Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90
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| Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 | ||||||||||
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| System(s): PC Engine | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Human Entertainment | ||||||||||
| Developer: Human Entertainment | ||||||||||
| Genre: Sports | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-4 | ||||||||||
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Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 (フォーメーション・サッカー・ヒューマンカップ'90) is a football game developed and published by Human Entertainment for the PC Engine. Originally released in 1990, it is the first game in Human's Formation Soccer series of football games.
Contents
Gameplay
Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 is played from a top-down perspective and adheres to most of the sport's rules. When in control of the ball, pressing Ⅰ performs a strong kick (how long the button is pressed determines how high the ball will fly) while Ⅱ is used to pass the ball and RUN switches the pass target. When not in control of the ball, Ⅰ is used to perform a sliding tackle, and RUN switches control between players. Pressing SELECT pauses the game. When setting up a match, the player(s) can choose which team formation to use and whether to manually control the goalkeeper or not. Players can also choose whether to invert the controls or not.
Matches are split into two halves like the sport itself. When time runs out in the first half, the player(s) will be presented with a half time break in which they can press buttons on a television set to change channels, or press "P" to continue the match. If they spend several minutes on this screen, the referee will appear and automatically press "P" outside of the user's input. The player(s) can then choose to change their formations and goalkeeper settings for the second half.
Ties at the end of a match are always broken with a penalty shootout where both teams take turns taking penalty shots. The team taking the shot aims using the D-Pad and shoots using the Ⅰ button, while the goalkeeper dives with Ⅰ and using the D-Pad to choose the direction to dive in. The team that scores three goals first, or the majority of goals after five turns, is declared the winner - if no goal is scored after five turns, the shootouts will keep on going until either team scores.
Only two modes are available to play. In Exhibition, up to four players (two players per team) can play a single match with any amount of time between 1 and 99 minutes. In Human Cup, one or two players play a series of 15 matches against computer-controlled teams (with each team being played against once), with both halves of a match lasting 5 minutes each. The player(s) will move on to the next match should they win, however they must repeat the match if they lose. Progress in the Human Cup mode is saved via password, which is inputted by entering directions on the D-Pad.
Teams
Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 has 16 national teams to choose from, listed here in the order they are displayed on the team selection screen. In Human Cup, these teams are played against in reverse order, starting from Japan and ending with Italy.
Italy
Brazil
Holland
USSR
Argentina
West Germany
Denmark
England
Spain
France
Uruguay
Poland
Yugoslavia
USA
Mexico
Japan
England is represented using the flag for the United Kingdom in this game.
Passwords
- Main article: Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90/Passwords.
History
Legacy
Following the release of Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90, the Formation Soccer series received two further installments for the PC Engine, those being Formation Soccer on J.League for the HuCard format in 1994, and Formation Soccer 95 della Serie A for the Super CD-ROM² format in 1995.
The series would also be brought to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System where it would become more well known for, beginning with Super Formation Soccer in Japan in 1991 and the West in 1992 as Super Soccer, followed by four more installments that were released only in Japan for the Super Famicom each year from 1993 to 1996. Another three installments, those being Hyper Formation Soccer, Formation Soccer '97: The Road to France and Formation Soccer '98: Ganbare Nippon in France, would then be released for the PlayStation from 1995 to 1998. In 2002, Spike released Formation Soccer 2002 for the Game Boy Advance.
Versions
An updated version, renamed Formation Soccer: Human Cup '92, was later released as part of Human Sports Festival for Super CD-ROM² hardware.
Production credits
- Main Program: Ryouji Amano
- Program: Mitsutoshi Kiyono, Kengo Mori
- Graphic: Takeshi Onozaki, Yasuyuki Kataoka
- Sound Driver: Tohru Hayashi
- Sound: Masaki Hashimoto, Takahiro Wakuta
- Package Illust: Yuichi Kobayashi
- Advisor: Masato Masuda
- Special Thanks: Chachamaru, Hiroaki Togawa
- Debugger: Yuichi Yoshimura, Nobuo Fujisaki
- Presented by: Human Creative
- Take It Easy ! See You Soon !!
Magazine articles
- Main article: Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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256kB | Card (JP) |
References
| Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 | |
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Main page | Passwords | Hidden content | Bugs | Magazine articles | Reception
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| Formation Soccer games for NEC systems |
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| Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 (1990) | Formation Soccer on J.League (1994) | Formation Soccer 95 della Serie A (1995) |
| Human Sports Festival (1992) |