Pelé's Soccer

Pelé's Soccer is a 1981 sports game from Atari, Inc. for the Atari VCS (renamed to Atari 2600 in late 1982). Based on the famous footballer Pelé, it features ball-handing and goal-keeping techniques using the joystick. Re-releases have been named Championship Soccer to avoid using Pelé's likeness and name, due to copyright.

Pelé's Soccer
Developer(s)Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s)Atari, Inc.[1]
Designer(s)Steve Wright[2]
Platform(s)Atari 2600
Release
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Each team has one forward, two defenders, and a goalkeeper on the field at all times.[4] The player's goalkeeper is always controlled by the computer unless they save a shot.[4] Each game consists of two halves of various time lengths (depending on the game settings being used).[4] All the forwards and backs run in their proper formation.[4] There are 54 different game variations (27 single-player and 27 multiplayer) that allow for different speeds, game lengths, and goal sizes.[5]

Reception

References
  1. "Game information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  2. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  3. "Pele's Soccer". Atari Mania.
  4. "Basic game overview". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  5. "Advanced game overview/rating of ''Pelé's Soccer". allgame. Retrieved 2011-05-16.


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