Sega Worldwide Soccer: Difference between revisions

| platforms = [[Sega Saturn]], [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[Microsoft Windows |Windows]]

| first release version = [[''Victory Goal]]''

| latest release version = [[''Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000 Euro Edition]]''

'''''Sega Worldwide Soccer''''' is a series of soccer games by [[Sega]]. forThe series was first initiallylaunched for the [[Sega Saturn]] butand later was moved to the [[Dreamcast]]. TheyThe games were released between 1995 and the year 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/sega-worldwide-soccer-victory-goal-series |title=SEGA Worldwide Soccer / Victory Goal series|publisherwebsite=Mobygames|language=Englishen|accessdateaccess-date=22 April 2015}}</ref>

''Sega Worldwide Soccer'', produced by Sega themselves, was a [[launch game]] for the [[Sega Saturn]]'s North American release.<ref>{{cite journal|last= |first=magazine |title=1995: The Calm Before the Storm?|journal=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=13 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=January 1996|page=47}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last= |first=magazine |title=Sega Hopes to Run Rings Around the Competition with Early Release of the Saturn|journalmagazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=72|publisher=[[ZiffSendai Davis]]Publishing|date=July 1995|page=30}}</ref> It was preceded by ''International Victory Goal'', one of the debut titles of the console. The game featured international teams and league, play-off and tournament modes. Although it used fictional player names (due to the lack of a [[license]]), the [[non-volatile memory]] of the Saturn allowed editing of names. The team kits were as close to the official 1996 kits as possible. The game was the top-rated football game until ''[[International Superstar Soccer|ISS 64]]'' was released one year later.{{cncitation needed|date=April 2015}} ''Worldwide Soccer'' was later ported to the [[Personal Computer|PC]].

One year later ''[[Sega Worldwide Soccer 98]]'' was released, again for the Saturn. This version featured (still unlicensed) clubs from [[England]], [[Spain]] and [[France]], two new stadiums and the same free-flowing gameplay. US international [[Cobi Jones]] appears on the cover of the American version.

One final title, ''Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000'', appeared on the [[Dreamcast]]. However, instead of being developed in-house, [[Silicon Dreams Studio]] (who previously worked with [[Eidos Interactive|Eidos]] on the [[UEFA Champions League video games|UEFA Champions League]] series and also ''[[World League Soccer '98]]'') was given the rights to produce a game bearing the Worldwide Soccer name. An update titled ''Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000: Euro Edition'' (capitalizing on the popularity of [[Euro 2000]]) was released on the [[Dreamcast]] in Europe.

==InstallmentsGames==

| align="center" rowspan="4" | [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]]

| align="center" | Also known as ''J. League Victory Goal''.

| align="center" | ''[[Sega International Victory Goal]]''

| align="center" | North American cover art name: ''Worldwide Soccer: Sega International Victory Goal Edition'' (North America)<br> European cover art name: ''International Victory Goal'' (Europe)

| align="center" | Upgraded engine and different presentation. Not the same game as the previous, identically titled, Western edition.

| align="center" | New engine with 3D players, roster updated to the 1996 J. League season.

| align="center" | KnownReleased in Japan as ''Victory Goal Worldwide Edition'' (Japan).<br> Released on PC as ''Sega Worldwide Soccer PC'' (PC)

| align="center" bgcolor="green" | 1997-03-1514

| align="center" | ''[[Sega Worldwide Soccer 98]]''

| align="center" | [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

| align="center" bgcolor="redgreen" | No1997-10-16

| align="center" | Fully licensed game featuring all the clubs and players from the 1998 competition.

| align="center" | ''[[Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000]]''

| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[Dreamcast]]

| align="center" | ''[[Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000 Euro Edition]]''

| align="center" bgcolor="green" | 2000-0605-3026

''[[GamePro]]'' gave ''Worldwide Soccer'' a positive review, commenting that "Not since [[FIFA International Soccer|FIFA]] amazed [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]] owners has another soccer game looked so good and played so well." They particularly praisedpraising the graphics, zooming camera, and the demanding gameplay, though they did criticize the "magnetic" dribbling and passing as being less realistic than the dribbling and passing in 3DO ''FIFA''. Out of 5, they gave it ratings of 5 for graphics, 4 for sound, 4.5 for control, and 4.5 for fun factor.<ref>{{cite journal|last= |first= magazine|title=Worldwide Soccer Rivals FIFA|journalmagazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=83|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=August 1995|page=78}}</ref>