Software:Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer
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| Developer(s) | SportTime[1] |
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| 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
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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
- Gary Lineker
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "GameFAQs - Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/c64/data/571953.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (April 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (132): 80–85.
- ↑ "World of Spectrum - Magazines". http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue49/Pages/Crash4900013.jpg.
- ↑ "World of Spectrum - Magazines". http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=SinclairUser/Issue070/Pages/SinclairUser07000101.jpg.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/garylinekerssuperstarsoccer.htm#.
- ↑ "World of Spectrum - Magazines". http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ACE/Issue05/Pages/ACE0500052.jpg.
- ↑ "Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer". Zzap!64 (34): 28. February 1988. http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=034&page=028&thumbstart=17&magazine=zzap.
- ↑ "ACE Magazine Issue 05". February 1988. https://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-05/page/n51/mode/2up.
- ↑ 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. https://archive.org/details/asm_magazine-1988-01/page/n51/mode/2up.
External links
- Superstar Soccer at GameFAQs
- Superstar Soccer at GameSpot
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