| World Cup Carnival | |
|---|---|
 Cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Artic Computing |
| Publisher(s) | U.S. Gold |
| Series | FIFA World Cup |
| Platform(s) | Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1986 |
| Genre(s) | Traditional football simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer |
World Cup Carnival is a 1986 sports video game developed by Artic Computing and published by U.S. Gold for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum; it is the first licensed World Cup video game and is based on the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. Initially meant as an entirely different game, development problems made U.S. Gold decide to recycle Artic Computing's 1984 title World Cup Football, with the added FIFA license and extras included in the box.
Upon release, World Cup Carnival received unanimously negative reviews from critics, players and retailers alike for its poor graphics, gameplay, sound and blatant recycling of World Cup Football; several magazines included angry letters from people who had bought the game, many of which were returned to stores.
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Gameplay
Ten teams (Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina, France, Spain, Mexico and Scotland) are available in the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC versions of the game while all 24 teams that played in the 1986 World Cup are available in the ZX Spectrum version. For all three platforms, the World Cup mode is played from the quarter finals onwards. Additionally, there is a training mode that includes penalty taking in all three versions. Matches last for 3 minutes, and there is no ability to change formation settings etc.
Reception
Critical response
At the time of its release Zzap!64 awarded the C64 version of the game an overall score of just 11%.[1] Crash scored the ZX Spectrum version 26% and the reviewer stated "This is the worst football simulation I have ever seen".[1]
Prism Leisure lawsuit
Shortly after the game's release, developer Artic Computing was sued by Prism Leisure Corporation for copyright infringement as they had sold the copyright of World Cup Football in 1985 to keep the company afloat; Prism quickly won the lawsuit with Artic requiring to pay Prism for all the sales of World Cup Carnival, bankrupting the company in the process.[1]
Reviews
Follow up games
Despite the overwhelmingly poor reception, U.S. Gold attempted to get the 1990 FIFA World Cup license in Italy; they failed, however, with Virgin Mastertronic gaining the license and developing World Cup Soccer: Italia '90; U.S. Gold soon released their game as Italy 1990.
References
- ^ a b c Wilkins, Chris; Kean, Roger M (2015). The Story Of U.S. Gold. Fusion Retro Books. pp. 58–63. ISBN 9780993131530.
- ^ "CVG Magazine Issue 034". August 1984.
- ^ "Computer Gamer - Issue 16 (1986-07)(Argus Press)(GB)". July 1986.
- ^ "ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 015". July 1986.
See also
This page was last edited on 1 December 2023, at 21:43