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Goal! (video game)

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Initial release date
  
22 December 1988

Developers
  
Jaleco, Tose

Publisher
  
Jaleco

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Genre(s)
  
Traditional soccer simulation

Platforms
  
Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy

Modes
  
Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game

Similar
  
Jaleco games, Sports games

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").

Gameplay

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
  •  England
  • In 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
  •  Suriname
  • In 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
  •  Turkmenistan

    • When 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.

    References

    Goal! (video game) Wikipedia
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