First Footbal videogame with weather

I was in a discussion with my friends, and we couldn't agree what the first Football game with weather was.

I think the first one I played with weather (rain, wind, etc) was something for the commodore... Maybe Diego Maradona?

Anyone has a clue?

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  • pretty sure one of the speccy ones did... think it might've been microprose soccer?
  • I think it's"Michael Fish's Football 87"

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  • No mate says sensible soccer had lightening
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  • Sensible Soccer is an evolution of the previously mentioned Microprose Soccer (which is foremost a C64 game), both games being coded by Sensible Software.
  • You could make the pitch white in Match Day II. I always assumed that was snow!
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  • you could do that on Super Soccer too... Didn't make the game any less carp though!

    this is one of those questions that seems to be ungoogleable-able.
  • Sensible Soccer had muddy pitches..so there must have been a bit of weather pre-game. Probably the fans got soaked on their way to the match.

    Nah, It's got to be Kevin Tom's Football Manager. Many the hour was passed looking out the window at the weather..waiting for the league table to be calculated.
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  • I remember that, it took ages, i usually went and made a cup of tea or something.
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  • edited August 2016
    Kaija wrote: »
    Sensible Soccer had muddy pitches..so there must have been a bit of weather pre-game. Probably the fans got soaked on their way to the match.

    Nah, It's got to be Kevin Tom's Football Manager. Many the hour was passed looking out the window at the weather..waiting for the league table to be calculated.

    think i only ever played 3 soccer games really

    Footy manager mostly, then later on Match day, both on the speccy. then Sensible soccer on the Amiga later on, about 10 of us playing late at night laughing our tits off smoking massive bongs.

    oh and a FIFA thingy on ps1 a bit, not a lot too

    when i bought mi mates boxed c64 off him for a tenner it came with im not lying, maybe 30 footy games lol, he lives for football
    Post edited by mel the bell on
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  • Quite an interesting topic actually, but I'm curious if management games, or action games would be separate, as I would assume weather would be a factor mildly involved in a lot of management games, and quite easily implemented in the early days, as management games don't necessarily need polish and graphical whoop de doo's. Whereas action Footy games where you physically control the players, need to process a lot of things going on at once, so I feel like weather would've been a later addition on the timeline for this type of footy game.

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  • edited August 2016
    think i only ever played 3 soccer games really

    Footy manager mostly, then later on Match day, both on the speccy. then Sensible soccer on the Amiga later on, about 10 of us playing late at night laughing our tits off smoking massive bongs.

    I didn't play many football games either. I did that all your pals round thing though with Sensi Soccer...mostly boozing and people throwing strops cause Rangers beat Celtic 4-0. Who knew that just a few years later..never mind.
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  • Quite an interesting topic actually, but I'm curious if management games, or action games would be separate, as I would assume weather would be a factor mildly involved in a lot of management games, and quite easily implemented in the early days,
    cant actually remember any spec management games where weather was a factor? there probably were some though. you can just see it

    "snow on pitch. select (1) for snow to be shovelled off pitch. cost: £10"
  • edited August 2016
    I would have thought it would be a much later game than any of the Speccy footie action games and I don't recall Sensi Soccer having the effects either. There was definitely the soggy pitch, and that was a great leveller, but I don't think it included any graphical weather effects.

    My guess would be one of the earlier FIFA games on PS1, as there was more horse-power to play with, or maybe even Actua Soccer or an early PES/Superstar Soccer?
    Post edited by Vampyre on
  • Yep, I can definitely remember there being snow in Actua Soccer...
  • I don't know about Sensi, but it's predecessor, Microprose Soccer, definitely featured rain.

    See it in action 1 minute into this video, with rain lashing the pitch and lightning flashes every now and then:

  • edited August 2016
    Maybe we have a winner then! I think Kick Off was after Microprose Soccer but I can't remember if that had weather effects or not anyway...

    EDIT: The Crash review mentions the weather effects.
    Post edited by Vampyre on
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