Goal! is a 1988 soccer/football video game published by Jaleco for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game supports up to two players. It was released in Japan as Moero !! Pro Soccer (燃えろ!! プロサッカー, lit. "Burn!! Pro Soccer").
The game has four modes: World Cup, Tournament, League, Shoot Competition, Asian Cup and Vs. Mode. The object of the game is the same as in real football; one team must score more goals than the other to win.
In World Cup mode, players must choose one of sixteen international football teams and compete to advance to the finals. The teams are:
Belgium Germany United States Canada Portugal Italy Cameroon Nigeria France Brazil Venezuela Sweden Spain North Korea Saudi Arabia Poland Argentina Colombia Turkey Paraguay Morocco New Zealand Andorra Japan Netherlands Australia Ivory Coast Romania Mexico Jamaica Belarus EnglandIn Tournament mode, players must choose one of eight American teams and compete in a standard single elimination tournament.In Shoot Competition mode, players must choose one of three characters and try to score as many shots out of five as possible.In Vs. Mode, two human players face off against each other.In League Mode, players Round Robin Home And Away. choose one The teams are: Belgium Germany Colombia Uruguay Netherlands Portugal Japan Iraq Dominican Republic Spain Sweden Ivory Coast Albania Cameroon Dominica England Estonia South Africa Grenada Faroe Islands Costa Rica Egypt Kenya Finland Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Denmark SurinameIn Asian Mode, players Preliminary (AFC) World cup choose one The teams are: Japan United Arab Emirates Thailand Sri Lanka Bangladesh Iran Iraq South Korea Saudi Arabia North Korea China India Afghanistan Yemen Bahrain Uzbekistan Pakistan Qatar Mongolia Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Vietnam Nepal Syria Hong Kong Laos Guam Brunei Indonesia Cambodia Bhutan Oman Singapore Chinese Taipei Maldives Indonesia Timor-Leste Tajikistan Myanmar Tajikistan Philippines Lebanon Kuwait Palestine Jordan Macau TurkmenistanWhen playing World Cup League or Tournament mode Asian mode with two players, the players can either play on the same team or against each other.
Jaleco followed the game with several sequels and localizations, including Goal! Two for the NES (titled Goal! in the North American SNES version, and retitled Super Goal! for the European release), and Super Goal! 2. In 1993, Jaleco published Tose's Game Boy port of Goal!, which Tose adapted from their Japanese Game Boy release J-Cup Soccer.
