World Cup Carnival is a football video game for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum released in 1986. This is the first World Cup franchise game, and is based on 1986 FIFA World Cup. The game is actually Artic Software's previous title World Cup Football, with the official licenced items added.
While the license was acquired with time to spare and was carefully planned, internal problems plagued the project's development until it could not ...
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World Cup Carnival is a football video game for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum released in 1986. This is the first World Cup franchise game, and is based on 1986 FIFA World Cup. The game is actually Artic Software's previous title World Cup Football, with the official licenced items added.
While the license was acquired with time to spare and was carefully planned, internal problems plagued the project's development until it could not be completed anywhere near a commercially usable date. As Mexico '86 was coming closer, U.S. Gold decided to acquire the rights of an older game, World Cup Football, re-fit it with the properly licensed items, and market it as a revolutionary new title. However, this late effort was received with cynicism from all in the video game industry: gamers, retailers and reviewers alike, and started a trend of "less than what was expected" games based on football licenses.
Ten teams are available in the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC versions of the...
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