Credits | |||||||||||||
Released: | 1991 (33 years ago) | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | Krisalis | ||||||||||||
Coder: | John Scott | ||||||||||||
Graphics: | Neil Adamson | ||||||||||||
Musician: | Matt Furniss | ||||||||||||
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Main Control: | Joystick (Port 2) | ||||||||||||
Players: | 1 Only | ||||||||||||
Language: | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | ||||||||||||
Retail Price: | £11.99 Tape £15.99 Disk £3.99 Tape (Buzz re-release) £4.99 Disk (Buzz re-release) | ||||||||||||
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Categorization | |||||||||||||
Genre: | Sports, Football/Soccer | ||||||||||||
Tags: | Simulation, Sports, Football (European)/Soccer, Licensed | ||||||||||||
Tie-In License | |||||||||||||
Name: | Manchester United F.C. | ||||||||||||
Type: | Brand | ||||||||||||
Reference: | Manchester United F.C. on Wikipedia | ||||||||||||
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Sequel to: | Manchester United: The Official Computer Game | ||||||||||||
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Added by Kim Lemon, Nov 26, 2001.
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Nice game. Probably my second favourite football game, after Matchday 2 (I don't like overhead arcade ones like Microprose Soccer).
The tatics section is quite OK with the real teams and some nice options. The arcade section is challenging. It's very hard to score a goal, specially inside the penalty area the goalkeepers are unbeatable. The trick seems to be the aftertouch "curve effect" in the shots, which is difficult to master.
It's quite pleasing to see that by 1991 foul play, free kicks and so on have become standards, and it works well enough here. We also get loads of European opponents with varying strengths, and actually pretty good gameplay. The game takes advantage of what has been pioneered by the first Kick Off on the Commie, namely that a vertically scrolling pitch is actually closer to the real world than a horizontal one. The manager part is just a bit of tactics, not really a management simulation.
That being said, it has all been done before. In 1987 an offering like this would have been sensational, in 1988 a strong contender, in 1989 a welcome addition, but in 1991? Still, easily 7/10.