Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer

Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Sculptured Software
Publisher(s)	^JP Pack-In-Video ^NA Electro Brain
Director(s)	Hal Rushton
Programmer(s)	Mike Spendlove Alex Dommasch
Composer(s)	Bob Dayley Eric Nunamaker H. Kingsley Thurber
Platform(s)	Super Famicom
Release date(s)	^JP February 25, 1993 ^NA November 1993
Genre(s)	Traditional soccer simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer

Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer is a traditional soccer (football) simulation video game released for Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. The game is named after US goalkeeper Tony Meola. It went under several names in different markets, such as in Latin America under the name Super Copa and in Japan under the name Ramos Rui no World Wide Soccer (ラモス瑠偉のワールドワイドサッカー) (endorsed by Ruy Ramos).

Gameplay

One of the players is taking the ball down the field for an easy shot opportunity.

The teams in the game include various national teams and some unlicensed club teams from Europe, Japan and America. Players can play with teams from different parts of the United States, including Miami, Los Angeles, Sacramento.

Mode 7 is used to achieve a pseudo-3D effect similar to that of Sculptured Software's previous NCAA Basketball. There are various options and features; including a variety of soccer formations, corner kicks, and the ability to alter each team's roster.

Teams

National Teams

Argentina  Australia  Austria  Belgium  Brazil  Cameroon  Canada  China PR  Denmark  England  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Republic of Ireland  Italy

Japan  Mexico  Netherlands  Nicaragua  Nigeria  Norway  Pakistan  Peru  Poland  Romania  Russia  Scotland  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  United States

teams only in the Latin American version  Colombia  South Korea  Bolivia  Morocco  Saudi Arabia  Costa Rica  Paraguay  Ecuador  Chile  Venezuela

Club Teams

Boston New York Minneapolis Pittsburgh Toronto Washington D.C. Cincinnati Detroit

Atlanta Miami Mexico City Veracruz Houston New Orleans Orlando Havana

Chicago Phoenix Los Angeles Seattle Salt Lake City St. Louis Dallas San Francisco

Milan Marseilles Glasgow Liverpool Manchester Rome Madrid Frankfurt

Reception

In their November 1993 issue of Game Players, the magazine assigned this video game a rating of 72%. Allgame would assign this game a rating of 3.5 stars out of 5.

References

• Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer at GameFAQs
• Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer at MobyGames
• Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer at allgame

External links

• Ramos Rui no World Wide Soccer at superfamicom.org
• ラモス瑠偉のワールドワイドサッカー / Ramos Rui no World Wide Soccer at super-famicom.jp (Japanese)