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ISS Advance Comments by Kristan Reed

3 February, 2003

Review - Kristan takes on the best GBA footy game we've played

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LaundroMat
03/02/03 @ 16:01
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" often we'd end up with 20 odd shots on goal per game, but still only have a couple of goals to show for it"

You should have seen my ratio's during my first PES try-outs...
Killerbee
03/02/03 @ 16:03
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The abject failure of Codemasters to recognise the value of its Sensible Soccer franchise on the GBA has presented an enormous gap in the market for an enterprising publisher to fill

Damn right! Still my favourite soccer game ever (on the Amiga) and I cannot understand why they haven't bothered to do a GBA conversion. All they'd need to change would be the player lists to make them current. The rest of the game was perfect.

And while they're at it, they should do Cannon Fodder too.
FWB
03/02/03 @ 16:14
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Yep. Astonishing how certain games are missed out. The GBA sjould have:

Sensible World of Soccer. This included small management options too, such as buying and selling players, earning funds.
Pirates.
Defender of the Crown.

They throw those out and I'd pick up a GBA without question. Other games which wouldn't go amiss on it are:

Heroes Quest.
Prince of Persia.
Syndicate.
UFO.

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Killerbee
03/02/03 @ 16:20
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I used to have Prince of Persia on the old Gameboy. A pretty faithful conversion it was too. I've a feeling I lent it to a mate and never saw it again. The git.

Anyway, a GBA colour update, perhaps together with PoP2 would be nice.
FWB
03/02/03 @ 16:25
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Or Flashback, that was great too.
Alastair
03/02/03 @ 16:26
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'And while they're at it, they should do Cannon Fodder too.'

Think this came out on GBC. Not that that means they couldn't do it on GBA as well.

And I second FWB's call for Pirates. Lost a lot of time at Uni to that. :o)
Blerk
03/02/03 @ 16:29
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I think they should make some new games for the GBA. Gasp! What a concept! :-D
krudster [mod]
03/02/03 @ 16:50
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Cannon Fodder on GBC was astounding and was a labour of love, pixel perfect conversion (by Julian Jameson, one of the original coders) released at the back end of 2000, but they only made 5000 copies, so anyone who has one is holding onto a collector's item...
binky
03/02/03 @ 17:04
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GIVE US SENI SOCCER GBA
GIVE US SENI SOCCER GBA
GIVE US SENI SOCCER GBA
GIVE US SENI SOCCER GBA
GIVE US SENI SOCCER GBA

Sorry to go on but this Ssooo should be available.
krudster [mod]
03/02/03 @ 17:12
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We'd love to review FIFA on GBA...
gizmo
03/02/03 @ 17:15
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I believe defender of the crown has been done for the GBA, don't know if its released anywhere yet.
krudster [mod]
03/02/03 @ 17:24
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EA didn't send us a copy of FIFA on GBA (they never send out GBA titles for review, mainly because they don't sell very many and the profit margin is low). We'll see if we can pick up a copy soon.
krudster [mod]
03/02/03 @ 19:03
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A copy of FIFA 2003 is in the post! We'll post a review next week for those of you curious to know how it stacks up against Konami's effort....
otto [mod]
03/02/03 @ 19:35
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EAT MY GOAL!!!

:D
Nemesis
03/02/03 @ 20:09
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..all we need now is CM on the GBA.....
bluebird
03/02/03 @ 21:13
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What's all this about Sensi? Kick Off 2, that's the real game!! :-)
krudster [mod]
03/02/03 @ 22:32
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I was the absolute king of Kick Off 2...it wasn't as instantly playable as Sensi, but has an incredible subtlety and depth that I've haven't witnessed since.
krudster [mod]
03/02/03 @ 22:36
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Eeek, I don't want to alarm anyone here, but Cliffy just recommended a 3DO game!!! Well, ok it's Anco really, but still...Nurse!
bluebird
04/02/03 @ 02:49
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Krudster, we even had a tournament of Kickoff 2 with a cup.. Damn, where is my Atari ST emulator? And my competition pro joystick..
Ženzo
04/02/03 @ 08:11
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I think EA should do a port of FIFA International Soccer(first FIFA ever) for the GBA. That game was truly supreme for it's time. And all it needs is a few tweaks (heading, club teams/leagues, updated rosters) and it would be a worthy contender for best footy title on GBA. PLUS, it's 16-bit, so the GBA shouldn't have any problems handling it :)

P.S. I think old titles being ported from old consoles (like SNES/Genesis) should be released at a lower price than NEW titles for GBA, cos it's not like they're creating a whole new game, they're just converting it to a different format.
krudster [mod]
04/02/03 @ 09:04
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I still have two competiton pro joysticks that were made for the PC. Anyone fancy a Kick Off 2 sesh?
binky
04/02/03 @ 09:48
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i'll give u a game :)
As long as u play me at sensi afterwards!!!
otto [mod]
04/02/03 @ 09:49
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Mmmm, jumpers for goalposts.... isn't it?

Anyone hear Paul Whitehouse on Desert Island Discs on Sunday? Utter genius. 'God Save the Queen' by the Pistols, you could sense Sue Lawley wanting to cover her ears and grimace. :D

Then he launched into a five minute Ron Manager tirade, "mmm little boys in the Park, isn't it? Holiday home in the Seychelles... little friends to keep me company... mmm enduring image..."
Ženzo
05/02/03 @ 13:38
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Ortega, Ayala, Roque Junior, Lebeouf, Thuram, Marcos.

you've got a good point there Skippy.... maybe Argentina, France & Brazil are the only teams with licensed players :) I think some teams DO have properly named/licensed players, and some have ridiculous ones (Syelma (Seaman), Bohaen (Owen), Dekkaan (Beckham) and Eescei (Heskey)). And if I'm not mistaken, all the players in the Holland team are called Orange.... thats Mr. Orange to you (or is that just in Pro Evo 2 on the PS2??)
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binky
05/02/03 @ 15:40
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either way Kruds is scared of my "leet soccer skillz" ;)
AnotherMartin
05/02/03 @ 17:02
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Match Day on the Spectrum ruled

wasn't that the one where you could change the score at half time? I seem to remember lots of 'oi look over there' every time the ref blow for half time.

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