camera.
It's not aged well but it was about 1000 times better than the first PS1 FIFA
I wonder what makes the 16-bit version of Nintendo World Cup merely OK when the 8-bit NES game was an absolute blast.
Kim and football is like PB and Jelly. Great vid as always!
JESUS Kim, I never thought you, of all people, would mention a semi-obscure bootleg Brazilian version of ISS (Deluxe!). Loved it.
Oh man I loved Kick Off 3: European Challenge. Had a frenetic pace, really chaotic and the shooting options felt more varied than the FIFA style of shooting from a particular angle to get a goal every time. The unlicensed names added to the charm, R. Goggs, P. Once, etc., lol.
I won’t have a bad word said against WCI90 or ECS. Staples of my childhood.
I've played all of this games, most of them back at the time actually (The only ones I played on emulation later were the Sega J-League games and Total Football, which I actually had on Amiga). I had a friend who tried to get EVERY soccer game on the Mega-Drive, and I rented all I could. I was agreeing with you up until you reviewed Fever Pitch Soccer. I now want to play the SNES version from what you say, because I always found the Mega-Drive version to be damn brilliant, one of the best soccer games on the system.
It's a Damn shame J-League Pro-Striker Final Stage didn't get a world release, because that game was really, really good. Sega really should had released this with National teams or something on the rest of the world.
Love your content Kim. I don't even like football games but could happily listen to you talk about them for hours. You are awesome ♥
Great video! European Club Soccer obviously the best game, I know you've tried to play it down 😉
Nice one Kim. I sold my Mega Drive collection a couple of years back. One of the few carts I kept is the French version of Champion World Class Soccer as it featured Daveeeed Ginola on the sticker. Legend. [He was the cover star on FIFA 97 in a Newcastle strip too].
That music from World Cup Itlaia '90 is a damn time machine. Took me right back.
This was a great video, Kim. Thank you very much.
Any chance you can do the same for Amiga football games please or the original PlayStation?
Keep up the fantastic work and I hope you are good.
Always love seeing a new Kim Justice video in my feed, hope you are keeping well Kim
I don't even like football/sports but I'm enjoying this for the Sega nostalgia 😆
im amazed how many of these game ive played. i was english-illiterate during these days so i can barely remember titles but it all came rushing back looking at the footage.
Tecmo Cup Football gives the impression that it was way ahead of its time, like many, many, MANY years later something like that was realized kind of in Final Fantasy X's Blitzball mini game.
First video from this channel I’ve watched. Really good, brought a lot of memories back. A very well thought out video.
I love your football game videos. In Italia 90 the only way Ireland ever scored was with crosses and headers so I didn't find that an unusual feature in the videogame.
Glad to see the Rage Software games get some shine I think they're really underrated.
'The definitive game for the profoundly bored'
That's just superb!
That unreleased Tecmo game looks like it plays like Blitzball from FFX
Great video brought back a lot of memories as i played most of these games on the mega drive my self. I remembered the itallia 90 audio as well 🤣🤣🤦🏻
'Soccer' is a term for association football. Where rugby (league and union) was known was 'rugger'. Both names came from England. Great video, and World Cup USA '94 was the best!
So many great games in this list! Loved the episode. However, I can’t help but notice that Fever Pitch Soccer is not on this list?
Woah woah woah woah woah woah Kim Fever pitch is absolutely amazing. You wanted to play an exhibition game to see the teams with their full different teams. Like Germany has a diving player and Holland had a player that curls it. Brazil have a fellow who flame shots. This game is balls without those but when you play it like that it's amazing. In torny mode you build a squad up really slowly and it is a grind. But exhibition with a mate it's mega.
Good video. I drop in from time to time Kim since your kings road videos, I grew up on Sensi Fifa PES too!
Tecmo World Cup '92 on Sega Master System is way better and much fun!
Cambridge on Premier Manager 97. Brought back memories. Was more or less a cheat code playing as them.
Great video, owned many of these as a kid (I actually managed to get good at Super Kick Off!)
Premier Manager used to make the console so hot that it used to crash. Ended up dismantling it to put better thermal paste onto the heatsink (piece of bent metal)
Well, Im from Argentina, and i can tell you that here it was very usual to see Tecmo Cup Football cartridges, i still have a copy myself, keep in mind most of cartriges here were pirate, is one of my favorite games i did not know it was an unreleased game... Great video!
Such a relaxing watch for late night insomnia. Great video as usual.
Yay! Mega Drive footie games!!
My faves are International Sensi, World Championship Soccer 2, Fever Pitch/Head On Soccer (SNES), the Dino Dini game, Pro Striker Final Stage and ISS Deluxe
And in case anyone wants to play old school Sensi on the MD, pick the Hard difficulty
Why? The fucking ball driblling is tied to the difficulty
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe was hands down the best football game I played back in the day. I've played quite a few of them (World Cup Italia 90', some FIFA games, Pele, AWS Pro Moves Soccer) but none of them captivated me as much as ISS Deluxe did. It had a legit career mode, lots of individual challenges, and customizable weather conditions which actually affected your playstyle. To this day (to me) it stands as one of those games I normally wouldn't bother playing since I don't like the genre in general, but it was more than good enough for me to make an exception.
ISS deluxe snes or megadrive must be the best football game in history, and im serious.
I really liked kick off 3 on the snes. At the time we thought it was the best game ever haha. Great video! Love me some retro football
I'm surching on Pro Striker Final Stage rom but I can't find English version only Japan did they make a usa or Europe version of this game?
Kim, you've smashed it again! Brilliant.
Most of those games I remember playing with SKO being the top-rated footy game by most magazines even though I am SO glad I'm not the only one that hated it.
The only footy games I remember playing prior to me owning a Mega Drive was World Soccer on the Master System and Nintendo World Cup - of which I had no idea there was a psudo-port on the Mega Drive.
Keep up the great work Kim, I hope you're well. 💚
13:01 My Mega Drive collection was 6 games, 3 of which were FIFA 95, 96 and 97. I seem to remember 96 had a glitch (not that I'd know to call it that at the time) where if you did a slide tackle and knocked the ball loose, that same player couldn't then collect the ball. You had to switch to another player to then pick it up before the player you tackled recovered and won it back. Could have been 97, but I seem to remember being relieved when I discovered they fixed it in the 97 version
I think World Cup Italia '90 is pretty underrated. It might be a very simple game, but it's just a lot of fun to play. I've played quite a few football games and it's still the one I've enjoyed most.
I loved Ultimate Soccer ⚽️ thought the 3D perspective was very advanced for the Mega Drive, and yes, great fun could be had with ricochets and rebounds. An underrated gem.
More football games from Kim? Is it my birthday? Hope you are doing well and thank you so much for your amazing work! Hours and hours and hours of entertainment!
I loved Super Kick Off. Yes the controls were limited and it was actually too easy to score but what I really liked was that you could modify the teams. They had names that were very similar to the real ones so for example Manchester had a goalkeeper called S. Michael and a defender called D. Erwin. I used to change Liverpool to Chelsea for the 1993/94 season. Hours of fun.
Fantastic video. I seem to remember UK magazines at the time highlighting the fact that it seemed virtually impossible for anybody to release a quality footy sim for the Mega Drive, things only changed after FIFA. Owned both the first FIFA game and Fever Pitch but actually preferred the latter of the two. Still, nothing could beat Sensible Soccer on the Amiga.
Watching the vid while on holiday in Mexico. Good stuff!
Great video. Would love to see one done for the Sega Saturn!
Another great video, thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Ah I loved the Premier Manager games on the Mega Drive. Between them and then LMA Manager games nothing has really scratched that itch since.
I'd love to see you do the same with the Sega Saturn! I was never a football/soccer fan, but I play a LOT of the original Worldwide Soccer on Saturn. I'd love to hear your thoughts on whether it's actually good or not.
Me and my brother had a Japanese import copy of Tecmo World cup on our megadrive when we were kids. Our dad bought it for us when we saw it in a shop along with Ringside Angel. We got them home and realised the Japanese carts wouldn't fit in our PAL machine, so our Dad took the top case off and filed down the cart slot 😂 fond memories
5-0 to Kuwait against England. That's how you know you're playing a video game. (If the 16-bit graphics weren't enough*.)
*Tbf, modern editions of FIFA look so realistic that I and many other people I know have mistaken them for real life at times -- at least for a few seconds.
Fantastic video. It's actually great that you're going through all of the games from some genre. It helps to appreciate some titles even more :) (especially if you compare them to crap one titles xD). I like that you referring pretty often to: "if feels / it doesn't feel like football". Of course it's subjective but yea, at that point of time, it was very hard to create such title. I mean - calling something football just because you managed to code a ball and 22 players is not enough ;)
I actually liked Kick Off 2 but I played on Amiga ;) I was somewhere around 12 years old, and many times after school we played together kick off II with my school friend who had Amiga (I was still on C64 xD). On Amiga it was also crazy title - it felt a little bit like football, but it was more about learning weird kick off mechanics, rather than real football world ;) It was more like a pinball ;) But yea, Kick Off from Amiga was waaay better than Mega Drive version. Also, it was 1992 - 1993. In 1995 - 1996 it was all conquered by Sensible (World of) Soccer ;)
I have never eaten out of boredom... 🤷. Fantastic video as usual Kim. Thank you!
Why can I imagine J League soccer champions theme being played by Hall and Oates 🤣 nice work Kim. Hope you’re well.
World Cup 90 was great, many nights at the arcade trying to win the World Cup
Great video. Love your Mega Drive stuff.
Ohhhh that's my lunch break sorted. Cheers Kim!
6:25 Wow... big Blitzball from FFX vibes. Might have to check this one out.
I wonder if you'd do a similar video for soccer games on the SNES to compliment this one. That'd be awesome.
I also remember playing AWS on an emulator, on a public computer, a few years past the MD's heyday, when I was in year 9 or so.
As always it's great to see you here.
FIFA 95 was my game of choice back in the day. I had 96 and 97 too, but always went back to 95.
you sound exactly like chris packham a to presenter from my childhood , dope video
Love all your vids, do an Amiga football vid with Graham Taylor’s football challenge etc
Back in the 16 bit days music played more of a part with the on pitch action as it wasn't easy replicating a full on crowd with all the bells and whistles plus no ongoing commentary
Great video, loved sensible soccer.... also loved dini Dino goal! Pretty sure that was the amiga though , the version on the mega drive was unplayable , but I think using the joystick on the amiga helped with the likes of sensible and goal! Once again kim , love all the videos... keep up the good work kid.
Oh I forgot iss , great game and deluxe, can't really remember but I think there was a cheat to make the ref a dog in one of the iss games...
Oh my! Another soccer video from Kim Justice! I never thought I'd see the day! You mam have made my day!
This is third or fourth time I've watched this as it keeps being the next video to auto play. It's been great entertainment while working on the house
Loved the sensi video, now you top it off with this cherry. Justice is served;)