【Goal!】 NES Blind Reviews | Squiggy Seven: First Impressions (Episode #021/884)
4Goal is a soccer game with a really strange perspective. It's not quite isometric, and it's at an angle never before seen in an NES game. This is by far the most remarkable thing about it.
The rest of the game is just what you would expect - crappy NES sports game "fun". I really don't like these types of games, especially not for this series, because they are best with a friend. That is why these games are fun, playing on a couch with your friend. I feel pretty confident saying that's the best feature of every sport game before the more modern consoles where there was actually a good season play option.
So, as you may expect, I'm not thoroughly impressed with this game. It's mediocre at best. But that perspective dude, it's pretty fly. It's like seeing the NES in a whole new way. If only it were displaying something interesting instead of clunky soccer players.
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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, Shoot Competition, 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 Qualifying mode, players must choose one of sixteen international football teams and compete to advance to the finals. The teams are:
Argentina
Netherlands
Denmark
United States
England
Italy
Japan
France
Brazil
Spain
Algeria
Soviet Union
West Germany
Poland
Belgium
Uruguay
Portugal
Canada
Mexico
Romania
Wales
Cameroon
Latvia
Ghana
Sweden
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Albania
Iraq
Iran
Nigeria
Morocco
Australia
New Zealand
Switzerland
Andorra
Bulgaria
Tunisia
Norway
Bangladesh
South Korea
Senegal
Guinea
Uzbekistan
Fiji
Solomon Islands
Tahiti
Vanuatu
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.
When playing World Cup or Tournament 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.
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Squiggy Seven: First Impressions is a series where I blind review random NES games in an effort to learn more about the hidden classics on the system. I have gotten into retro collecting for the NES and I am on the hunt for those games I've never played that I'm missing out on.
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Hey friends! No time to chat today, I'm in a rush to get back to work. That opening screen's pretty neat though, yeah? I'm proud of myself, hahah. The production's starting to ramp up a bit around here, prepare yourselves!
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