Developer(s) | SportTime[1] |
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Publisher(s) | |
Designer(s) | John Fitzpatrick[1] |
Platform(s) | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC |
Release | Commodore 64: |
Genre(s) | Traditional sports simulator[1] |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer is a computer game released in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, published by Gremlin Interactive in Europe, and by Mindscape as Superstar Soccer in the USA.[1]
Gameplay
Superstar Soccer is an arcade action soccer simulation game. The player controls one player at a time.[2] In addition to taking the role of the centre forward, the player is also the manager of the team, responsible for hiring players and setting training regimes.
Reception
Publication | Score |
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Crash | 52%[3] |
Dragon | |
Sinclair User | 6/10[4] |
Your Sinclair | 6/10[5] |
ACE | 906[6] |
Zzap!64 | 74% |
The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #132 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars.[2]
Zzap!64 magazine awarded the game 74%, describing it as "a pleasant and well-produced football game that is very playable, even if it isn't that true-to-life".[7]
Reviews
- ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) – February 1988,[8] 739 out of 1,000 (74)
- Tilt – February 1988,[9] 13 out of 20 (65)
- Your Sinclair – February 1988,[10] 6 out of 10 (60)
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) – December 1987[11]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "GameFAQs - Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer". GameFAQs.
- 1 2 Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (April 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (132): 80–85.
- ↑ "World of Spectrum - Magazines". www.worldofspectrum.org.
- ↑ "World of Spectrum - Magazines". www.worldofspectrum.org.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "World of Spectrum - Magazines". www.worldofspectrum.org.
- ↑ "Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer". Zzap!64 (34): 28. February 1988.
- ↑ "ACE Magazine Issue 05". February 1988.
- ↑ http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero051/TILT%20-%20n051%20-%20fevrier%201988%20-%20page028%20et%20029.jpg
- ↑ http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/garylinekerssuperstarsoccer.htm
- ↑ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (January 1988)". January 1988.
External links
- Superstar Soccer at GameFAQs
- Superstar Soccer Archived 2005-01-16 at the Wayback Machine at GameSpot