Sensible World of Soccer
Sensible World of Soccer is a computer game which first appeared in 1994 as the successor of the Sensible Soccer series. 2007 Sensible World of Soccer was named as one of ten computer games, which can be regarded as milestones and the most important games of all time.
- 3.1 Sensible World of Soccer
- 3.2 Sensible World of Soccer 95/96
- 3.3 SWOS European Championship Edition
- 3.4 Sensible World of Soccer '96 / '97
- 3.5 Other Publications
- 3.6 comeback
- 4.1 Past Tournaments Sensible Days
- 5.1 fans
Gameplay
Sensible World of Soccer combined the 2D soccer game with a manager mode that is unique in its abundance of data today. There are all global teams of former professional leagues, as well as national and international competitions in the club and national teams from all continents. In total, there are approximately 1,600 teams and 22,000 players.
Although the controls are very simple ( it's just a fire button is required), you have many options and total freedom to design his game.
Career Mode
The game includes a special feature a career mode, which makes it possible to take over a club team choice as a coach and manager and to control his team on the lawn. Each team has a squad of 16 players who all have different strengths and weaknesses, such as header, tackle or shot power. Accordingly, their market value is determined. So you can put together their desire team, for example, the German player who played in Japan in 1996, such as Uwe Bein or Guido Buchwald, after Germany retrieve. This can be done a swap with existing players (and possibly a margin call) or directly offer a sum of money, if you have enough money in the bank account. The one must first, however, earn achievements. If you have these, you get within up to 20 years lasting career also offers from other clubs, depending on the success of even the top teams and, ultimately, a national team that can lead to the World Cup.
Title song
"Goal -scoring Superstar Hero " by Richard Joseph († 2007) and Jon Hare, sung by Jacky Read, was specially composed for SWOS. The recording studio is also available as an audio track on the CD versions.
Lyrics:
For Sensible Soccer 2006, a remix was again re-recorded and received it two additional verses:
Versions
Sensible World of Soccer
Was released in 1994 for Amiga and still contained some bugs that a few months later by a free update disk ( SWOS v1.1 ) have been fixed. 1995 saw also a PC version, on floppy disks or CD ( with speech / commentator ).
Sensible World of Soccer 95/96
With the '95 / '96 Edition, a revised version for the Amiga, with more recent data, newly designed menus and refined gameplay and published in 1995 (you could now heads even in the state and the flat passports Effet give to ), which later merged into the successors finds.
SWOS European Championship Edition
Just in time for the 1996 European Championships European Championship Edition was released shortly ECE or SWOSECE. This version corresponds in principle to the '95 / '96 Edition, but contained the current Championship, which you could play with the updated teams. She appeared for the PC and again for the Amiga.
Sensible World of Soccer '96 / '97
In 1996 the last and final version of SWOS series, for Amiga (2 discs) as well as PC (CD -ROM). It contained the updated data of the season and a new cover. When one speaks of SWOS, we speak mostly by this version. It is also the basis for the new edition on XBLA.
Other Publications
Also in 1996 appeared an upgrade in a double CD case of SWOS '96 / '97 for PC ( CD) as well as for Amiga (disk ), with which one could bring his older SWOS version to the latest version. Nowadays, these are rare to find and more interesting for collectors. In addition, there was later a "white label " version, this corresponded to the ECE version and was distributed by Virgin Interactive. This was sometimes offered with along with the '96 / '97 upgrade.
After the development of SWOS was stopped in 1996, there have been various fan projects to keep SWOS continue to date, so the brothers gathered Cresswell from England, the data from various Internet forums and so developed an unofficial upgrade '97 / '98 for the Amiga. On the occasion of the World Cup in France, she got to work for a World Cup 98 update that was based on '97 / '98 and also a bit changed the graphics. It was officially supported in any way by Sensible Software and appeared on the cover CD number 24 of the magazine ' CU Amiga " in England. However, a hard disk installation of the Amiga version was provided for these types of updates that officially does not exist.
In addition, there were also some demo versions (Amiga) on different cover discs, the best known is probably " Sensible World of Moon Soccer", which illustrated the features of SWOS, the events, however, took place on the moon, one sees on the field craters and experienced a the moon corresponding ball physics.
Comeback
Any attempts since 1998, Sensible Soccer implement a 3D game, were not particularly successful and even today are hardly recognized by SWOS fans as part of the series. So it was a long time, was sold first as quiet about Sensible Soccer Sensible Software Codemasters 1999. Only in 2005 Sensible Soccer was brought as a mobile game again from the drawer. Although the control based on the cell phone keypad is naturally rather cumbersome, recorded the game good sales success, making it a pioneer for future releases of the series. In addition to a " 2 Player Plug 'n Play " version, a small mini-games console with two gamepads and TV output, which also Mega lo Mania and Cannon Fodder contained, in addition Sensible Soccer, released in 2006, on the occasion of the World Cup in Germany, " sensible Soccer 2006 ". The game had indeed good approaches, but could the old feel not properly transmit, also looked unfinished and had some bugs that did not try to fix Codemasters. Around the same time also appeared another mobile phone game called " Sensible Soccer Skillz " which, however, only a few mini-games, including ( standard situations), so not a full soccer game.
The game was released on Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360 game console. Actually, the release was scheduled for August 2007 but it was postponed due to problems with the online mode on 19 December. Strangely, however, made just one error in that online mode that the game has been removed from the marketplace shortly after its appearance again immediately. Without official announcement of the actual premiere of SWOS found two days later, so place on 21 December 2007. The game is based on the Amiga version of SWOS '96 / '97 and contains some elements from the PC version, the graphics were also improved ( HD mode ). One has but to switch the opportunity during the game to the classic artwork. SWOS is the first XBLA game that uses the technology of Massive Inc. to view commercial in-game advertising can. Later, a dashboard theme, as well as a player pictures package appeared.
From Buyers of the game was reported in the official forum of Codemasters of bugs in the online mode, but Codemasters announced that no patches, bug fixes or other releases are expected. This also means that the previously announced version for Windows Vista will not appear.
Competitions and events
In the early 1990s, there were two official Sensible Soccer World Championships, the last one took place in 1994 in the Pub " City Pride " in Farringdon (England) instead. The winner was then called Simon Byron.
Since then, there have been two official tournaments that were held by Codemasters and discharged on the Xbox 360. In a press presentation of the XBLA version of the " Challenge Cup " was held on 5 July 2007 in the "Sports Cafe " in London, which Tomslav could win. There was also an official SWOS World Cup which was played on 14 March 2008 in Birmingham at the event " Connect 08". The winner Brian Davidson won the prize of 1,000 British pounds.
Otherwise SWOS events and actual sports competitions are organized by the fans themselves. The most popular are the WSTS (World SWOS tournaments ) the " SWOS Witnesses " in Serbia and the tournaments of the ISSA (International Sensible Soccer Association) in Copenhagen ( Denmark). Both are played on PC. Tournaments in Berlin, Salzgitter and Sistig be played annually in Germany. Also in Poland enjoys the game very popular, here also there are regular bigger tournaments ( PC and Amiga).
For this, the world's largest online community SensibleSoccer.de held once a year, the " Sensible Days ", a fan meeting with international SWOS championships on the PC and Amiga ( in the style of a LAN party ). You will find usually takes about a complete weekend and also provide accommodation and meals. Here, the tournament will take place on Sundays at PC Saturday and the Amiga. Since the Sensible Days 2008 tournaments on the PC and Amiga Codemasters become an official SWOS World Championships. Since then, the venue also changed annually within Europe. 2013, it took place from August 17 to 18 in Berlin, the most prominent participants was Jon Hare. With Philipp Habermann aka Playaveli and Ali Kartaloglu aka ALI for the first time were able to defend their titles both masters.
Previous Tournaments Sensible Days
Since 2003 there is also SWOS online competitions, most of which are managed by SensibleSoccer.de. The game is played here with a special WinUAE Kaillera version, an Amiga emulator with netplay function. In addition to numerous national and international leagues, there are also European Cups and other tournaments. As a meeting point for SWOS online players in the IRC channel # is used sensitive on the server QuakeNet.
Reception
Sensible World of Soccer (1994 ) was elected in March 2007 in the game canon, a list of computer games that are regarded as milestones. Henry Lowood, administrator of the History of Science and Technology Collections at Stanford University, a game designer Warren Spector and Steve Meretzky, as well as the scientist and journalist Matteo Bittanti Christopher Grant built the list. Sensible World of Soccer is also the most recent game on the list ..
The Library of Congress took up the proposal and began the long-term archiving of important video games, starting with the games on this list.
Fans
The game enjoys cult status among his fans. Unusually for computer games of this age traveling players of all ages all over Europe, to meet like-minded people in the first place. Such events are held privately by the fans and have a non-commercial character, which is also reflected their personal perspectives. They often distance themselves from modern football games, as the trend towards realistic graphics go, instead of a simple gameplay. To play the game developed world since the late 90s, regional fan bases, partly special ceremonies, such as in Denmark, where twice a year a group of about 30 to 40 people takes up a walk through Copenhagen, led by the Master ( " the Bedste "), which carries a torch ( " Sensitive flame ").