World Cup Italia '90
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Developer(s) | Sega |
Publisher(s) | Sega, Virgin Mastertronic |
Series | FIFA World Cup |
Platform(s) | Mega Drive, Master System |
Release | 2 November 1990 |
Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
World Cup Italia '90 is a football video game by Sega for Mega Drive in 1990 and Master System in 1991. The Mega Drive version is the European release of World Championship Soccer. The Master System version was released in Brazil as Super Futebol II.
Summary
Only the Master System game gives official groups, teams and the fidelity schedule of the championship. Gameplay occurs at a bird's-eye view and sees the player given the choice of participating as any of the teams that featured in the tournament itself (excluding the Republic of Ireland), and no qualifying tournaments to reach the World Cup are available on this game.
The Mega Drive version was later renamed to Sega Soccer on the Mega 6 compilation cartridge removing the Virgin Mastertronic credits.
In Brazil, the Master System version was released as a Master System exclusive with the name Super Futebol II. Super Futebol had been the name used in Brazil for World Championship Soccer.
Official license
Virgin Mastertronic owned the home license for the official video game of the 1990 World Cup. This was used on their self-developed games for home computers under the title World Cup Soccer: Italia '90. They also published Sega games in Europe so used the licence for the different games for the Sega consoles.
This is the second licensed game based on the FIFA World Cup featuring the official logo and the mascot, the first having been the ill-fated World Cup Carnival for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Playable nations
A 24 countries were able to be played on the game. They are:
Algeria
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
China
Denmark
England
Spain
France
West Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
South Korea
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Peru
Poland
Scotland
Soviet Union
Uruguay
United States
Yugoslavia
Not all these teams qualified for the real life 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Reception
Publication | Score |
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Computer and Video Games | 44% [1] |
Mega placed the game at #5 in their list of the 10 Worst Mega Drive Games of All Time,[2] and awarded a score of 40%.[3]
See also
There are other unofficial Italia '90 games: Italy 1990, Italy '90 Soccer and Italia 1990.
References
- ^ "Computer & Video Games Issue 112" (112). March 1991: 78. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
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(help) - ^ Mega magazine issue 1, page 85, Future Publishing, Oct 1992
- ^ Mega rating, issue 9, page 23, Future Publishing, June 1993
External links
- Fan page
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- World Cup Carnival (1986)
- World Cup Soccer: Italia '90 · World Cup Italia '90 (1990)
- World Cup USA '94 (1994)
- World Cup 98 · Jikkyō World Soccer: World Cup France '98 · World Soccer Jikkyō Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98 · World Cup '98 France: Road to Win (1998)
- 2002 FIFA World Cup (2002)
- 2006 FIFA World Cup (2006)
- 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (2010)
- 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (2014)
- FIFA 18 World Cup DLC (2018)
- FIFA 23 World Cup DLC (2022)
- FIFA 19 Women's World Cup DLC (2019)
- FIFA 23 Women's World Cup DLC (2023)
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