Software:Starfire Soccer Challenge
| Starfire Soccer Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Purple Moon |
| Release | 1998 |
Starfire Soccer Challenge is a video game by Purple Moon, released in November 1998.[1]
Plot and gameplay
The game sees the player control an all-girls soccer team. The game sees a continuation of the characters from Rockett's New School and Secret Paths.[2]
Production
The game's pioneering design was, like other Purple Moon titles, built off of years of research.[2][3] At the time, American women were close to winning the World Cup, and women's soccer had become important to the target market.[4] The research impacted both the plot and the user interface (UI) of the title.[4] It became the first sports CD-ROM designed for girls.[5] While boys' sports games have superstar athletes, this game was designed to have girl next door characters that the player could relate to.[5] Sarah Stocker served as the game's producer.[6]
Critical reception
The game received a more positive reception from feminists than Purple Moon's other games.[1] Brenda Laurel: Pioneering Games for Girls noted the game took a fresh take on the sports game.[2] The journal article Stuck on Screens: Patterns of Computer and Gaming Station Use in Youth Seen in a Psychiatric Clinic described the game as an "outstanding example of digital technology supporting positive emotional development".[7]
The game received a nomination for "PC Children's Entertainment Title of the Year" at the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hafner, Katie (10 September 1998). "Girl Games: Plenty And Pink". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/10/technology/girl-games-plenty-and-pink.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kocurek, Carly A. (9 February 2017). Brenda Laurel: Pioneering Games for Girls. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781501319792. https://books.google.com/books?id=_n6oDQAAQBAJ&q=%22Starfire+Soccer+Challenge%22&pg=PA18.
- ↑ Laurel, Brenda (2 April 2018). Utopian Entrepreneur. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262621533. https://books.google.com/books?id=DuBJUzipvRQC&q=%22Starfire+Soccer+Challenge%22&pg=PA41.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Q&A with Brenda Laurel: We "brought girls roaring into the online game space"". 2 March 2009. https://blog.ted.com/interview_with_2/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Battle Creek Enquirer from Battle Creek, Michigan on October 13, 1998 · Page 31". 13 October 1998. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/207185393/.
- ↑ Jonric, Richard Aihoshi- (1 May 2002). "Sarah Stocker (Stormfront Studios) Interview". http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/01/sarah-stocker-stormfront-studios-interview.
- ↑ "Stuck on screens: patterns of computer and gaming station use in youth seen in a psychiatric clinic". Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 20 (2): 95. May 2011. PMID 21541097.
- ↑ "Second Interactive Achievement Awards - Personal Computer". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html.
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