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Exciting Soccer

Exciting Soccer is an association football game which includes penalty shootout if the game ends in a tie. If you win the game you move on to the next level, each time the opponent gets harder to beat. When…

31 December 1983

Exciting Soccer is a sport, released 31 December 1983 on Arcade.

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What Exciting Soccer is

Exciting Soccer was released in 1983. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Exciting Soccer is an association football game which includes penalty shootout if the game ends in a tie. If you win the game you move on to the next level, each time the opponent gets harder to beat. When you start playing you can choose one of 6 teams: Italy, England, Brazil, West Germany, Austria, or France. The sequel Exciting Soccer II was released in 1984 with Japan replacing Austria and new music, but identical gameplay. The game let one or two players play, had a control scheme where they could tackle, shoot, short pass, and long pass, and had realistic touches like corner kicks, throw-ins, penalty shots, and cheerleaders, as well as digitized voices and an influential overhead…
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What it launched against

Exciting Soccer launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Exciting Soccer come out?
Exciting Soccer was released on 31 December 1983 for Arcade.

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