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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Olympic TV Football	Chicago Coin	1973	Olympic TV Football was produced by Chicago Coin Machine Co. in 1973. Chicago Coin Machine Co. released 317 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1931. Other machines made by Chicago Coin Machine Co. during the time period Olympic TV Football was produced include Big Top, TV Hockey, Coney Island, TV Pin Game, Riviera, Flying Tiger, MiniBaseball, Rodeo Shooting Gallery, Las Vegas, and Casino. A black and white soccer-like ball and paddle game from Chicago Coin.
Soccer	Ramtek	1973	"Introducing $OCCER another money machine from the makers of VOLLEY & HOCKEY" excerpt from the flyer: Here’s an action-packed video game that lets you cash in on the growing interest in European type soccer. Using the same designs that have made Ramtek’s "Volley" and "Hockey" overnight successes, Soccer will be even more profitable because it can be played by either two or fours players. This means more competitive involvement for increased replays.*[media=youtube]eqN9PKRhv-0[/media]*Soccer is a Pong variant with a soccer theme. 2 or 4 players can compete in a game of soccer, bouncing a ball across the screen with their paddles. When the ball enters the goal the scoring team wins a point. An early black and white one- to four-player soccer game from Ramtek. Soccer was produced by Ramtek in 1973. Ramtek released 15 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1973. Other machines made by Ramtek during the time period Soccer was produced include Hockey, Volly, Wipe Out, Clean Sweep, and Horoscope.
Soccer	Taito	1973	Soccer is a Pong variant which allows players to engage in soccer. Both players control two characters on the screen, the goalie and a forward player, all represented by paddles on a green background. The size of the players could be adjusted to change the difficulty of the game. There were two models released: standard and deluxe.
Super Soccer	Allied Leisure	1973	"We’ve teamed up And You’ll own a champ"***Super Soccer is a Pong variant. Two players bounce a ball around the screen and must prevent it from reaching their side. Instead of both players controlling a single paddle, each player controls 3 small paddles (with the same control) representing a forward, center and defender. The game lasts until a score limit is reached.
TV Goalee	Chicago Coin	1974	TV Goalee is a two-player Pong variant which is all about presentation. The TV screen is placed facing upwards inside the cabinet with a pop-up stadium and city skyline around it. The on-screen paddles are controlled with joysticks and can move in all directions. The ball does not ricochet off the sides but is instead returned to the field when kicked out. The game features some advanced sound effects like a referee whistle at the start of the game and a roaring crowd when a goal is scored.
World Cup	Atari;Atari France (Atari)	1974	Coup du Monde is the Atari France release of World Cup Cocktail. Release date is the same as Atari’s April 30, 1974. The discrete logistics claims this game is identical to Coup Franc. The game is also known as Soccer Cocktail, Pelé Soccer Cocktail, World Cup Football Cocktail. Cocktail version of World Cup. The game may have been cloned later as Goal IV.
Goal Kick	Sega	1974	Discrete logic soccer game. Players use knobs to control soccer players and a shoot button to kick the ball into the goal.
Atari Soccer	Atari	1980
Dribbling	Olympia	1983
Exciting Soccer	Alpha Denshi	1983	This is a vertical scrolling soccer game where the player has to choose one of six teams and play against the other five. The six teams include Italy, England, Brazil, West Germany, Austria, and France. If the game ends in a tie, the player will have a penalty shoot-out against the opponent where the player has three shots to win over his opponent. If the score is still tied afterward, the game ends.
Pro Soccer	Data East (Nihon Bussan;AV Japan)	1983
Exciting Soccer II	Alpha Denshi	1984
Indoor Soccer	Universal	1985
Tehkan World Cup	Tehkan	1985
Vs. Soccer	Nintendo	1985
Kick and Run	Taito	1986	I had to try this game again as it's one of the earliest soccer sim games I got to play costing 20 Irish pence a go at the time in a local (very) mini mall. It's got a limited team selection with incorrect kit colors and the frustrating thing about it is while dribbling is the easiest way to progress kicking is annoying as there appears to be only a hard kick (or shot) button and a lofted kick (long ball) button. Shooting for goal consists of holding hard kick for a few seconds and letting go for a max power shot but using the long kick button is annoying for passing or crossing as the ball movement is unpredictable and unrealisitc. Still a short term fun game, I love the background music in game though and the crowd sound for goal celebrations. Fun to compare to PES 2008 as an example of how far soccer sims have progressed. [El Pablo]
Mexico 86	Micro Research	1987	[[gameid:1581 Kick & Run]] clone.
Dynamic Shooting	Jaleco	1988
Fighting Soccer	SNK	1988
Kick Off	Jaleco	1988
Mega-Tech: World Championship Soccer	Sega	1989
Tecmo World Cup '90	Tecmo	1989
Football Champ	Taito	1990	[i]Hat Trick Hero[/i] is apparently only available in Japanese. It's possible that this title is actually written [i]Hat-Trick Hero[/i], but I'm unable to verify this. It may be the game was also released as [i]Euro Football Champ[/i]. If not, it is a common unofficial shortening of the full title.*This is the 2nd arcade Soccer sim I really got into in my youth (after Kick and Run) and recently I re-visited it and I have to say it's still great fun. For Soccer Fans what makes this game so fun is the nature of the soccer played in the game. For anyone who has played soccer as a kid you could think of playing a match in these games as a giant game of Headers and Volleys as it's the easiest way to progress in a game. You're action buttons are a low hard shot button (which is sliding tackle when not in possession) and a long high arcing kick (which is assault when not in possession, literally, as in a punch, jersey pull or flying knee), which is another reason the game is fun as you can take out your aggression when being humbled but too much assaulting leads to red cards, so basically the easiest way to score is to keep long kicking the ball upto and around your opponents penalty area then holding a kick button so you volley/bicycle kick/header/back heel the ball into the goal. I should further explain that this is also because all your players have instant first touch and control when recieving the ball, therefore you could literally volley the ball continuously around the pitch between your players before shooting. The one other thing that makes this game so fun for soccer heads like me is the simple but exciting goal celebration animations, which feature the player running to the crowd and sliding on his knees in front of them in one or (my fave) dropping to his knees and blessing himself if scoring real close to time up in the match among a few others, and then add to that the fact that a Brazilian style commentator shouts 'Gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaalllllllll' or even 'Haaaatttt-Triiick' if it's the players 3rd of the game, it's a little buzz everytime for real soccer-holics like me :-) As basic as it is modern soccer sims could learn to excite by copying a bit of this games style. By the way there are 3 versions of this: Football Champ, Hat Trick hero, and Euro Champ 92. The only differences are different selectable countries in each one. I prefer Euro Champ as Ireland are in it, YAY :-) [El Pablo]*Horizontal 11-a-side soccer game with a choice of international teams. Features include the ability to physically assault opposing team members in various ways.
World Soccer Finals	Leland	1990
Big Striker	Jaleco	1992	The bootleg has the 'Serie A' teams instead of the national ones.
Euro Champ 92	Taito	1992
Seibu Cup Soccer	Seibu	1992
Premier Soccer	Konami	1993
Super Cup Finals	Taito	1993
Super Sidekicks	SNK	1993
Tecmo World Cup - Mega Play)	Sega	1993
Dream Soccer '94	Data East (Irem)	1994
J-League Soccer V-Shoot	Namco	1994
Soccer Super Stars	Konami	1994
Soccer Superstars	Konami	1994
Super Visual Football	Sega	1994
Taito Power Goal	Taito	1994
V Goal Soccer	Tecmo	1994
World Cup '94	Tecmo	1994
Virtua Striker	Sega	1994
Five a Side Soccer	Konami	1995
Premier Soccer '95	Konami	1995
Super Football Champ	Taito	1995
World PK Soccer	Jaleco	1995
Back Street Soccer	Sun	1996
Grand Striker 2	Human	1996
Prime Goal EX	Namco	1996
Tecmo World Soccer '96	Tecmo	1996
Versus Net Soccer	Konami	1996
Capcom Sports Club	Capcom	1997

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