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Sensible World of Soccer, the ultimate installment of the 1990s favorite pixelated sports game, with in-depth management options and over 29 000 real-life players you can pick for your dream-team, is now available on GOG.com, for only $5.99.

This game occupies a unique place in history: considered Best Amiga Game of All Time (by Amiga Power) and included in Stanford University's list of "the ten most important video games of all time" alongside such groundbreaking titles as Space Wars, Tetris, SimCity and Doom, there is more to this sports game than you might think. So what makes it such an amazing title? It combines an elegant simplicity of gameplay--there are eight directions of travel and single key to pass, shoot, head, and interact with the game--with authenticity and a deep career mode, where you must manage an entire soccer club or team as well as play the games.

In Sensible World of Soccer the controls are simple, but don't think the game is easy; it realistically models all of the players who were active in the sport at the time, and while if your finger-twitching skills aren't up to snuff you can still watch your team's games unfold in Coach Mode, you'll find that the A.I. poses a respectable challenge regardless of whether you're playing on the field or managing your team in the league.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this football--erm, soccer--game lacks the features of the most recent FIFA games Sensible World of Soccer is a true gem, and one that clearly has inspired the entire genre of sports games. Get it now for only $5.99 on GOG.com.
the game you marked as "completed" is actually a different game

http://www.mobygames.com/game/sensible-world-of-soccer

http://www.mobygames.com/game/sensible-world-of-soccer-9697
Genuine question.

Did anyone log in todays and see this game and think "oh I gotta buy that ive been waiting for GoG to release it" ?
also does anyone know which version is the superior version of Sensible World of Soccer 96/97?
DOS or Amiga?
Post edited February 21, 2013 by keremix
I was the one put this on the wishlist :D feels like an achievement lol
Post edited February 21, 2013 by grynn
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grynn: I was the one put this on the wishlist :D feels like an achievement lol
I thought Bruce was more of a fencer?
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reaver894: Genuine question.

Did anyone log in todays and see this game and think "oh I gotta buy that ive been waiting for GoG to release it" ?
Yes, fastest purchase I've ever made on GOG!

Sensible Soccer (any 90's version) is on my top 10 games of all time list and one of my most hoped for games on GOG. I was really surprised some people hadn't heard of it although I imagine it was more popular in Europe (due to the popularity of the Amiga) and even more so in the UK where Sensible Software are from.

This is by far my happiest day as a GOG customer - thanks GOG!
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grynn: I was the one put this on the wishlist :D feels like an achievement lol
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tinyE: I thought Bruce was more of a fencer?
more like a nunchaku-expert
Eww, the arsenal keeper has seaman on his shirt
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keremix: also does anyone know which version is the superior version of Sensible World of Soccer 96/97?
DOS or Amiga?
Amiga version is from what I've played of the DOS version so far, about a million times better. I was hoping it wasn't so bad, but I can't say I'm impressed by the DOS version. Seems to run much slower than the Amiga version, and a lot less smooth (though that's no surprise, as it was one Amigas strengths).

Unless there's something wrong, I'm not even sure it's worth playing if you can get the Amiga version. The DOS version has commentators though, which is good for a laugh (and still better than PES commentators). I'm not getting any sound effects when kicking the ball, which must be wrong. In fact, it sounds like the game has lost half of the sound effects.
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keremix: also does anyone know which version is the superior version of Sensible World of Soccer 96/97?
DOS or Amiga?
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StarEye: Amiga version is from what I've played of the DOS version so far, about a million times better. I was hoping it wasn't so bad, but I can't say I'm impressed by the DOS version. Seems to run much slower than the Amiga version, and a lot less smooth (though that's no surprise, as it was one Amigas strengths).

Unless there's something wrong, I'm not even sure it's worth playing if you can get the Amiga version. The DOS version has commentators though, which is good for a laugh (and still better than PES commentators). I'm not getting any sound effects when kicking the ball, which must be wrong. In fact, it sounds like the game has lost half of the sound effects.
but the Amiga version you are talking about is the Amiga version of SWOS 96/97 (not any other SWOS game) right? The release year made me think that maybe for SWOS 96/97, DOS would be just as fine
Insta-bought! And I don't even like football games.

So, can we have a little more hope now for the more license-tricky games still not on GOG? I mean, if you've been able to secure something with like a bajillion real team names...

EDIT: wow, the manual's artwork is amazing! it's almost like if it was the real paper thing :D
Post edited February 21, 2013 by svmariscal
@keremix

Yes, Amiga version of SWOS 96/97. Still the definitive version.

Of course, if you're only going to play career mode as a manager, and just buy and sell players and set up tactics to try and win titles and get better job offers from better teams and so forth, the DOS version is just as good. But on the football field, it's not nearly as smooth as the Amiga version.
Post edited February 21, 2013 by StarEye
Fixed. Thanks for the clarification. :)
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JudasIscariot: Fixed. Thanks for the clarification. :)
Would you also fix this one? http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/wing_commander_secret_ops

This is actually the expansion to Wing Commander Prophecy and they are not released here yet. I think it was marked as "completed" because it was confused with Wing Commander: The Secret Missions which is an expansion for the original Wing Commander (different games).
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StarEye: snip
I guess I'll play it on Amiga then :)
Post edited February 21, 2013 by keremix
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JudasIscariot: Fixed. Thanks for the clarification. :)
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keremix: Would you also fix this one? http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/wing_commander_secret_ops

This is actually the expansion to Wing Commander Prophecy and they are not released here yet. I think it was marked as "completed" because it was confused with Wing Commander: The Secret Missions which is an expansion for the original Wing Commander (different games).
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StarEye: snip
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keremix: I guess I'll play it on Amiga then :)
And done. Thanks again :D