Soccer (1985) NES Micro-Review

~ BitRot
who’s ready for some FOOBAW (that is to say soccer and not american football)

Soccer (1985)
Developed by: Intelligent Systems
Published by: Nintendo
Released in: NA, JP, EU

Soccer on the NES is definitely a soccer game on the NES. It’s soccer in its simplest, purest form; score more points than the other guys to win.

interesting soccer (1985) fact: the field is green because most soccer pitches are green in real life also. this is because they are covered in grass.

The only thing you can do in the game is pass and shoot the ball – there’s no sliding, headers or any fancy footwork here. There’s no stylistic visual flair or music outside of the title screen jingle, either. Though there are technically different teams to choose from, the only difference between teams is the colour of their jerseys. There’s no different play modes to speak of outside of single matches. The only thing of interest in this whole ass game is that half-time brings out a gaggle of cheerleaders to do a little jig, despite the fact that I’ve never seen cheerleaders at a soccer game in my entire life. But hey, at least that’s something.

soccer (1985) “ending” screenshot taken by me. i now officially qualify to take part in the annual soccer (1985) esports tournament, in which the only game played is soccer (1985). the winner receives a copy of soccer (1985) on NES! my esports handle is “soccer (1985)” so you can’t miss me.

There isn’t too much else to say about Soccer on the NES. Once you’ve played one round, you’ve played them all. It was a decent kick for 1985, but Soccer is only worth looking into if you’ve got nothing better to do while warming benches today.

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