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Before Sensible Soccer and FIFA dominated the scene, Sensible Software’s Jon Hare and Chris Yates changed sports gaming forever with MicroProse Soccer in 1988.

Whether you played it on the Commodore 64 rocking David Whittaker's classic SID tunes or on the Amiga, this game set the benchmark for top-down football. It gave us the iconic "banana shot" aftertouch, muddy pitches with wild slide-tackles, and that lightning-fast indoor 6-a-side mode.

I've put together a retrospective looking back at its mechanics, hardware releases, and lasting legacy:

👉Read the article here

(Note: The article is written in Norwegian, but Google Chrome's built-in translation feature handles it effortlessly!)

u/123shait — 10 days ago

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WE'RE THE DEVILS / AMIGA TWINTRIS COVER by JMDj Joel Morris

Great original music from 1990's Amiga tetris game "Twintris" by Digital Marketing and was composed by Tor Bernhard Gausen also known on demoscene as Walkman. This a cover by JMDj Joel Morris.

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u/123shait — 12 days ago

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Fra gummistøvler til Copa: Da MicroProse Soccer revolusjonerte fotballen

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u/123shait — 12 days ago

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Over tusen nye brettspill i Tyskland i år? Hjelp!

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u/123shait — 16 days ago

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Klassiske Xbox-spill på PC

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u/123shait — 28 days ago

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Arkadeinspirert plattformaction i Qwak Reborn

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u/123shait — 29 days ago

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Legends of the games industry: Jim Sachs

American Jim Sachs is one of the true greats in the area of classic pixel art. He is particularly known for his work on the Amiga, where he was responsible for the graphics in one of the platform’s most important system sellers, Defender of the Crown, as well as Ports of Call

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u/123shait — 1 month ago

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