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GRAPHICS
SOUND
PUBLISHER
Time Warner
DEVELOPER
Sensible software
PRICE
£24.99
DISKS
2
HD INSTALL
No
SUPPORTS
All Amigos, 1Mb
Sensible Soccer has been going for a
long time now. The first version ever seen
appeared on various coverdisks throughout
the industry and to be honest. it was
pretty unplayable.
Then come the first official Sensible
Soccer which was reputed at that time to
be the best Amiga game ever. Then foltowed
version 1.1 which featured a referee
and updated teams. After this came
several bizarre versions - which also
appeared on coverdisks. There was a fruit
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including the introduction of the young
Liverpool duo, Redknapp and litchtanaman
Sensible planning version whereby you could control either
sensi-like oranges and apples, Alongside
this was a Bulldog Blighty version which
pitted England against Germany - not
just in the world cup, but in 1944 as well!
The most recent version is undoubtedly
the best. Sensible World of Soccer
emerged as the ultimate football game
on the Amiga And now it's time to welcome
the flood of data disks. This is now
the second in the series How many
more? Who knows...
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your striker scored. he would still end up at half
value he started at.
Renegade. the publishers of the first edition, are
back with a pseudo-update disk with tots of new
features that will undoubtedly spring the life bock
into your old version of SWOS. The first obvious
update is the new teams. All the clubs from the
'95-'96 season are in their respective divisions, and
all the new signings and values are Included And
unfortunately for some, Eric Contona has returned
There was a version of SWOS that appeared on
some coverdisks, This contained updated information
on teams and most of the bugs had been
fixed. and, of course, when this version hit the
shops, Eric Cantona's sentence was uncertain, so
they left him out. But now he's back - talking
more rubbish than ever before! The most recent
updated signings are Mark Hateley at QPR, P
Gascoigne at Rangers, Roberto Boggio at A S.
Milan and, of course. David Ginoia at Newcastle.
When you begin a career you can enter your
nationality so you know which country should be
approaching you for international management,
Yes, this option is finally here! Even though the original
SWOS manual stated this option could be
obtained, it never appeared. All the new kits have
As you can probably sea, Alan Shearer's on the
ball - his name is presented in the top corner