Match Day II

December 31, 1987 Ocean Software Ocean Software
Simulator Sport
C64 ZXS ACPC APCW MSX
About

Match Day is a soccer simulator in which each team is made up of 7 players (6 field players and the goalkeeper)6 and the goals appeared one on each side of the screen, having to scroll to reach them (side view).

It included new game modes as well as the popular level bar whose content controlled the power of the shot. The game had the possibility of performing different moves such as headers, crosses and heels; all of them responding quickly to the movements of the controls, which together with its graphic speed and meticulous design of the elements - players, court, public, ball; it was a great revolution in the world of the simulators of the time.
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Release Date December 31, 1987
Developer Ocean Software
Publisher Ocean Software
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective Side view