Fever Pitch Soccer

STORY / GAMEPLAY
Like in any other old-school soccer game, there is no actual story here. You just choose your favorite team and start your streak playing matches in soccer stadiums from around the world, to win the World Championship title. The odd (and funny) thing with this game (and the detail that makes it different from other soccer games) is that you can easily hold the ball in your possession and you can actually commit lots of fouls without being whistled (or even warned) by the referee. This means that there are only three "rules" here: shoot, score, win! This game was also developed for the SNES and the Sega Mega Drive consoles and here it must be noted that the gameplay is much harder on the Jaguar due to its awkward joypad!

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The game's graphics are presented in an isometric (pseudo-3D) perspective. The stadiums are greatly done and well colored and the sprites (aka the soccer players) are moving nicely and fast around the pitch. The sound in this game is a typical "soccer game sound" with crowd wows plus some in-match sound FX (ref whistling etc). NOTE: Though the Jaguar's hardware is in theory more powerful than the 16 bit consoles Nintendo SNES and Sega Mega Drive, the Jaguar's Fever Pitch has no clear differences compared to the other two versions. Overall, this is an amusing soccer game!