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Winning Eleven 2010 Konami2010 soccer winningeleven labelminimizeminimize
Winning Eleven Arcade Championship 2008 Konami2008 soccer winningeleven labelminimizeminimize
Winning Eleven 2006 Konami2006 soccer winningeleven labelminimizeminimize
Winning Eleven 2006 Arcade Championship Konami2006 soccer winningeleven labelminimizeminimize
Virtua Striker 4 Sega2005 soccer triforce-hw labelminimizeminimize
World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Game Style 2003 Konami2004 konamipyson-hw soccer winningeleven labelminimizeminimize
Gaelco Football Gaelco (Zigurat)2002 gaelco3d-hw horizontalscreen nomame soccer labelimageminimize
Virtua Striker 2002 Sega2002 mamenotplayable soccer triforce-hw labelminimizeminimize
World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Game Style  Konami2002 horizontalscreen konamipyson-hw soccer winningeleven labelimageminimize
Virtua Striker 3 Sega2001 naomi2-hw soccer labelminimizeminimize
Football POWER  Gaelco (Zigurat Software)2000 gaelco3d-hw soccer labelimageminimize
Tecmo World Cup Millennium Tecmo2000 soccer worldchampionship labelminimizeminimize
Virtua Striker 2 Ver.2000 Sega2000 naomi-hw soccer labelminimizeminimize
Virtua Striker 2 - Version '99 Sega1999 segamodel3-hw segamodel3.20-hw soccer labelminimizeminimize
Tecmo World Cup '98 Tecmo1998 horizontalscreen soccer stvtitan-hw worldchampionship labelimageminimize
The World Soccer Championship  Konami1998 horizontalscreen konamim2-hw soccer labelminimizeminimize
Virtua Striker 2 - Version '98 Sega1998 horizontalscreen segamodel3-hw segamodel3.15-hw segamodel3.20-hw soccer labelimageminimize
Capcom Sports Club  Capcom1997 basketball cps2-hw horizontalscreen mame multisport soccer tennis labelimageminimize
Libero Grande Namco1997 namcosystem12-hw soccer Football game. labelimageminimize
Virtua Striker 2 Sega1997 segamodel3-hw segamodel3.15-hw soccer Virtua Striker 2, the sequel to the smash hit Virtua Striker, has been filling up the arcades. This game is now the most unbelievably realistic game I have ever seen. Using the Model 3 board, everything about this game has been made faster, better, and pardon my grammar:funner.

The graphics from the original Virtua Striker have been smoothed out and the players look incredible. Detail has been taken to a point where the players have different hair, cheekbones, and realistic eyes. But graphics can't be good without movement. VS2's movement has been a big
upgrade from the original. They walk, they run, they kick, they roll in pain, they take drinks, and they dance after scoring a goal in the most human like ways. Players even shake hands after a game is over. Virtua Striker's slightly blocky bodies and sometime akward movement, have been
transformed by the Model 3, into real people.

I'm not sure what to say about the sound. The sound from the original game was already great. Since Sega couldn't really make the sound better, so I feel they just made the sound a bit less muffled and a bit sharper. The crowds still chant official team songs, players yell in pain after being tackled, and the same great voice of the guy yelling,"GOOOOOAAAALLLL!".
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World PK Soccer V2 Jaleco1997 mame soccer labelimageminimize
Back Street Soccer Sun1996 horizontalscreen mame soccer labelimageminimize
Grand Striker 2 Human1996 mame metro-hw soccer labelimageminimize
Prime Goal EX Namco1996 mame namcosystem11-hw soccer labelimageminimize
Tecmo World Soccer '96 Tecmo1996 soccer labelminimizeminimize
Versus Net Soccer Konami1996 konamigx-hw soccer labelimageminimize
Five a Side Soccer Konami1995 soccer verticalscreen labelimageminimize
Premier Soccer '95 Konami1995 soccer labelminimizeminimize
Super Football Champ Taito1995 horizontalscreen mame soccer taitofx1-hw labelimageminimize
World PK Soccer  Jaleco1995 iremm107-hw mame soccer labelminimizeminimize
Virtua Striker Sega1994 horizontalscreen mame segamodel2bcrx-hw soccer labelimageminimize
Dream Soccer '94 Data East (Irem)1994 iremm107-hw iremm92-hw mame soccer labelminimizeminimize
J-League Soccer V-Shoot Namco1994 namcosystemnb1-hw soccer labelminimizeminimize
Soccer Super Stars Konami1994 konamigx-hw soccer labelminimizeminimize
Soccer Superstars Konami1994 konamigx-hw soccer labelimageminimize
Super Visual Football  Sega1994 mame segasystem32-hw soccer labelimageminimize
Taito Power Goal  Taito1994 f3sys-hw mame soccer labelimageminimize
V Goal Soccer Tecmo1994 horizontalscreen mamenotplayable soccer labelimageminimize
World Cup '94 Tecmo1994 soccer worldchampionship labelminimizeminimize
Premier Soccer Konami1993 horizontalscreen konamitmnt-hw mame soccer labelimageminimize
Super Cup Finals Taito1993 f3sys-hw horizontalscreen mame soccer labelimageminimize
Super Sidekicks  SNK1993 horizontalscreen mame soccer labelimageminimize
Tecmo World Cup - Mega Play) Sega1993 mame segamegaplay-hw soccer worldchampionship labelminimizeminimize
Big Striker  Jaleco1992 jalecomegasystem1-hw mame soccer The bootleg has the 'Serie A' teams instead of the national ones. labelimageminimize
Euro Champ 92 Taito1992 horizontalscreen mame soccer labelimageminimize
Seibu Cup Soccer Seibu1992 horizontalscreen mame soccer labelimageminimize
Football Champ  Taito1990 horizontalscreen mame soccer [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.
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World Soccer Finals Leland1990 horizontalscreen leland90system-hw mame soccer labelimageminimize
Mega-Tech: World Championship Soccer  Sega1989 horizontalscreen soccer worldchampionship labelimageminimize
Tecmo World Cup '90  Tecmo1989 custom-hw horizontalscreen mamenotplayable soccer worldchampionship labelimageminimize
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