VR Soccer (1995)

Developer: Gremlin Interactive
Publisher: Interplay Entertainment, Greenwood Entertainment Software GmbH, Naxat Soft, Gremlin Interactive, VR Sports
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Rating: 3.0 of 5, 5 player ratings
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A historically significant but creaky early 3D sports sim that feels like a technical milestone showing its age, with stiff motion-captured players and no-frills competitive football.

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About

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.

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