Soccer Brawl is a futuristic soccer game first released in arcades on February 14, 1992. It was available on the Neo Geo on March 13 the same year and later for the Neo Geo CD on March 31, 1995.
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Gameplay
It is a futuristic soccer game that uses either bionic people or cyborgs for the players. It is a two-player game where you pick a home land from one of eight countries. After selecting one of two stadiums, either a dome or an open field, the 5-on-5 soccer match begins with a goalie for each team. You can hold either A for a power shot while on offense, or A for a super shot to disable opponents while on defense. You can perform tackle and slide. Captain wears a kerchief, can't shoot and can make super shot. Power shots rebound from walls except walls behind the goalie.
Rules
There are no fouls. Throw-in is made in case of the ball landing outside of field line. Match time is 2 min 30 sec.
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Neo Geo CD version
It is possible to choose the difficulty level: Beginner, Normal, Hard, MVS. A match consists of 2 periods. It is possible to set period time (15, 30, 45 or 90 min), but it is not actual minutes. The half time shows are humorous monochrome skits showing unlucky attempts of engineers to build robots. Also, there are no women on the score screen.
Teams
There are 8 teams, which differ by color, super shots and, possibly, some parameters. At least they have different speed.
- United States (purple and white)
- Germany (yellow and black)
- England (yellow and purple)
- Spain (pink and yellow-green)
- Brazil (yellow-green and yellow)
- Italy (pink and blue)
- South Korea (blue and yellow-green)
- Japan (red and white)
Super shots:
US and UK: super shot flies on a "figure eight" trajectory
Italy and Germany: super shot flies on sinewave
Spain and Brazil: super shot is energy sphere surrounded by eight small balls
Korea and Japan: super shot flies in a circle behind captain and flies straight
Links
- MobyGames
- GameFAQs
- Neo Geo Kult review
- Arcade Museum
- https://archive.org/stream/computer-video-games-magazine-125/CVG125_Apr_1992#page/n39/mode/2up
- http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00019048-soccer-brawl-test.htm
- http://neogeospirit.pagesperso-orange.fr/tests/soccerbrawl_test.htm
- http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/neogeo/c/socb.htm
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