VR Soccer
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…
VR Soccer is a simulator developed by Gremlin Interactive, released 30 October 1995 on PlayStation, Sega Saturn, DOS and Linux.
What VR Soccer is
VR Soccer is a simulator game developed by Gremlin Interactive and released in 1995. It was published by Greenwood Entertainment Software GmbH. It is available on PlayStation, Sega Saturn, DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
VR Soccer holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
VR Soccer launched on 30 October 1995, within three weeks of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby, Mission Critical and Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby, Mission Critical, Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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