Software:Olympic Soccer

Olympic Soccer
Saturn cover art (Europe)
Developer(s)	Silicon Dreams
Publisher(s)	Eidos Interactive Panasonic U.S. Gold JP: Coconuts Japan Entertainment
Platform(s)	3DO, MS-DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Release	NA: August 6, 1996 EU: August 1996 JP: August 30, 1996
Genre(s)	Sports

Olympic Soccer is a 1996 association football video game developed by Silicon Dreams and published by U.S. Gold, released for the PlayStation, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Sega Saturn, and MS-DOS compatible operating systems. A Panasonic M2 version was never completed because of the system's cancellation.

Playable teams

32 national football teams are playable in the game. These are:

• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Brazil
• China PR
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• England
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Republic of Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Netherlands
• Northern Ireland
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Scotland
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United States
• Wales

Gameplay

Olympic Soccer is a soccer game that offers expanded control aspects for the players and enables many special maneuvers.

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "if general entertainment ranks above true realism in your criteria for soccer games, Olympic Soccer will fit the bill precisely."

Next Generation reviewed the 3DO version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "It still can't compete with FIFA, especially given they're both available for 3DO, but for a fast-paced, exciting one- or two-player game, the 3DO doesn't have many games of this caliber."

Reviews

• Electronic Gaming Monthly (Jul, 1996)
• Mean Machines - Aug, 1996
• IGN - Nov 25, 1996
• PC Games - Nov, 1996