''Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer'' is a

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released in 1987 for the

Amstrad CPC The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spec ...

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and

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, published by

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in Europe, and by Mindscape as ''Superstar Soccer'' in the USA.

Gameplay

''Superstar Soccer'' is an arcade action soccer simulation game. The player controls one player at a time. In addition to taking the role of the

centre forward In the sport of association football, a forward (attacker or striker) is an outfield position which primarily plays further up the pitch than midfielders and defenders. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on be ...

, the player is also the manager of the team, responsible for hiring players and setting training regimes.

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1988 in ''

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'' #132 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars. ''

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'' magazine awarded the game 74%, describing it as "a pleasant and well-produced football game that is very playable, even if it isn't that true-to-life".

Reviews

* ''

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) ''ACE'' (''Advanced Computer Entertainment'') is a discontinued multi-format computer and video game magazine, first published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing and later acquired by EMAP. History ACE launched in October 1987, roughly ...

'' – February 1988, 739 out of 1,000 (74) * ''

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'' – February 1988, 13 out of 20 (65) * ''

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'' – February 1988, 6 out of 10 (60) * ''

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'' – December 1987

References

External links

''Superstar Soccer''
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1987 video games Amstrad CPC games Association football management video games Association football video games Commodore 64 games Lineker Lineker Gremlin Interactive games Mindscape games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games based on real people Video games developed in the United Kingdom ZX Spectrum games

Gameplay

Reception

Reviews

See also

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