World Cup Italia '90

This article is about the video game. For the actual event, see 1990 FIFA World Cup.

World Cup Italia '90
Master System Cover art
Developer(s)	Sega
Publisher(s)	Sega, Virgin Mastertronic
Series	FIFA World Cup
Platform(s)	Mega Drive, Master System
Release date(s)	1990
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

World Cup Italia '90 is a football video game by Sega for Mega Drive in 1990 and Master System in 1991. The Mega Drive version is the European release of World Championship Soccer. The Master System version was released in Brazil as Super Futebol II.

Summary

The game gives official groups, teams and the fidelity schedule of the championship. Gameplay occurs at a bird's-eye view and sees the player given the choice of participating as any of the teams that featured in the tournament itself, and no qualifying tournaments to reach the World Cup are available on this game.

The Mega Drive version was later renamed to Sega Soccer on the Mega 6 compilation cartridge removing the Virgin Mastertronic credits.

In Brazil, the Master System version was released as a Master System exclusive with the name Super Futebol II. Super Futebol had been the name used in Brazil for World Championship Soccer.

Official license

Virgin Mastertronic owned the home license for the official video game of the 1990 World Cup. This was used on their self-developed games for home computers under the title World Cup Soccer: Italia '90. They also published Sega games in Europe so used the licence for the different games for the Sega consoles.

This is the second World Cup official licensed franchise game based on the 1990 FIFA World Cup featuring the official logo and the mascot, the first having been the ill-fated and little-known World Cup Carnival for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Reception

Review score
Publication	Score
CVG	44% ^[1]

Mega placed the game at #5 in their list of the 10 Worst Mega Drive Games of All Time,^[2] and awarded a score of 40%.^[3]

References

↑ "Computer & Video Games Issue 112" (112). March 1991: 78. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ Mega magazine issue 1, page 85, Future Publishing, Oct 1992
↑ Mega rating, issue 9, page 23, Future Publishing, June 1993

External links

Fan page

Preceded by World Cup Carnival	FIFA World Cup Official Licensed Video Game 1990	Succeeded by World Cup USA '94

FIFA World Cup symbols

Official songs	1962: "El Rock del Mundial" 1966: "World Cup Willie (Where in this World are We Going)" 1970: "Fútbol México 70" 1974: "Futbol" 1978: "Anthem" 1982: "Mundial '82" 1986: "Hot Hot Hot" 1990: "Un'estate italiana" 1994: "Gloryland" 1998: "The Cup of Life" 2002: "Boom" 2006: "Celebrate the Day" 2010: "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" 2014: "We Are One (Ole Ola)"

Mascots	1966: World Cup Willie 1970: Juanito 1974: Tip and Tap 1978: Gauchito 1982: Naranjito 1986: Pique 1990: Ciao 1994: Striker, the World Cup Pup 1998: Footix 2002: Ato, Kaz, and Nik 2006: Goleo VI and Pille 2010: Zakumi 2014: Fuleco 2018: Zabivaka

Balls	1970: Telstar 1974: Telstar Durlast 1978: Tango Durlast 1982: Tango España 1986: Azteca 1990: Etrusco Unico 1994: Questra 1998: Tricolore 2002: Fevernova 2006: +Teamgeist 2010: Jabulani 2014: Brazuca

Video games	1986: World Cup Carnival 1990: World Cup Soccer: Italia '90 · World Cup Italia '90 1994: World Cup USA '94 1998: World Cup 98 · Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France '98 · World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98 2002: 2002 FIFA World Cup 2006: 2006 FIFA World Cup 2010: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa 2014: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Albums	1994: Gloryland 1998: Allez! Ola! Ole! 2002: The Official Album 2006: Voices 2010: Listen Up! 2014: One Love, One Rhythm

Instruments	2010: Vuvuzela 2014: Caxirola

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