FOOTBALL GLORY: The Sensible Soccer Challenger that Birthed Croteam

[@Kim_Justice]

What do you reckon? Is this one of the best footie games around, or is it just a shameless Sensible Soccer rip-off? Have a shout in the comments, and thanks for watching! :)

[@thegreathadoken6808]

I can barely tell the difference between it and Sensi. If I were Hare & Co I'd have had them in court. Also, Empire Soccer ftw

[@neat3468]

It's a pretty good game, I still don't think you can beat Taito's Football Champ arcade for footballing arcade action. Shame the Amiga port of Football Champ was only so so.

[@Machovelli]

@@neat3468 Goal ! Goal ! Goal ! Visco beats Taito’s Soccer Champ imho ….I’ve always loved footie games , I love PES 5 on my OG Xbox too . Current day footie games pale in comparison, PES 5 controls faster and better, the backward trend and decline of (Western ) civilisation is noticeable in videogames as well…

[@neat3468]

@@Machovelli Taito's Football Champ gets released today!

[@Machovelli]

@@neat3468Oh , well I already have the Taito Classics or whatever it’s name is . I did buy the Visco collection out of sympathy for the dev on my newest system, the Xbox One ( newest , it ‘s 13 years old but the graphics are still a feast and all these new pcs and consoles cost a lot…)

[@tmm4461]

One of the great pleasures is how your subject matters are actually about the culture around the art and how they influence each other. Genuine appreciation for the British culture and this time... Croatian. As always, extremely involving work you do.

[@FPSmodz-]

The speed boost mechanic is present in the the modern Super Arcade Football switch/pc/xbox/Playstation. Great game, worth a look if you like this style of footer game

[@Specter227]

Can't wait to watch this. I'm a huge fan of both Serious Sam and The Talos Principle and Croteam retrospectives usually don't cover this period of their history much.

[@minechaftgamer288]

completely missed this back in the 90s but just added to my amiga mini afteer rewatching your top 100 vid, impeccable timing as always. Sierra Soccer is another one I barely remember but seems quite good

[@insideleft3584]

why dont i remember this????? really honeslty never seen it before yet spent hundreds of hours playing SWOS! so yet again, thanks!

[@Inverse_Midas]

Top notch video as always Kim. Knew it wouldn’t sway you from sensible! I’m curious to give it a bash now.

[@glenaitken9403]

Not out tonight, sitting in with some "treats" watching the Euros...... Then notice there's a new Kim vid. Noice! 😁😁

[@Megaspartan23]

How fitting that I watch this on my break at work while Croatia plays against Italy in Euro 2024.

[@davidmuldowney]

I was never interested in sports games but I love these examinations of early game development, another great video Kim!

[@dermoooojj255]

Never knew about this one, the Croatian football team of that time were as exciting as this game by the looks of it

[@astonmikedelgado]

Awesome video , grew up playing Croteam games and this was a treat. Thanks 🙏 for making it.

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

A more in-depth look on the subject of one of my favourite Kim videos. In many ways, I consider the Sensible Soccer ports on the SNES to be more polished versions of Football Glory (sans the humour) that actually predated Football Glory (Super Football Glory Zero V1 & V1.1 perhaps), with their slightly bigger graphics and the fact that if you play the American version of Sensi V1.2 (Championship Soccer '94), it's probably as fast as Football Glory.

[@MikesGigDiary__]

Oh my God I loved this game! I can actually still remember buying the DOS edition from Game in Loughborough purely because it had Geoff Hurst and the World Cup on the front of it. It quickly replaced my bootleg copy of SWOS as the main reason my mum would tell me to get off the family computer!

[@Garbage_Pail_Kid]

Would kill (well, possibly 'maim') for an updated release of something like this on the PS5.

[@plume...]

Brian Butterfield was a welcome surprise here, cheers Kim!

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

The Spaceballs of Sensible Soccer!

[@siturl5834]

Love your videos Kim. Always so well made and unlike anything else.

[@Choralone422]

I love this retrospective on the beginnings of Croteam. I always wondered where they came from. I had been a PC user in the US since the early 90s but I never heard of Croteam until I saw and played the Serious Sam demo in the summer of 2000. I was completely blown away by the game! I couldn't believe how incredibly fun even that test demo was, especially when multiple people were playing! I've purchased and played through all of the PC Serious Sam games through the years but the original game (both First and Second encounters) are still the ones I love the most!

[@ChrisSmout]

While I don't like sports games, this one looks to be a roaring good time and super entertaining, would totally love to try this one out.

[@Xyphoe]

Oh I LOVED this game, had it on PC! Cracking video Kim!

[@mattsword41]

had the CU amiga cover disk with this back in the day - really enjoyed it Thanks for this vid - a game that seems little known!

[@yrmmishere]

0:04 Thomson jumpscare //@w@//

[@Debagio]

Another great video, Kim. Sorry but my favourite football game is the original Football Manager on the Spectrum. 🤣

[@glencurtis6052]

Completely forgot about this game until now, thanks for the nostalgic reminder Kim. Also the Jimmy hill chinny reference

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Amazing! It's amazing demoscene was this far and wide

[@tobybridson]

Excellent as always

[@TheAmigaGuru]

Love this game. love when the matches got cancelled because of bad weather etc. skidding in snow etc...there is so much cool in here... toilet rolls on the fields etc. IMO this is a 95% / 100 title :)

[@michaelvau4818]

Always amazed by your well made videos😊😊😊😊

[@BRSL]

Great video, I don't remember playing that title but the story is an interesting one! A small correction btw: Although it was ruled by communists, Yugoslavia was not part of the Soviet block during the Cold War. Tito was one of the initiators of the Non-Aligned Movement.

[@tonyp3824]

Great video- thanks, Kim.

[@mikeburgess6153]

I've been playing citadel remastered from the home computer heroes collection on evercade. It's really good. Also football glory is very very good.

[@raggersragnarsson6255]

'Never played Sensible Soccer'. Absolute nonsense really lol. One of the biggest games on the Amiga throughout every version. You couldn't escape Sensie in the press and anyone who played it loved it. The chances of making a game that looks exactly like it as nigh on impossible. I have never heard of this game until today, so I will definitely check it out. Thanks again.

[@RetroUnlim]

Fantastic video Kim! ❤ glad to hear you liked Sierra Soccer 😂

[@joedent3323]

Cheers Kim!

[@TheAmigaGuru]

oh and yes, the ice cream sfx is even better than the ones in speedball :) SERIOUSLY....THIS GAME IS FANTASTIC :)

[@Marco_Wildlife]

awesome content!

[@RUOK2000]

High praise on this one!

[@WxAxNxDxExRxExR]

CORRECTION: "Croatia had no previous history.." Actually, although it was during the times of when Croatia was still a part of Yugoslavia, e.g. Bug Byte's well known game Kung Fu from 1984 was written for the ZX Spectrum by a Croat, Damir Muraja. There were a few more, but Kung Fu was probably the biggest one.

[@1984Brandon]

That's pretty neat that they were willing to help other game creators, if I understood that correctly.

[@3dhYT]

And that's why I subscribe to this channel. Good stuff.

[@fattomandeibu]

I can't take anything CU Amiga says seriously, the magazine that gave Rise of the Robots a solid 80-something percent. Stopped buying it after that. Course, this was before that, but always remember that when quoting them. As for the game, sadly I never played it, looks fun. The promise of SWOS meant that any football related game purchases were of until I got my hands on that. Poor timing, I guess.

[@endymallorn]

If only they’d stuck with this sort, and not gone on to Quakeclones.

[@David-dy7xc]

why haven't you done a video about the REPTON sires I played it on The ACRON ELECTRON back in the day I want to see one

[@ScottsGameAsylum]

it's about to get serious

[@mustaffaleak9247]

11:16 Thought I was having a stroke, or is The Matrix glitching? Love your vids Kim, I'm just a pedantic {beep}.

[@davidmylchreest3306]

I loved this era of the Amiga. There was always a new crack dev team from some far flung country trying something new.

[@battmann7089]

Don’t forget that the developers had never played Sensible Soccer……erm ……..etc. k Not a patch on Sensible.

[@jamesmcgeachy5433]

🎉

[@pnvgordinho]

rip off or not, its a great game.

[@aminekostone1411]

Ok - I'm going to say it.......I PREFER FOOTBALL GLORY OVER SENSIBLE SOCCER.......uh oh!!!!!!

[@YukoValis]

I'm not reallly a football fan for either side of the pond. I do love me some serious sam. first/second encounter are pretty good. Serious sam 2 is an amazing game that for some reason got demonized by people who never played it. serious sam 3 and onward sucks.

[@NickSinnesloeschen]

The actual football was kinda arse compared to Sensi, but i loved the atmosphere and all the little things going on on the pitch. More modern games should have on-pitch disruptions and showcase "that" side of football. FIFA is, obviously, squeaky clean football mafia bullshit. But even a lot of the modern indie football games are more cutesy anime style affairs that just lack bite (Or an understanding of football culture). But then again i'm a cynical bastard who makes video games where people explode into gory bits, so maybe i'm a bit biased to a certain presentation.

[@VaterOrlaag]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates that stupid term, "boomer shooter".

[@ndh06]

This comment is a little ironic coming from a guy with the "hypermasculine" identifier.