The Kick Off 2 spiritual successor with Graphics by original author Steve Screech
An authorised reboot of the 90s football game Kick Off 2 but also inspired by the classic games: Microprose Soccer, Sensible Soccer, Tehkan World Cup
AfterTouch Soccer is an old-school remake made by Kick Off World, a group of retrogaming fans & developers, a love letter to ANCO football games on Amiga & Atari ST with the help from Steve Screech who kindly give all his graphics into the project.
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The most obvious feature on Aftertouch Soccer is the lightening-fast pace, which probably can put many people off the game initially. But you can set slower speed on options if you feel more comfortable with slower gameplay.
Another feature is the way the ball doesn't 'stick' to your players' feet, as it has been the convention in football games for years. You can however set ball control to glued on easy setup.
But what the game is real focusing, is the ability to swerve the ball with AfterTouch. Aftertouch add a bend effect to the ball to left/right/height just after clicking the button, was introduced on a football game in 1985 by the arcade game Tehkan World Cup, later on 1988 was introduced for first time on Home Computers by Sensible Software on Microprose Soccer with the name 'Banana Kick'. Despite the fact Kick Off (1989) and Player Manager (1990) were inspired by Tehkan World Cup (Steve Screech convinced ANCO to create a series of top-down Sport games after he saw Tehkan WC) didn't have any curve effect on ball, It was only with the 'Kick Off Extra Time' Data Disk (1990) and later with 'Kick Off 2' (1990) that aftertouch evolved to handle anso height on kicks. But with Sensible Soccer and later SWOS Aftertouch effect on ball became extremely popular on every PC, Home Computer and Console Platform thanks to a more friendly way to handle ball direction after the kick.
However, perseverance (and practicing with the game set also at 75% or 50% speed!) eventually pays off and you'll be so glad you stuck with it when it does. Suddenly, what had been frustrating battles to keep control of the ball will become skilfully orchestrated passing moves. As you get to know your team's formation and each player's strengths your confidence grows, seeing you spread cross-field passes to that speedy winger on the left (R. Shaw!) or keeping it on the deck and playing it through the middle to the feet of your star striker to turn and shoot from 30 yards.
The game features the usual friendlies, league and knockout cup tournaments, plus a 'EURO CUP 2016' finals with the almost real player lineup.
It's how the game performs on the pitch that counts and once you have mastered the 'beautiful game' you'll find there really is no substitute for Aftertouch Soccer. Add in the classic 'after touch' allowing you to bend and dip your shots, and a randomness to the action – if the ball hits the frame of the goal, you never quite know where it will rebound to – and you end up with a classic football game which still plays very well today. It might not look as pretty as other football games, but this just adds to the charm and suggests that more development time was spent perfecting gameplay rather than aesthetics – substance over style.
This game is not using source code or it's not cloned /reverse engineered from original game. It's a free football game inspired by ANCO games made in late 80s and early 90s on Commodore Amiga and coded, designed from scratch by fans. Aftertouch Soccer graphics and sprite animations are from original creator Steve Screech and used on this game with his authorisation .
Key to use on game:
I: Change Camera: 3 Top Down heights (only on 1.1 beta)
To select the team you want to play on Cup, League or EURO 2016 just click on the 'C' column.
You can choose to play as a manager clicking on 'CPU Only' before the match
You can play 'in position' controlling a single player clicking 'J' and selecting the player you want to control on field clicking on last column o the right. You can click 'F' to fix the camera on the player you control
Arrows or Q W O K: Move the player
B or CTRL: Kick/Header/sliding tackle
N or ALT: pass the ball to other player
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1 2 3 4: Select tactics
5: Goalkeeper attacking on opponent Penalty area
A: Sound ON/OFF
P: Pause
C: Player substitution
T: Full Screen Window
X: Radar size
F + numpad 2 4 6 8: zoom to one player only
R: Replay
D: Save Replay
S: Speed on substitution/Replay
K: Change Home kit
J: Change Away Kit
if you like AfterTouch Soccer try also The Soccer Player Manager, the managerial game: https://kickoffworld.itch.io/the-soccer-player-manager
facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kickoffworld/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kickoff2world
twitter: https://twitter.com/kickoffworld
Website: http://www.kickoffworld.net
DOWNLOAD BETA 1,2 PC Windows, Mac OS, Linux, ANDROID, IOS, FLAS:
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ASK AN ORIGINAL UPDATED COPY OF THE GAME ON THE FACEBOOK GROUP; VERSIONA AVAILABLE ARE: Windows Phone, IOS, ANDROID, WINDOWS, Mac OS, LINUX, FLASH:
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| Status | On hold |
| Authors | Kick Off World, Mazinkaizer-Z |
| Genre | Sports |
| Tags | 16-bit, 2D, amiga, Football, Pixel Art, Remake, Soccer, Top-Down |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English, Italian |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Gamepad (any), Joystick, Touchscreen, Smartphone |
| Accessibility | Color-blind friendly, Configurable controls, High-contrast, One button |
| Links | Homepage, Twitter, Community, Support, Facebook page |
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| Release years by system: 2003 — Microsoft Windows, Mac OS |
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| Release years by system: 2004 — Microsoft Windows, Mac OS |
Care Bears: Let's Have a Ball! is an educational game for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, and the second Care Bears game to be developed by ImagEngine and published by ValuSoft. It was released in North America on September 28, 2004, and features 8 minigames including matching, bowling, and soccer.[3] |
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| Release years by system: 2004 — V.Smile |
Care Bears: A Lesson in Caring is an educational video game for the V.Smile edutainment system and was released in North America by VTech on September 30, 2004. The game features two gameplay modes - Learning Adventure and Learning Zone - that teach letters, numbers, and colors and is intended for children ages 3 to 5.[4] |
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| Release years by system: 2005 — Game Boy Advance |
Care Bears: Care Quest is 2D platform game for the Game Boy Advance developed by Sirius Games and published by The Game Factory. It was released in North America in October 2005, and in Europe the following year in February 2006. Players take control of a specific Care Bear in 12 quests containing multiple levels. |
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| Release years by system: 2005 — Microsoft Windows, Mac OS |
Care Bears: Catch a Star! is the third educationalCare Bears title developed by ImagEngine and published by ValuSoft for Windows and Mac OS. It was released in October 2005 in North America, and features eight minigames.[6] |
Mobile apps[edit]
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| Release years by system: 2013 — Android, iOS |
Care Bears Create & Share! is an educational game for Android and iOS mobile phones developed and published by Budge Studios and was released in September 2013. Designed primarily for girls in preschool to kindergarten, the app allows players to create their own Care Bear-themed postcards and share them with others using a collection of images. The game was nominated for a 2013 Best Mobile App Award for the category of 'Best App for Children and Kids'.[8] |
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| Release years by system: 2014 — Android, iOS |
Care Bears: Fun to Learn is an educational game for Android and iOS mobile phones published by American Greetings, and was released in July 2014. Players complete a number of minigames to collect stars and prizes while learning about shapes, numbers, letters, and arithmetic.[10]Common Sense Media gave the game a 3 out of 5, commenting that the short minigames were 'just right for preschool attention spans,' but that 'There's not much depth as each game repeats without increasing in challenge.'[9] It was nominated for a late Fall 2014 Best Mobile App Award for 'Best App for Children and Toddlers'.[11] |
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Care Bears Rainbow Playtime is an educational game for Android and iOS mobile phones developed and published by TabTale, and was released worldwide in July 2014. It contains nine minigames featuring a different Care Bear.[12] |
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| Release years by system: 2015 — Android, iOS |
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| Release years by system: 2016 — Android, iOS |
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| Release years by system: 2017 — Android, iOS |
Care Bears Fun to Learn is an educational game for Android and iOS mobile phones developed and published by Tap Tap Tales which was released worldwide in May 2017. Players assist the Care Bears in a series of minigames that teach letters, numbers, colors, and shapes, as well as language and math.[17] |
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| Release years by system: 2017 — Android, iOS |
Care Bears & Amigos in NYC is an educational game for Android and iOS mobile phones released in North America in July 2017. It was developed and published by Bilingual Children's Enterprises and is designed to teach Spanish to preschoolers through a combination of videos, storybooks, and minigames. The game features more than 1,000 words in Spanish and English, which can be toggled from one to the other.[18]Common Sense Media gave the title a 3 out of 5, remarking that 'while the games are fun to play, they're also very simple.'[19] |
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| Release years by system: 2017 — Android, iOS |
Care Bears Music Band is a music game for Android and iOS mobile phones developed and published by TabTale and released worldwide in July 2017.[20] |
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Care Bears was a cancelled action video game intended for release by Parker Brothers for the Atari 2600. It was scheduled to launch in North America in 1983, and would have been the first Care Bears video game, predating Care-a-lot Jamboree by 20 years. The game involved the player grabbing 'tummy icons' from Care Bears as they descended from the top of the screen before arranging them in a certain order before time ran out. Programmer Laura Niklich stated that although development made it to the beta stage, Parker Brother's marketing team decided to halt development as they felt the market for children's video games was diminishing and the existing gameplay looked 'too dull'.[21] |
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External links[edit]
- Care Bears game franchise at Giant Bomb
