SWOS December 19th Confirmed!

munkyfunk · 12 Dec 2007 at 11:30

this was ihmo the best 80's jostick... good old konix speedking

rp2000 · 12 Dec 2007 at 11:40

mehuk said:
so you can get sticks for the 360?

Yes,

There is a Hori DOA4 stick (hard to get hold off now as was released when the game was, and not in EU/USA).

There is a (Hori as well?) VF5 stick which looks to me to be identical to the above, but with VF5 pictures instead of DOA4).

And there is also an Matcatz arcade joystick thingy (looks rubbish and not one for beat em ups by the looks). Jack of all trades, master of none by the looks of it.

I LIKE ARCADE STICKS! (BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I LIKE HEROES!).

rp2000

Wyrdo · 12 Dec 2007 at 11:44

Urgh that Madcatz thing looks horrible!

roboffer · 12 Dec 2007 at 12:25

Ordered some extra points the other day in anticipation.

Simply WOOT :cool:

mehuk · 12 Dec 2007 at 12:37

anyone want to setup a World Invitational tourney?

i was the best at SWOS in the world in my day, nows i can prove it!

GarethDW · 13 Dec 2007 at 15:39

This is the grand daddy of all joysticks....

Andybtsn · 13 Dec 2007 at 15:47

Another footy match

Metalface Mark · 13 Dec 2007 at 16:53

GarethDW said:
This is the grand daddy of all joysticks....

Oh my, you are crazy Gareth, that was the worlds worst stick for sensi/kick off.

PiKe · 13 Dec 2007 at 16:54

I used a megadrive controller plugged into my amiga.

mikeysyke · 13 Dec 2007 at 17:06

GarethDW said:
This is the grand daddy of all joysticks....

That pic alone has just bought back so many memories!! I just hope the game will be playable on the 360 pad...

Abooie · 13 Dec 2007 at 17:08

Ripper said:
I can't find the image of the exact joystick I used to use, but its similar to this competition pro one but it had finger grips rather than a bell end

If they released a version of this for the 360 it'd be amazing

That's the puppy I used, except mine was grey and didn't have the extra two triangular buttons.

iGiDK · 13 Dec 2007 at 17:10

NokkonWud said:
I had all 3 of those joysticks, they were the only ones I had infact and I would say the Zipstick was definitely the best of the 3.

Exactly the same here!

PiKe · 14 Dec 2007 at 09:27

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/features/sensible_world_of_soccer_14122007.htm

bailey12856 · 14 Dec 2007 at 09:29

awesome, day i get home from work and this shall be downloaded straight away

mehuk · 14 Dec 2007 at 10:37

cant see link as at work....

help a bro' out - is that saying the game is released.....

im all sticky in anticipation

Kyle009 · 14 Dec 2007 at 10:47

just saying the game is released on 19th december

Xbox.com said:
There’s one name in videogame history that sticks in the hearts and minds of football fans like no other title, before or since – Sensible World of Soccer. Released in 1994 for the Commodore Amiga, it was not only one of the best sports games ever created but, according to any number of ‘Top 100 Videogames of All Time’ lists, one of the greatest titles in any genre.

Combining the sublime Sensible Soccer football engine with a management system, the game was the first to feature every professional club and national team in the world as well as all of the correct names and hair colouring of each player. It was an astonishing achievement in its day and, even in these times of intricately-detailed character models it remains one of the most popular videogame versions of the sport anywhere. Now, for the first time, all Xbox 360 owners will be able to take to the leagues themselves as an updated version of the seminal gaming classic hits Xbox LIVE Arcade on December 19.

Sensible World of Soccer

The game’s really built from two distinct elements: matches and management. In matches you control your team from a top-down perspective. Each player can move in one of eight directions and, until you become proficient with control, most of your time will be spent shepherding the ball up the field. The game requires substantial skill from its players and newcomers will need to practice before they’re making make pixel-perfect passes and applying the famously effective aftertouch to make their game fast-flowing and fluid.

Developer Codemasters hasn’t tweaked the original formula at all so, for those of you looking forward to dusting off some of the old skills, all your tricks and style should still work effectively. As the multiplayer experience over Xbox LIVE is nothing short of sublime, you’ll finally be able to see just how good you really are at the game on the world stage.

The other core aspect to the game is the management system. Here you pick a team from any league, managing matches and trading team members (whose market value rises and falls in conjunction with the team’s performance). For players just wanting to get stuck in with the management side of things there’s an option to let the CPU take over the on-match portion of the game leaving you free to take up nail-biting position on the sidelines as you guide your team up the tables.

Playable in both original mode (identical to the 1994 version) and an enhanced mode that brushes up the graphics and adds deteriorating pitches and the like the game pulls the player data from the 1996-7 edition. Indeed, the game’s such a joyous and perfect tribute to the original that its fans will likely go all misty-eyed and weepy at its title screen. For those of you who haven’t played the game yet do the sensible thing: screw in the studs, pull up your socks and prepare yourself for one of gaming’s greatest soccer treats.

Wyrdo · 14 Dec 2007 at 10:50

Edit: Beaten to it

mehuk · 14 Dec 2007 at 12:31

oh my 'ejaculates' g 'and again' od!

come to papa

not sure if i will use the new HD mode or not yet - the deteriorating pitches sounds good

96/97 data woot woot - time to build a giant of yesteryear