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Tengen World Cup Soccer

The game has an unusual naming scheme. In Japan there were no issues, as the game was published by SIMS themselves. In North America and PAL regions however, publishing rights were given to Tengen, who altered…

1 February 1993

Tengen World Cup Soccer is a sport developed by SIMS, released 1 February 1993 on Sega Game Gear.

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What Tengen World Cup Soccer is

Tengen World Cup Soccer is a sport game developed by SIMS and released in 1993. It was published by Sega. It is available on Sega Game Gear only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game has an unusual naming scheme. In Japan there were no issues, as the game was published by SIMS themselves. In North America and PAL regions however, publishing rights were given to Tengen, who altered many of the in-game banners and renamed the game Tengen World Cup Soccer, even though the majority of the work was done by SIMS. The game offers 24 different national teams from across the world, although the choices aren't based on any official tournament from the era. For 1993 the list is quite out of date; the Federal Republic of Germany (more commonly known as West Germany) had not existed since 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Russia is represented with the flag of the…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

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When did Tengen World Cup Soccer come out?
Tengen World Cup Soccer was released on 1 February 1993 for Sega Game Gear.

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