''World League Soccer'', known as in Japan, is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

-based

sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, th ...

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...

developed by C-Lab, and released for Super NES and

Sharp X68000 The is a home computer created by Sharp Corporation. It was first released in 1987 and sold only in Japan. The initial model has a 10 MHz Motorola 68000 CPU, 1 MB of RAM, and lacks a hard drive. The final model was released in 1993 wit ...

systems in 1991.

Gameplay

This video game was ported from the original Amiga version called '' Kick Off 2'', which was one of the most popular soccer game of the early 1990s. The game features a full

tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...

mode in addition to four different pitches (including a

plastic Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be moulded, extruded or pressed into solid objects of various shapes. This adaptab ...

pitch which caused controversy in the 1980s for some English football clubs). The game's two-player mode largely requires on luck instead of skill to make plays like goals and free kicks. While the graphics are standard for the Super NES, the "jerky" scrolling destroys the limited playability that exists in the game. Each game has a large field along with a massive variety of options and a signature overhead view; making the game similar to ''

World Championship Soccer ''World Championship Soccer'' (ワールドカップサッカー) is a soccer game running on Sega's Mega-Tech arcade cabinet system and was released as one of the first games for the Sega Genesis system in North America in September 1989. The ...

'' for the

Sega Mega Drive The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master Syst ...

; however, the viewpoint is much to be desired and the almost complete lack of gameplay spoil all the enjoyment out of the game. Ball handling controls tend to be extremely difficult despite the simplistic approach to soccer. A variety of moves, including the aftertouch, are fully accessible with by only using one button on a standard joystick. This is a feature that is exclusive to this game and not found even on modern soccer games.

''Pro Soccer 68''

''Pro Soccer 68'' was released for the

in 1991. It was developed by

SPS SPS may refer to: Law and government * Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the WTO * NATO Science for Peace and Security * Single Payment Scheme, an EU agricultural subsidy * The Standard Procurement System, fo ...

and published by Imagineer. ''Pro Soccer'' (known in Europe and US as ''Super Kick Off'') was also released for the Game Boy in 1992.

References

{{reflist 1991 video games Association football video games C-Lab games Imagineer games X68000 games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games developed in Japan Mindscape games