Subbuteo Title screen
Title screen

Subbuteo

The famous developer Goliath Games created Subbuteo in the year 1990. It’s a perfect Sports game and can be played online by clicking here.

Subbuteo description

Subbuteo is one of the rarest and most amazing sports computer games that have ever been created. Before you – step-by-step (!!!) strategic simulator of table football.

You should start perhaps with the fact that this play is not football people, and some strange entity, which, I confess, a little like the "flags" from the old to the present table football - rather, it is some "robotic bees". The players (let us call them so) different teams differ in color. Each match lasts thirty minutes on each move (that is to perform the movements of the player and his pre-reflection) is given thirty seconds. That is, you must first select a player, then aim it where you want to pass the ball, then keep some time the attack button and then release the button; the longer you held the stronger the blow. But before the actual pass, you can still mark the desired angle of flight of the ball.

The team not in possession of the ball at the moment has the right to "protection", that is, the movement of the player in the shoes of a potential attack of the enemy for his blocking. Violation of the rules is considered the release of the ball over the line of the playing field and kick a ball into an opponent's (intentional) – in this case, the ball passes to the opposing team.

In terms of graphics Subbuteo is probably not particularly great, but still, the game is colorful, with a decent portrayal of the environment (its minimalism – is another matter). And, of course, the graphics in this game – not the main thing. Playing this game is incredibly fun, so if you are nostalgic for is not preserved you from childhood table football – now the opportunity is at least partly the nostalgia to appease will.

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Source: Archive.org, Mobygames.com

Subbuteo

Genre:
Sports, Strategy/Tactics
Year:
1990
Publisher:
Electronic Zoo
Platform:
DOS
Developer:
Goliath Games
Perspective:
Top-down
Gameplay:
Board Game