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| Sensible Soccer | |
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 Cover art with Ruud Gullit | |
| Genre(s) | Sports (association football) |
| Developer(s) | Sensible Software |
| Platform(s) | Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, CD32, Atari ST, Game Boy, Master System, Xbox Live Arcade, Windows |
| First release | Sensible Soccer: European Champions 1992 |
| Latest release | Sensible World of Soccer 2007 |
| Spin-offs | Sensible Golf |
Sensible Soccer, often called Sensi, is an association football video game series which was popular in the early 1990s and which still retains a following.[1] It was developed by Sensible Software and first released for Amiga and Atari ST computers in 1992 as well as for the IBM PC compatibles. The series was created by Jon Hare and Chris Yates, as a successor to their previous football game MicroProse Soccer (1988), which in turn was inspired by the arcade video game Tehkan World Cup (1985).
It uses a zoomed-out bird's-eye view (the majority of games until then such as Kick Off and Match Day used a closer top-down or side view), editable national, club and custom teams and gameplay utilising a simple and user-friendly control scheme. One of the defining gameplay elements was the "aftertouch" feature, which enabled effective but unrealistic swerves.[2] The game topped charts such as Amiga Power's "All Time Top 100". The graphic style of the game was used in other Sensible Software games, such as Mega-Lo-Mania, Cannon Fodder and Sensible Golf. For its innovation and influence on the franchises that would dominate football games, such as FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer, the original title has been cited as one of the greatest video games by various publications.
A "spiritual successor" to Sensible Soccer, Sociable Soccer, was announced by Jon Hare in November 2015, and early versions for Microsoft Windows, mobile, and virtual reality were shown at nine different public venues across Europe, including Gamescom in Cologne and the London Science Museum in 2016, with development continuing despite an initially unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.[3] Sociable Soccer was released on Steam Early Access on 12 October 2017,[4] with PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS and Android versions to follow.[5]
- ^ Bachman, Ismet (2006). Sensible Soccer - The Cult of Sensible Soccer. SPH Magazines.
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- ^ Sociable Soccer on: Kickstarter, 13 November 2015
- ^ "Steam Store".
- ^ "Sociable Soccer - Official Site".