Tecmo World Cup '90

Tecmo World Cup '90 is a football (soccer) arcade game released in 1989 by Tecmo. An unofficial bootleg of the game named Euro League featuring European club teams was also released. An unfaithful home version was developed by SIMS for the Sega Mega Drive renamed simply Tecmo World Cup (in Japan, the game was called Tecmo World Cup '92), and ported to the Sega Master System as Tecmo World Cup '93.

Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Tecmo[1]
Publisher(s)Tecmo[1]
Platform(s)Arcade
Mega Drive
Release
Genre(s)Traditional soccer simulation[1]
Mode(s)Single-player
2-player Simultaneous
CabinetUpright/Table-Top
DisplayStandard resolution raster

Gameplay

The player can select one from eight available national teams in Tecmo World Cup '90. Japan were included despite them failing to qualify for the World Cup in 1990. The game was an unofficial release, giving them the chance to include the team to appease Japanese players.

The following teams were selectable.

A later European revision of the game was released which included  France (also non-qualifiers) in place of the US and  Spain in place of Japan.

The Genesis version (and Master System's) features 24 national teams:

Euro League features 8 club teams:

Note that in this bootleg the official club names and logos are not used.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Tecmo World Cup '90 on their November 1, 1989 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the year.[2]

gollark: GTech Apiary Site-902?
gollark: Well, this is Bee City, after all¸city of bees.
gollark: Wait, they're conjured, so won't they just vanish anyway?
gollark: BEE YOU.
gollark: INCLUDING the ones in my containment cube, heavpoot?

References
  1. Tecmo World Cup 90 at GameFAQs
  2. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 367. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 November 1989. p. 29.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.