Gazza's Superstar Soccer
Gazza's Superstar Soccer is a football game released for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Amiga 500/600, Atari ST and Commodore 64 platforms. It was created in 1989 by Empire Interactive, and was named after the popular English footballer Paul Gascoigne.[1] It was also released in the Netherlands and Germany as Bodo Illgner's Super Soccer[2] and in Scandinavia as Anders Limpar's Proffs Fotboll
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| Developer(s) | Empire Interactive |
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| Publisher(s) | Empire Interactive |
| Platform(s) | Amiga 500/600, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1989 |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | 1 or 2 players |
The game was included in several sports games compilations, such as Soccer Mania[3] and Grandstand.[4] The game had also a sequel, named Gazza II.[5]
Gameplay
The game has no scroll. Instead, it has three different screens showing one third of the field each. In one the player gets a side view of the middle of the field. When the ball goes out of the screen, a new screen with the goal at its top is shown (the camera is "flying" over the middle of the field).
A triangle is used to indicate the height and side effect of each shot.
References
- Gazza's Super Soccer Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine at ysrnry.co.uk
- Gazza's Super Soccer Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine and Bodo Illgner's Super Soccer at thelegacy.de
- http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012353
- Grandstand at hol.abime.net
- Gazza's Super Soccer at worldofspectrum.org
External links
- Commodore 64 screenshots of the game at s64.emuunlim.com
- Amstrad version of the game review at cpcgamereviews.com
- Anders Limpar Soccer screenshot in C64 at rawgamer.de
- Gazza's Superstar Soccer at Edward Grabowski's