VR Soccer

October 30, 1995 Gremlin Interactive Interplay Entertainment, Greenwood Entertainment Software GmbH, Naxat Soft, Gremlin Interactive, VR Sports
Simulator Sport
Linux PC Mac DOS Saturn PS1
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VR Soccer (sometimes referred to as VR Soccer '96, and known as Actua Soccer in Japan and Europe) is a sports video game developed and published by Gremlin Interactive for MS-DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn.

This was the first sports video game to include a full 3D graphics engine. For the animations of the players, 3 players of the club Sheffield Wednesday served as motion capture models.

Actua Soccer contains only 44 national teams, each containing 22 players. However, in 1996 a new version containing clubs was released: Actua Soccer: Club Edition. It contained 20 Premier League teams from the 1996/1997 season. It became a best seller in Europe, mainly in the United Kingdom.
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Release Date October 30, 1995
Developer Gremlin Interactive
Publisher Interplay Entertainment, Greenwood Entertainment Software GmbH, Naxat Soft, Gremlin Interactive, VR Sports
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Non-fiction
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