Download Microsoft Soccer (Windows)

More than 31400 old games to download for free!

Microsoft Soccer

Windows - 1996

Alt names Microsoft Football, Microsoft Football: Si réel que vous allez mettre le feu !, Microsoft Futebol, Microsoft Fußball, Microsoft Fußball: Aktion in Höchstform, Microsoft Gol!, Microsoft Gol!: La vera sfida dei campioni!, Microsoft Soccer: Action So Real It Hurts
Year 1996
Platform Windows
Released in Brazil, United States
Genre Sports
Theme Soccer / Football (European)
Publisher Microsoft Corporation
Developer Lobotomy Software, Inc.
Perspectives Isometric, Diagonal-down
3.45 / 5 - 11 votes

Description of Microsoft Soccer

Read Full Description

Microsoft Soccer is definitely one of the worst soccer games ever made - and one of the many first embarrassments for Microsoft when it tried to re-enter the gaming industry in mid 1990s.

Games Domain trashed this Real Dog quite thoroughly as follows: "The game installs easily enough, providing you are careful about DirectX. The front-end looks quite pretty, even if parts of the tournament setup are counter-intuitive. There are three basic options, friendly, tournament (of which there is only a fixed format, with a choice of Global or Continental) and multiplayer using all the usual DirectPlay methods, modem, serial, IPX or TCP/IP.

Only national teams are offered, along with a team editor which would enable you, should you have the motive and the patience, to adjust the players to represent their real-life counterparts in appearance and name. By default, the England team, for example, has a strange mix of fictitious players who draw their surnames from English history amongst other sources. The usual parameters are adjustable, match length, rules, etc. The in-game controls are relatively simple to pick up but this is where the game starts to fall apart, it appears impossible to control a ball that is not moving slowly along the ground. Any ball that is bouncing or travelling at more than a walking pace will pass through your player. This makes playing passes through the air very difficult.

The heading is limited to vertical jumps to make contact with the ball, ie no diving headers and the ball is only ever headed a short distance. Overhead (bicycle) kicks are possible, indeed at one point I scored a goal with one and tend to be of more use than the headers, leading to players somersaulting in the air all over the pitch - a very strange sight. The gameplay in general is limited, due to the problems of passing through the air mentioned earlier, coupled with the exaggerated ball physics which leads to the ball going out of play far too often. Mostly the ball is passed around a little, then a fast player charges past the last line of the badly organised CPU defence and either squares a pass for the centre forward or has a shot. I haven't actually seen many incidents of offside due to the way in which I played but a fellow reviewer mentioned that the offside rule is flawed, which wouldn't surprise me. CPU players are often seen to turn back and forth on the spot as if confused, but at high speed and for 3 or 4 seconds at a time.

Oh dear, Microsoft, this is quite frankly, junk, and with that in mind, one of our less prestigious awards should be making itself at home somewhere on this page. Avoid this game at all costs, if you want a football game with low system requirements go for one of the Sensible Soccer series or even the original FIFA Soccer. Just whatever you do, don't buy this, if you still don't believe me, check out the demo and if you still want to buy it, don't say I didn't warn you, 23 UK pounds is a lot to pay for a shiny drinks coaster."

One interesting anecdote to this Real Dog: the game was developed by Lobotomy Software, but the credits mentioned "based on the works of Dino Dini" - whom fans will recognize as the celebrated designer of Kick Off series. Given how bad the game is, it seems more likely that Microsoft Soccer was 'inspired' by his games without Dini having an active involvement.

Review By HOTUD

External links

Comments and reviews

Arthur 2024-08-03 0 point

I have installed the game but the error said the DPLAY.dll wasn't found. How to solve this problem?

agsmanmx 2023-08-14 2 points

Use the serial 4111111111111111111111111111111111

RJ 2022-01-03 2 points

where can i find a cd key that works?

agathosdaimon 2021-06-04 0 point

to Guta, this is not a dos game - windos 95 is needed at least

Marek 2021-01-25 0 point

I have game soccerze Microsoft I have problem this game gamepad Gamepad is bad

guta 2019-03-03 2 points

I couldnt initialize the game throug dosbox. How can I play this game?

HA! 2019-01-24 2 points

After seeing there is a new download for NBA Live 95 I was thinking oh how awesome it would be to have Microsoft Soccer!
Dude, DUDE!

Write a comment

Share your gamer memories, help others to run the game or comment anything you'd like. If you have trouble to run Microsoft Soccer (Windows), read the abandonware guide first!

 

Download Microsoft Soccer

We may have multiple downloads for few games when different versions are available. Also, we try to upload manuals and extra documentation when possible. If you have additional files to contribute or have the game in another language, please contact us!

Windows Version

DownloadEnglish version 11 MB DownloadISO Version English version French version German version Spanish; Castilian version Italian version Portuguese version 466 MB

Similar games

Fellow retro gamers also downloaded these games:

Myth III: The Wolf Age abandonware
Myth III: The Wolf AgeWin2001
Brutal Sports Football abandonware
Brutal Sports FootballDOS, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Jaguar1993
Screamer Rally abandonware
Screamer RallyDOS1997
Circuit Racer abandonware
Circuit RacerDOS1995
Championship Manager 2 abandonware
Championship Manager 2DOS1995
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit abandonware
Need for Speed III: Hot PursuitWin1998

Ad Consent Terms About Contact FAQ Useful links Contribute Taking screenshots How to play

MyAbandonware utopiaweb