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Match Day II

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…

31 December 1987

Match Day II is a simulator developed by Ocean Software, released 31 December 1987 on Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Commodore C64/128/MAX and MSX.

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What Match Day II is

Match Day II is a simulator game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1987. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Match Day II launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

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When did Match Day II come out?
Match Day II was released on 31 December 1987 for Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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