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trying to find the name of an old football arcade game

  • 18-11-2009 02:30PM
    #1
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭


    Guys I'm looking for some help.

    this is a football game that I only ever saw in one arcade, Ricardos on Camden St Dublin.

    I dont think it was called mutant football, but when you won the world cup you got to play a mutant team at the end, I think it had an all star team too.

    The graphics were decent, I think there were only two buttons, but pressing the two together let you jump over a tackle, heading the ball was execellent in this game, I wonder if that is enough info identify it.


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  • #2
    LoGiE
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 2,976 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoGiE


    Maybe give us the year you remember playing it? What was the perspective?


  • #3
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    would have been around 1994 and it was set up a little like super side kicks but the view was from further back,


  • #4
    LoGiE
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 2,976 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoGiE


    Hmmm... If it's not Football Champ (Hat Trick hero) and It's not any off the SSK games that doen't leave very many from that era. Is it Kick off by Jaleco? I'll have a look thru MAME later but you as you've mentioned the worldcup it could have been World cup 94 from Tecmo?


  • #5
    polyfusion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 679 ✭✭✭polyfusion


    Have a look through here:

    http://www.mamedb.com/category/Sports/Soccer


  • #6
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    LoGiE wrote: »
    Hmmm... If it's not Football Champ (Hat Trick hero) and It's not any off the SSK games that doen't leave very many from that era. Is it Kick off by Jaleco? I'll have a look thru MAME later but you as you've mentioned the worldcup it could have been World cup 94 from Tecmo?

    dont think it was them , looked them up, it might have been
    Hat Trick Hero
    or
    Prime Goal EX

    but I remember the players were more cartoony, thanks for the help, I'll get someone else to have a look at the pics


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  • #7
    Dark Savior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭Dark Savior


    Damn,this is bugging me.Is it Soccer Brawl by SNK? http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9604


  • #8
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 19,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Stoner wrote: »
    Guys I'm looking for some help.

    this is a football game that I only ever saw in one arcade, Ricardos on Camden St Dublin.

    I dont think it was called mutant football, but when you won the world cup you got to play a mutant team at the end, I think it had an all star team too.

    The graphics were decent, I think there were only two buttons, but pressing the two together let you jump over a tackle, heading the ball was execellent in this game, I wonder if that is enough info identify it.

    Was this not the game where you played the all star team at the end and depending on the amount of goals scored you went on to play a team of aliens if you beat the all star team.

    Atari Expo in tallaght had it, I used to play it all the time. The name escapes me but I will look through MAME now for it.


  • #9
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    yes there was an all star team to play before the mutant/alien team, that's correct we are getting there.


  • #10
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    Dark Savior wrote: »
    Damn,this is bugging me.Is it Soccer Brawl by SNK? http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9604

    sorry for blanking this, but that is not the game.


  • #11
    sengoku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭sengoku


    Atari Expo.......mmmmmmmmmm.

    The only football games that I remember being in that arcade were the many versions of Virtua Striker and the very lame Football Power.

    I wonder if that little weird fella still works in the Expo, the short fat man with a beard, he always reminded me of an Oompa-Loompa from the 1970's movie version of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.


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  • #12
    Kimbot
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    sengoku wrote: »
    Atari Expo.......mmmmmmmmmm.

    The only football games that I remember being in that arcade were the many versions of Virtua Striker and the very lame Football Power.

    I wonder if that little weird fella still works in the Expo, the short fat man with a beard, he always reminded me of an Oompa-Loompa from the 1970's movie version of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

    This was done long before they changed the layout. If i remember rightly they had this facing their Xmen COTA machine for a long time.

    I've seen that lad there a few times when I am up that way.


  • #13
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 19,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Stoner wrote: »
    yes there was an all star team to play before the mutant/alien team, that's correct we are getting there.

    I know the game and the odd time I go looking for it but soon get distracted. I will keep digging tho cos I loved that game.


  • #14
    cynos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 260 ✭✭cynos


    http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/
    on left hand side of page
    select Genre: Sports
    select Category: sports/soccer


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