Tecmo World Cup '90
{{Short description|1989 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title =
|image = Tecmo World Cup '90
|caption = Japanese arcade flyer
|developer = Tecmo
|publisher = Tecmo
|designer =
|engine =
|release = {{vgrelease|JP|July 27, 1989{{cite web |title=Tecmo World Cup '90 (Registration Number PA0000446966) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=United States Copyright Office |access-date=21 September 2021}}|NA|September 1989{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |page=138 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n139}}|EU|December 1989}}
|genre = Sports (association football)[http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/584140-tecmo-world-cup-90/data Tecmo World Cup 90] at GameFAQs
|modes = Single-player, 2-player simultaneous
|platforms = Arcade
Mega Drive
}}
Tecmo World Cup '90 is an association football video game released by Tecmo as an arcade video game in 1989. It was a successor to Tecmo's Tehkan World Cup (1985) and is based on the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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 Mega Drive renamed simply Tecmo World Cup (in Japan, the game was called Tecmo World Cup '92), and ported to the Master System as Tecmo World Cup '93.
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 are selectable:
- {{fb|Japan}}
- {{fb|USA}}
- {{fb|England}}
- {{fb|Argentina}}
- {{fb|Brazil}}
- {{fb|West Germany}}
- {{fb|Soviet Union}}
- {{fb|Italy}}
A European revision of the game was later released, which includes {{fb|France}} (also non-qualifiers) in place of the US and {{fb|Spain}} in place of Japan.
The Genesis version and Master System versions feature 24 national teams:
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- {{fb|Algeria}}
- {{fb|Argentina}}
- {{fb|Belgium}}
- {{fb|Brazil}}
- {{fb|China}}
- {{fb|Denmark}}
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- {{fb|England}}
- {{fb|France}}
- {{fb|Germany}}
- {{fb|Netherlands}}
- {{fb|Hungary}}
- {{fb|Italy}}
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- {{fb|Japan}}
- {{fb|Korea Republic}}
- {{fb|Mexico}}
- {{fb|Morocco}}
- {{fb|Peru}}
- {{fb|Poland}}
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- {{fb|Scotland}}
- {{fb|Spain}}
- {{fb|Soviet Union}} ({{fb|Russia}} in the American version and on Master System version)
- {{fb|Uruguay}}
- {{fb|United States}}
- {{fb|Yugoslavia}}
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Euro League features 8 club teams:
- {{flagicon|Spain}} FC Barcelona
- {{flagicon|Spain}} Atlético Madrid
- {{flagicon|Spain}} Real Madrid C.F.
- {{flagicon|Italy}} A.C. Milan
- {{flagicon|Kingdom of the Netherlands}} PSV Eindhoven
- {{flagicon|Italy}} Inter Milan
- {{flagicon|Italy}} S.S.C. Napoli
- {{flagicon|Germany}} FC Bayern Munich
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 1989 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=367|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 November 1989|page=29|lang=ja}} In the United Kingdom, it was one of the top four highest-grossing arcade games during early 1990, along with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Super Masters and Line of Fire.{{cite magazine |last=Openshaw |first=Mary |title=ATEI '90: major international show rings in new year with good spread of new products |magazine=RePlay |date=March 1990 |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=126–32 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-14-issue-no.-6-march-1990-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2014%2C%20Issue%20No.%206%20-%20March%201990/page/126}}
World Cup '90 received positive reviews from critics upon release in arcades. Sean Kelly of Zero magazine called it a "fast and addictive" game.{{cite magazine |last1=Kelly |first1=Sean |title=Arcade Expo: A.T.E.I. Show Special |magazine=Zero |date=March 1990 |issue=5 |publisher=Dennis Publishing |pages=74–5 |url=https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-05/page/n73/mode/2up?view=theater}} Computer + Video Games magazine gave it an 83% score, complimenting its graphics and gameplay.{{cite magazine |title=C+VG Arcade Action |magazine=Computer + Video Games |date=16 December 1989 |issue=98 (January 1990) |publisher=EMAP |location=United Kingdom |pages=104–10 |url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/204/562}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111001232114/http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=GameMuseum.Detail&id=277] at classicgaming.com
- http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=tecmo-world-cup-'90&page=detail&id=2847 at arcade history
Category:Association football video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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