I think for me atleast the moment they took footy games to vectors and away from sprites, thats when i lost interest...

dont get me wrong i have played some nicely done 3d renditions of footy... but.... well lets be serious... why on earth would i want to aproximate footy with joypad, when i can do down the local sports club and jump in on a couple of 5 a side (which normally turns into 7 or 8 aside lol) its more fun, admitedly its a lot more effort but the reward is better..

I have the same problem with rugby computer/video games, infact i hate them, i hate watching it, and thats either league or union, However throw me in a team and i just LOVE to play the game.... yes sir indeedy!! absolutely!!!

I am thinking after loosing a few more pounds (like a shit load) i may try out for Norwich UEA rugby team..... ahhh i can dream....

but since imma ranting (my sincerest appologies) and for taking this off topic by mentioning another platform (SNES) other than amiga (again my deepest appologies) do you guys think in general theres a bit to much crap footy games out there, with what ever flava-footballer of the year endorsing it?

I am still to see the vaild differnece between PES2005/2006/2007.... there really isn't anything... infact for the most part since going 3D footy games are now in a rut and have been for the better part of 3 to 4 years... dont get me wrong the AI improvments have been gradual, as have the models... but in game play.... virtualy nothing has improved!

anyway thats my rant! sorry about that.
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SWOS is pretty old now but still far and away the best footy game I've played.
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Last football game I played was Matchday 2....

A long long time ago, when I was but a wee lad!
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Goal for me.
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SWOS, obviously.

The Kickoff series always felt too 'floaty' to me.

There was this 3D footy game that was pretty good, too, but I can't quite remember its name. Microprose Soccer, maybe.

As for footy management games, Player Manager.
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3D game? There aren't too many 3D footy games on the Amiga... I Play 3D Soccer (what a silly name) perhaps? Can't have been Microprose Soccer as it's an overhead-viewed game.
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And also Microprose Soccer was designed by Sensible Software so is the precurser to Sensi Soccer and SWOS. Fifa was isometric but really blew chunks.
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It was by simulondo

not sure which country it came from tho!
could use HOL to find out but then again maybe not

goal for me all the way then sensi, sierra soccer, the last fifa i played and enjoyed was fifa 96 after that it was pure 3d shite all the way

Was that before they had formed sensible software hence having to find a publisher maybe?
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Sensible software designed the C64 version of Microprose Soccer and are credited with designing it the same way they are credited with Wizball unfortunatly both games were badly converted to the Amiga.

Look here for the softograpnhy of Sensi.
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Brentford? I think I was at a tournament in Brentford for easter 1982, can't remember the name, it's near London. Their home team was Hutton Medway, is that Brentford?
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