Un gioco del calcio per Linux Maggio 8, 2008 Ho trovato un gioco del calcio multipiattaforma chiamato Eat the Wistle rilasciato sotto licenza GPL2. Il gioco è stato sviluppato da un italiano (Gabriele Greco) per i mondiali di Francia 98 , ma lo sviluppo è fermo da 3 anni ormai. La grafica è abbastanza curata anche considerando l’età del gioco, i calciatori si muovono fluidamente e […]
Ho trovato un gioco del calcio multipiattaforma chiamato Eat the Wistle rilasciato sotto licenza GPL2. Il gioco è stato sviluppato da un italiano (Gabriele Greco) per i mondiali di Francia 98 , ma lo sviluppo è fermo da 3 anni ormai. La grafica è abbastanza curata anche considerando l’età del gioco, i calciatori si muovono fluidamente e sono ben animati (anche se un po’ piccoli). Inoltre il gioco permette tantissime modifiche ai parametri ed è compatibile con Sensible word of soccer. Sicura
Amanti dell’amiga ecco un gioco che ha consumato diversi joystick…. Sensible Soccer Va installato, sono solo 3mb e se non hai un joypad si gioca con le frecce e la barra spaziatrice….. scarica il gioco per tutti i dettagli..:www.oldschooldos.com
Sensible Soccer ‘98 is described by Sensible Software as “the most playable soccer game ever to grace the PC”. It features ’sensi Gameplay’, 7 pitch types, many stadiums, over 50 crowd chants, comprehensive on-pitch editor, and much more.
Try the 2006 version of this popular soccer game, where players literally have big heads! Demo features one match, between Argentina and England. “The all-new Sensible Soccer comes complete with lightning fast football action, mesmerising dribbling, physics defying sliding tackles and, most famously, a huge amount of unbelievable goals, that can go curling into the top corner, thanks to the outrageous levels of after-touch.”
Primarily Amiga, latterly Xbox 360 Live Arcade and Windows Vista (see below for details of other platforms for individual titles in the series)
Release date
1992 - Sensible Soccer 1994 - Sensible World of Soccer 1998 - Sensible Soccer 98 2006 - Sensible Soccer 2006 2007 - Sensible World of Soccer (Xbox 360 / Windows)
Genre(s)
Sports, football
Mode(s)
Single player, 2 player
Media
Floppy disk (Amiga) CD-ROM (PC) Download (Xbox 360)
Sensible Soccer, often affectionately known as Sensi, is a football (soccer) video game series which was highly popular in the early 1990s and which still retains a cult following. Developed by Sensible Software and first released for Amiga and Atari ST computers in 1992 as well as for the PC, it featured a zoomed-out bird's-eye view (most games until then such as Kick Off and Matchday used a closer top-down or side view), editable national, club and custom teams and gameplay utilising a relatively simple and user-friendly control scheme. The game topped charts such as Amiga Power's "All Time Top 100".
History
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Origins
Sensible World of Soccer, commonly referred to as SWOS, was released in 1994. It became a first in video games when it attempted to encompass the entire professional footballing world into one game. Featuring many divisions in many countries around the globe, it featured a twenty season career mode which allowed players to manage and play as thousands of different clubs from across the globe, many of which were very obscure.
Next generation
On November 1, 2005, it was announced in an interview at gaming website Eurogamer that the series would make a return in the Summer of 2006, with a full 3D title to be released on PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox . Codemasters, the holders of the licence, would release the game across all PAL territories, with the design capabilities overseen by Jon Hare, the original designer of the game. On June 9, 2006, it was released in Europe. No North American release is planned at this time.
Xbox Live Arcade
On September 27, 2006, Codemasters announced a new version of Sensible World of Soccer for the Xbox 360 to be released in summer 2007 on Xbox Live Arcade. It features both the classic "retro" visuals of the original SWOS, as well as new improved high definition graphics, and retains the exact gameplay of the 96/97 version of Sensible World of Soccer. Due to problems with the game's network performance, the release was delayed in order for "significant proportions" of the network code to be rewritten. After missing several previous release dates, the game appeared on Xbox Live Arcade on December 19, 2007 but was quickly pulled. A statement from Microsoft confirmed that an incorrect version of the game had been made available, in which online play was not possible. The fixed version of the game was released two days later on December 21. The Windows version is still yet to be given a release date.
Awards
On March 12, 2007, the New York Times reported that The Sensible World of Soccer (1994) was named to a list of the ten most important video games of all time by Stanford Professor Henry Lowood and the four members of his committee — the game designers Warren Spector and Steve Meretzky; Matteo Bittanti, an academic researcher; and Christopher Grant, a game journalist. 2 This list was also announced at the 2007 Game Developers Conference.
Games in the series
Title
Year of release
Platform(s)
Notes (All versions developed by Sensible Software except as stated)
Sensible Soccer
1992
Amiga, DOS, Atari ST, SNES, Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive, Atari Jaguar, Sega Mega-CD, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System
The "standard name" for games in the series. Console versions are based on the Sensible Soccer 92/93 version, but are simply named "Sensible Soccer" (DOS version converted by Wave Software, Jaguar version converted by Krisalis Software), Game Gear version developed by Eurocom.
Sensible Soccer 92/93
1992
Amiga, Atari ST
Slightly improved version of Sensible Soccer, including red and yellow cards
Sensible Soccer International Edition
1993
Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, Mega Drive
Slightly improved version, including slight gameplay adjustments, World Cup tournament and on-screen referees
Sensible World of Soccer
1994
Amiga, DOS
Features a title song "Goal Scoring Superstar Hero" composed by Richard Joseph and Jon Hare. The original Swos contained a few bugs, which led to complaints. A free update disk to rectify these bugs was released in April 1995. (DOS version converted by Wave Software).
Sensible World of Soccer 95–96
1995
Amiga, DOS
Improved version of SWOS. Chris Chapman, the lead programmer said that this was the version they originally wanted to create (DOS version converted by Wave Software).
Sensible World Of Soccer European Championship Edition
1995
Amiga, DOS, SNES
Slightly Improved version of SWOS. (DOS version converted by Wave Software).
Sensible World Of Soccer 96–97
1996
Amiga, DOS
Team update (DOS version converted by Wave Software).
Sensible World Of Soccer 97–98
1997
Amiga, DOS
Team update (DOS version converted by Wave Software).
Sensible Soccer 98
1998
DOS, Windows
3D version, much maligned because it bore little relation to the original game. Originally supposed to be called Sensible Soccer 2000, and reviewed by one magazine under that name.
Sensible Soccer 98 European Club Edition
1999
PlayStation, Windows
Tweaked update version. (Playstation version converted by Krisalis Software).
Sensible Soccer Mobile
2005
Java
Developed by Tower Studios for Kuju Wireless (now acquired by Finesse Mobile) 1
Sensible Soccer 2006
2006
Windows, PS2, Xbox
First original game released in seven years (Developed by Kuju Entertainment with Jon Hare) 1.
Sensible Soccer Skillz
2006
Java
(Developed by Cobra Mobile) 1
Sensible World of Soccer
2007
Xbox 360, Windows Vista
A remake of the game 96/97 version for Xbox Live Arcade and Windows Vista. Added features include online multiplayer, a zoom function and leaderboards.
Trivia
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Sensible Soccer spawned several clones, amongst them Croteam's Football Glory, for which they were sued by Sensible Software. The game's Croatian programmer claimed to have never seen, let alone played, Sensible Soccer.
The graphic style of the game was used in other Sensible Software games, such as Mega Lo Mania, Cannon Fodder and Sensible Golf.
One Christmas, a free Sensible Software minigame was included on an Amiga Format cover disk. Called Cannon Soccer, it was essentially two bonus levels of Cannon Fodder (one of Sensible Software's other titles) in which the soldiers fought hordes of Sensible Soccer players in a snowy landscape.
On the Amiga Power Coverdisk 21 one of the demos was "Sensible Soccer Meets Bulldog Blighty". This featured a mode of play that involved replacing players with soldiers from Cannon Fodder, and the ball with a hand grenade. The grenade would randomly begin to flash eventually exploding, killing any nearby players.
Sensible World of Moon Soccer a free covermount disk included with an issue of Amiga Action magazine in the UK,play as Moon united. featured low gravity, a cratered pitch and hordes of alien players to trade.
The developers released a humorous spin-off called unSensible Soccer which consisted of apples vs oranges instead of men. It was released as a free covermount disk with some magazines at the time.
SWOS 1996 received a score of 96% from Amiga Power, the highest mark given for any game in their 65-issue run.
Sensible World of Soccer (1994) received recognition as one of the Ten Most Important Video Games of All Time by the History of Science and Technology Collections at Stanford University.
The game was almost published by Virgin Games, but they insisted on it being called Virgin Soccer.
References
^ Sensible World of Soccer 96/97 at Eurogamer.net
^ Codemasters talks Sensible Soccer XBLA at Eurogamer.net
^ Gamespot - XBLA getting Sensible Dec. 19
^ SWOS pulled from Live Arcade, Eurogamer, 19 December 2007.
^Sensible World of Moon Soccer at Hall of Light.
External links
Sensible Soccer 2006 on Codemasters.com
Sensible World of Soccer on Xbox.com
Swos database with Amiga/XBLA name conversion table
