Sensible World of Soccer '96/'97 is an updated version of Sensible World of Soccer: European Championship Edition. The only addition are the updated team rosters. SWOS is a top down football/management game, with either quick game or 20-year career player-manager options. The games are set to last 3 minutes, but the 20-year career can suck in your entire life for a few months. The graphics are kept very small so the player can orientate themselves on the pitch without need for a radar. The controls are simple, easy to get used to and very effective. In the full career mode you can jump from club-to-club buying any of the game's 29000+ players, as well as play around with team tactics. And you can choose from 1400 teams over the five continents. While the Linux/Macintosh/Windows are just the emulated DOS version, the Xbox 360 has some genuine changes: online multiplayer, updated graphics (the graphical style and the top-down perspective are kept) and dynamic advertisements. The team rosters are still based on season 1996/1997, but the names are not authentic anymore. It title is also the base for the remake on Xbox Live Arcade in 2007.
Release date
01. February 1996
Ratings
IGDB user rating
7 ratings
Combined rating
User + critics, 7 ratings
Alternative names
- SWOS 96/97 (Acronym)
Releases
- Amiga Feb 01, 1996
- DOS 1996
- PC (Microsoft Windows) Feb 21, 2013
- Mac Feb 21, 2013
- Linux Dec 17, 2015
Languages
Audio
Interface
IGDB ID
38865
