Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer

1987 video game
1987 video game
  • NA: Mindscape[1]
  • EU: Gremlin Interactive[1]
Designer(s)John Fitzpatrick[1]Platform(s)Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPCReleaseCommodore 64:
  • NA: 1987[1]
  • EU: 1987[1]
Genre(s)Traditional sports simulator[1]Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer is a computer game released in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, published by Gremlin Interactive in Europe, and by Mindscape as Superstar Soccer in the USA.[1]

Gameplay

Superstar Soccer is an arcade action soccer simulation game. The player controls one player at a time.[2] In addition to taking the role of the centre forward, the player is also the manager of the team, responsible for hiring players and setting training regimes.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Crash52%[3]
Dragon
Sinclair User6/10[4]
Your Sinclair6/10[5]
ACE906[6]
Zzap!6474%

The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #132 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars.[2]

Zzap!64 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".[7]

Reviews

  • ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) – February 1988,[8] 739 out of 1,000 (74)
  • Tilt – February 1988,[9] 13 out of 20 (65)
  • Your Sinclair – February 1988,[10] 6 out of 10 (60)
  • ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) – December 1987[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "GameFAQs - Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer". GameFAQs.
  2. ^ a b Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (April 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (132): 80–85.
  3. ^ "World of Spectrum - Magazines". www.worldofspectrum.org.
  4. ^ "World of Spectrum - Magazines". www.worldofspectrum.org.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2012-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "World of Spectrum - Magazines". www.worldofspectrum.org.
  7. ^ "Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer". Zzap!64 (34): 28. February 1988.
  8. ^ "ACE Magazine Issue 05". February 1988.
  9. ^ http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero051/TILT%20-%20n051%20-%20fevrier%201988%20-%20page028%20et%20029.jpg [bare URL image file]
  10. ^ http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/garylinekerssuperstarsoccer.htm [bare URL]
  11. ^ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (January 1988)". January 1988.