Actua Soccer
Actua Soccer (also known as VR Soccer) was a British football/soccer videogame of 1995, developed by Gremlin Interactive. It was the first title of the Actua Sports series. The game received a re-edition title Actua Soccer: Club Edition.
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| Developer(s) | Gremlin Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Greenwood Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Adrian Carless, Shaun McClure, Andy Findlay |
| Series | Actua Sports  |
| Platform(s) | MacOS, DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Windows |
| Release | 1995 (DOS) 1996 2009 (Windows) |
| Genre(s) | Soccer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multi-player |
This was the first football/soccer videogame to include a full 3D graphics engine. It was released in 1995 for Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation and Sega Saturn platforms. For the animations of the players, 3 players of the club Sheffield Wednesday served as motion capture models.[1][2]
Actua Soccer contains only 44 national teams, each containing 22 players.[2] 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.[2] This videogame became a best seller in Europe, mainly in the United Kingdom.
National teams
The following national teams are featured in the game:
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References
- Parada, Jaime. "Actua Soccer (1995)". Insert Coin (in Spanish). Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- Langshaw, Mark (September 27, 2014). "Actua Soccer retrospective: Put one past the mighty FIFA in 1995". Digital Spy. London: Hearst UK. Retrieved November 4, 2019.