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{{Infobox video game
|title = World Cup USA '94
|image = World Cup USA '94 Coverart.png
|caption = Packaging for the European Mega Drive version.
|developer = [[Company:Tiertex Design Studios|Tiertex Design Studios]]
|publisher = [[Company:U.S. Gold|U.S. Gold]]
|series = ''FIFA World Cup''
|released = 1994
|genre = [[Software:Sports game|Sports]]
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = [[Engineering:Sega Genesis|Genesis]], [[Engineering:Sega CD|Sega CD]], [[Engineering:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], [[Engineering:Master System|Master System]], [[Engineering:DOS|DOS]], [[Engineering:Amiga|Amiga]], [[Engineering:Game Gear|Game Gear]], [[Engineering:Game Boy|Game Boy]]
}}

'''''World Cup USA '94''''' is an association football [[Engineering:Video game|video game]] developed by [[Company:Tiertex Design Studios|Tiertex Design Studios]]<ref name="Tiertex Product Archive">{{cite web |url=http://tiertex.com/archive.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040322162754/http://tiertex.com/archive.html |title=Product Archive |publisher=[[Company:Tiertex Design Studios|Tiertex Design Studios]] |accessdate=15 August 2016 |archive-date=22 March 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and published by [[Company:U.S. Gold|U.S. Gold]]. It was released  for [[Engineering:Sega Genesis|Genesis]],<ref name="AllGame Genesis">{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12611 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115154136/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12611 |title=World Cup USA '94 (Genesis) overview |first=Scott Alan |last=Marriott |work=[[Software:AllGame|AllGame]] |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=15 August 2016 |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Engineering:Sega CD|Sega CD]],<ref name="AllGame Sega CD">{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12709 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115154132/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12709 |title=World Cup USA '94 (Sega CD) overview |first=Scott Alan |last=Marriott |work=[[Software:AllGame|AllGame]] |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=15 August 2016 |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Engineering:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]],<ref name="NintendoSNES">{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/snes_games.pdf |title=Super NES Games |publisher=Nintendo of America |accessdate=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030929033324/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/snes_games.pdf |archive-date=29 September 2003 |url-status=dead |quote=Title: World Cup USA '94 / Licensee: US Gold / Released: June 1994 }}</ref> [[Engineering:Master System|Master System]], [[Engineering:DOS|DOS]],<ref name="AllGame IBM PC">{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=21987 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115053902/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=21987 |title=World Cup USA '94 (PC) overview |first=Scott Alan |last=Marriott |work=[[Software:AllGame|AllGame]] |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=15 August 2016 |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Engineering:Game Boy|Game Boy]], and [[Engineering:Game Gear|Game Gear]] in 1994.<ref name="AllGame Game Gear">{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=22340 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115154136/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=22340 |title=World Cup USA '94 (Game Gear) overview |first=Scott Alan |last=Marriott |work=[[Software:AllGame|AllGame]] |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=15 August 2016 |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The game gives official groups, teams and the fidelity schedule of the championship. The PC and Sega CD versions have digitized stadium photos. The Genesis version carried the PolyGram Video logo across the stadium advertisement boards in the game. The Genesis version was also the first console game to support a 16:9 widescreen mode.

This was the last official FIFA World Cup franchise game before [[Company:Electronic Arts|Electronic Arts]] acquired the rights in 1996 for the ''FIFA Soccer'' series and the first official FIFA World Cup franchise game to feature non-qualified teams.

==Gameplay==
The game is viewed from a bird's eye-view perspective. Game time may be customised from as short as a minute per half to the full regular 45 minutes. A coin toss is determined by the 'home' team and play will commence. Depending on the options set before the match, the gamer may opt to have less dribble control (resulting in the game ball sliding in the direction of the player movement); manual goalkeeper control which puts the player in control of all goalkeeper saves and kicks; ball-trapping, of which the player will not be able to shield the ball and allows opponents to snatch it away without necessitating a tackle; and no pass-back rule which was implemented during World Cup '94 where a keeper may not pick up the ball whenever an outfield player passes it back to him.

If the gamer opts for manual goalkeeper control, the player would have to make a save by guessing where the opponent will place the ball and jumping into the general direction with any of the console buttons and the directional keys if applicable. Similarly, outfield players have the option to either pass the ball, kick it (when attempting to score a goal) or attempt a lob. Freekicks may also be executed using any of the above. However, a penalty kick is done in a different game screen similar to that of [[Software:World Cup 98 (video game)|World Cup 98 (video game)]] and where a hovering indicator swings from side to side to indicate the direction of the shot.

Basic tactics (or preset tactics) can also be customised prior to the game and may be changed in-game. Team rosters, while not based on real-life players, have variable attributes amongst its players and divided into three major skills which are speed, dribble control and shooting accuracy. Goalkeepers do not have a separate skill evaluation method and can be picked from normal players.

==Playable teams==
There are 24 teams qualified for the World Cup as well as 8 teams not qualified in the game.

===Qualified teams===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fb|ARG}}
* {{fb|BEL}}
* {{fb|BOL}}
* {{fb|BRA}}
* {{fb|BUL}}
* {{fb|CMR}}
* {{fb|COL}}
* {{fb|GER}}
* {{fb|GRE}}
* {{fb|IRL}}
* {{fb|ITA|1946}}
* {{fb|KOR|1984}}
* {{fb|MEX}}
* {{fb|MAR}}
* {{fb|NED}}
* {{fb|NGA}}
* {{fb|NOR}}
* {{fb|ROU}}
* {{fb|RUS}}
* {{fb|KSA}}
* {{fb|ESP}}
* {{fb|SWE}}
* {{fb|SUI}}
* {{fb|USA}}
{{div col end}}

===Non-qualified teams===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fb|AUS}}
* {{fb|DEN}}
* {{fb|ENG}}
* {{fb|FRA}}
* {{fb|JPN|1999}}
* {{fb|POR}}
* {{fb|SCO}}
* {{fb|WAL}}
{{div col end}}

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|rev1=''Mean Machines Sega''
|rev1Score=67% {{small|(GEN)}}<ref name="Mean Machines Sega">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/mean-machines-sega-magazine-21/MMSega_21_Jul_1994#page/n59/mode/2up|title=Mega Drive Review: World Cup USA '94|first1=Steve|last1=Merrett|first2=Angus|last2=Swan|magazine=Mean Machines Sega|publisher=EMAP|location=United Kingdom|issue=21|date=July 1994|pages=60–61}}</ref>
}}
''GamePro'' praised the SNES version's controls, sound effects, and "amazing range of options", though they criticized the graphics.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=World Cup: It's a Kick|magazine=GamePro|issue=60|publisher=IDG|date=July 1994|page=119}}</ref> Reviewing the Genesis version for ''Mean Machines Sega'', Steve Merrett  felt that the game is "completely outplayed by the likes of ''[[Software:Sensible Soccer|Sensi]]'' and ''FIFA''", while Angus Swan criticized the game's presentation for "{{bracket|m}}inuscule sprites, minimal animation and zeroid atmosphere."<ref name="Mean Machines Sega" />

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{MobyGames|id=/world-cup-usa-94}}

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