Sensible Soccer
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Mega CD cover
Sensible Soccer, often referred by fans as Sensi is a football video game series that was highly popular in the early 90's and still has a cult following, despite the last title being released in 1999. Developed by Sensible Software and first released for Amiga and Atari ST computers in 1992, it featured a bird's-eye view (most games until then such as Kick Off and Matchday used top down or side view), editable teams and (some claim) gameplay still unsurpassed today.
Games in the series
- Sensible Soccer
- Released in 1992
- Platforms: Amiga, DOS, SNES, Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD, Sega Game Gear, Atari ST and Atari Jaguar
- The "standard name" for games in the series. Console versions are based on SS 92/93, but simply named "Sensible Soccer".
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Mega Drive screenshot
- Sensible Soccer 92/93
- Sensible World Of Soccer
- Released in 1994
- Platforms: Amiga, DOS
- Includes several leagues and career mode. An updated version (SWOS: European Champion Edition) was released weeks before
- Features a title song "Goal Scoring Superstar Hero" composed by Richard Joseph and Jon Hare (later handling pitched vocals)
- Sensible Soccer 98
- Sensible Soccer 2000
- Released in 1999
- Platforms: Sony PlayStation, Windows
- Final new release in the series
- Sensible Soccer Mobile
Trivia
- Sensible Soccer spawned several clones, amongst them Croteam's Football Glory, for which the croatian development team was sued by Sensible Software.
- There are still many shareware/freeware projects which are inspired by Sensible, such as Yoda Soccer (http://yodasoccer.sourceforge.net/) or Andreas Osswald's Championship Soccer (http://www.championshipsoccer.net/).
- The graphic style of the game was used in other Sensible Software games, such as Cannon Fodder and Sensible Golf.
- SWOS 1996 received a score of 96% from Amiga Power, the highest mark given for any game in their 65-issue run.