The first football game of the NES offered a choice between seven national teams (Brazil, Germany, Spain, France, England, Japan and the U.S.A.) and five different difficulty levels. The real attraction of the game came from the possibility for two friends to play against each other.
This was one of the first soccer games to include shootouts at the end of regulation time. The half-time show was extremely popular among NES players at the time of the game's release, and we hope players of today will enjoy it as well.
Mon, 20 Nov 2006 by Darren Calvert
1. Manaman
20 Feb 2007, 16:34 GMT
Played this on Animal Crossing. It was free in that game and even then, I felt cheated! This reeally is a steaming pile of crap.
Heck, even that NES world cup game would've been a better choice.
2. Al
20 Feb 2007, 19:14 GMT
I played this on animal crossing too. it was better on animal crossing than on the nes as it gives a more free effect on the gamecube as the gc controller has a 'stick' rarther than a d pad. but even then it still wasnt that good, rarther slow
3. DK_XCALIBUR
05 Mar 2007, 17:56 GMT
Why would Nintendo bring this to the Virtual Console instead of something better? That's a dumb question! Would anyone spend money on this title if better versions of soccer were available? If World Cup was available first no one would download this game and Nintendo, like all companies are in the business to make money.
4. Groundskeeper
14 Mar 2007, 17:21 GMT
Bring back Goal! from the NES on VC. I loved that game!
5. Manaman
16 Mar 2007, 12:29 GMT
That's quite a wild assumption there, dk. Of course there'll be people who would splash out 500 points for THIS version of football even if better titles were made available from the start. The same logic can be applied to most of the other games on the VC whose sequels were or have been released first, and arguably much better than the original games.
6. Arito
19 Mar 2007, 20:26 GMT
This review suddenly made me remember Goal and World Cup. World Cup had some kind of power backflip kick which pretty much worked always though but I'd buy it for nostalgic reasons alone.
7. Juice Lee
25 Mar 2007, 19:20 BST
Albeit it was never that great of a game in the first place, I did enjoy this on Animal Crossing. It's kinda fun.
8. Johannes
25 Jun 2007, 15:28 BST
its simple, but its fun.
9. Mendez
12 Jul 2007, 11:47 BST
I just received this on Animal Crossing, and it's AWFUL. I just turned it off after 2 minutes and vowed never to play it again!
10. SKTTR
16 Jul 2007, 07:50 BST
very simple. the very 1st generation of the the very first 1st generation.
like golf, baseball and tennis. there really is no point in buying this!
only when you and a friend are drunk and high and want to play a really old horrible soccer match. there are cheerleaders dancing in half time. that's quite unique until today.
but my advice: wait at least for NES Nintendo World Cup.
this one is free on animal crossing. i give it 1 star because it's so bad it makes fun.
get mario smash football or fifa 08.
wait for iss, iss deluxe, iss64, iss98 or iss2000.
avoid this! if you are really curious get animal crossing and this game along with 18 others for free.
11. Mii be you
13 Sep 2007, 00:52 BST
If you guys want soccer action, just get Mario Strikers Charged.
12. learn japanese ds
15 Jan 2008, 05:30 GMT
why are the players on the front box wearing equestrian hats?
13. Jupiter Adept
01 Mar 2008, 23:45 GMT
Judging by how bad you say this is, it'll be the last NES game I get on Animal Crossing, though I don't have the password for Ice Climber.
14. Lionsgate
13 Mar 2008, 03:41 GMT
I am not going to download this. I don't have much interest in soccer ( I am a Vball player all the way). However I do own Nintendo World Cup for the NES and it is a good game. Nintendo better release that sometime in the future. I also really want all of the volleyball games to be added, as well as one of my favorite games, Sim Ant! I need to play this again!
15. JamesMcCloud
28 Apr 2008, 20:02 BST
if i play soccer, the players etc. arent quick like in that video
16. poggydude
05 May 2008, 02:44 BST
bad
but worth it if you want to see the start of the soccer game evolution
17. Jukka
20 May 2008, 23:31 BST
i can't think of a word in english, that discribes how much i hate this parody of a football game. but here's a Danish word to discribe it: LORT
18. PsychoFish
15 Jun 2008, 22:28 BST
A real dissapointment. I bought it because it was the first game that featured offside but the rest of the game is horrible. No tackling, an impossible targeting system and a real lame game. Nothing compared to the great "Nintendo World Cup".
19. MVP
16 Jun 2008, 08:06 BST
Ok, It is not a good game, but It gave me some good moments in two players mode, but it is too simple and in less than a hour you´ll be bored of this game, there are no good football games in the VC, that´s a shame!!!!!!! (about american football thare are a lot, I think)
20. SRPirate
01 Aug 2008, 04:23 BST
i wish you can rate games 0 stars, because thats would rate this piece of crap!
21. Beau Skunk
06 Aug 2008, 07:24 BST
I don't think it's as horrible as everyone else here, but I admit, it's not a whole lot of fun. I liked NES Tennis much better. The game hasn't aged well, but might be worth a shot if you love simplistic old-school sports games, or if you want to collect ancient Nintendo-made titles.
22. Corbie
24 Oct 2008, 06:29 BST
This game is pure garbage. I picked this one up at a local pawn shop a few years back and it wasn't even worth the $1 I paid for it.
23. Ferret75
31 Jan 2009, 20:33 GMT
Defienetly not as good as Ice Hockey and Blades of Steel, but still okay.
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