Knowledge

Match Day (series)

Source 📝

201: 208:). The game was the first one to include complete control over ball direction, power and elevation (using a kickometer), and a brand new deflection system (Diamond Deflection System). 147: 545: 51: 540: 197: 368: 142:
and released on most home computers of the era, but is most well known for its Sinclair Spectrum incarnation. It was designed and developed by
254:
preview in Spain), but due to licensing problems the name was finally changed. It was developed in 1998 by Cranberry Source and published by
205: 318: 525: 383: 448: 352: 480: 333: 535: 411: 485: 515: 510: 505: 500: 495: 490: 530: 134: 380: 283: 445: 263: 255: 251: 239: 67: 349: 464: 433: 235: 173: 139: 102: 91: 58: 42: 8: 161: 520: 399: 230: 259: 32: 295: 106: 27: 330: 452: 387: 356: 337: 35: 439: 215: 122: 63: 47: 427: 474: 458: 306: 189: 168: 181: 177: 193: 143: 98: 94: 77: 296:
Comment about authors of the game in Ritman's home page, ritman.co.uk
226:
during development). Although it was finished it was never released.
185: 138:: the first game in the series. It was created in 472: 371:at TimesSquare/Battlefield (through archive.org) 164:with better sound and some full screen images. 546:Video games developed in the United Kingdom 541:Video game franchises introduced in 1984 350:Interviews: Jon Ritman, a genius in play 284:Playing Catch Up: Match Day's Jon Ritman 473: 428:Inept Reviews: International Match Day 112: 121:. All of the games were published by 340:at Your Sinclair Rock and Roll Years 250:(it was even presented as such in a 246:, it was intended to be released as 117:The following games are part of the 13: 526:BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games 204:(Commodore version, programmed by 14: 557: 421: 242:. Although its working title was 481:Association football video games 405: 393: 374: 362: 343: 324: 321:at geocities.com/SiliconValley 312: 300: 289: 277: 1: 270: 192:platforms. It was written by 467:at Computerandvideogames.com 258:. The game is available for 7: 536:PlayStation (console) games 390:at absolute-PlayStation.com 10: 562: 222:(it was previously called 160:published in 1986 for the 156:is an improved version of 465:Super Match Soccer review 369:Interview with Jon Ritman 107:1980s 8-bit home computer 73: 57: 41: 26: 21: 125:, with the exception of 446:International Match Day 307:Martin Galway interview 200:and music and sound by 154:International Match Day 436:at worldofspectrum.org 97:franchise created by 486:Ocean Software games 442:at Crash on-line #37 359:at amstradmuseum.com 92:association football 440:Match Day Challenge 381:Match Day 3 preview 214:was the name of an 196:, with graphics by 113:Games in the series 516:Commodore 64 games 451:2008-04-08 at the 412:Super Match Soccer 400:Super Match Soccer 386:2011-07-26 at the 355:2009-06-07 at the 336:2008-02-21 at the 234:, was released in 231:Super Match Soccer 127:Super Match Soccer 511:ZX Spectrum games 506:Amstrad CPC games 331:Matchday 2 review 146:with the help of 83: 82: 16:Video game series 553: 501:1998 video games 496:1987 video games 491:1984 video games 461:at Mobygames.com 415: 409: 403: 397: 391: 378: 372: 366: 360: 347: 341: 328: 322: 316: 310: 304: 298: 293: 287: 286:at Gamasutra.com 281: 218:very similar to 172:was released in 119:Match Day series 52:Cranberry Source 19: 18: 561: 560: 556: 555: 554: 552: 551: 550: 471: 470: 455:at ysrnry.co.uk 453:Wayback Machine 424: 419: 418: 410: 406: 402:at gamefaqs.com 398: 394: 388:Wayback Machine 379: 375: 367: 363: 357:Wayback Machine 348: 344: 338:Wayback Machine 329: 325: 317: 313: 305: 301: 294: 290: 282: 278: 273: 198:Bernie Drummond 162:ZX Spectrum 128 115: 36:simulation game 17: 12: 11: 5: 559: 549: 548: 543: 538: 533: 528: 523: 518: 513: 508: 503: 498: 493: 488: 483: 469: 468: 462: 456: 443: 437: 431: 430:at youtube.com 423: 422:External links 420: 417: 416: 404: 392: 373: 361: 342: 323: 319:Football games 311: 299: 288: 275: 274: 272: 269: 268: 267: 227: 216:arcade machine 209: 165: 151: 114: 111: 81: 80: 75: 71: 70: 64:Ocean Software 61: 55: 54: 48:Ocean Software 45: 39: 38: 30: 24: 23: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 558: 547: 544: 542: 539: 537: 534: 532: 531:Windows games 529: 527: 524: 522: 519: 517: 514: 512: 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 478: 476: 466: 463: 460: 457: 454: 450: 447: 444: 441: 438: 435: 432: 429: 426: 425: 414:at pc.ign.com 413: 408: 401: 396: 389: 385: 382: 377: 370: 365: 358: 354: 351: 346: 339: 335: 332: 327: 320: 315: 308: 303: 297: 292: 285: 280: 276: 265: 261: 257: 253: 249: 248:Match Day III 245: 241: 237: 233: 232: 228: 225: 221: 217: 213: 212:Final Whistle 210: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 187: 183: 179: 175: 171: 170: 166: 163: 159: 155: 152: 149: 145: 141: 137: 136: 132: 131: 130: 128: 124: 120: 110: 108: 104: 100: 96: 93: 89: 88: 79: 76: 72: 69: 65: 62: 60: 56: 53: 49: 46: 44: 40: 37: 34: 31: 29: 25: 20: 459:Match Day II 407: 395: 376: 364: 345: 326: 314: 302: 291: 279: 247: 243: 229: 223: 219: 211: 190:Commodore 64 169:Match Day II 167: 157: 153: 148:Chris Clarke 133: 126: 118: 116: 86: 85: 84: 59:Publisher(s) 43:Developer(s) 264:PlayStation 252:PlayStation 220:Match Day 2 206:John Darnel 202:Guy Stevens 182:ZX Spectrum 178:Amstrad CPC 475:Categories 309:at c64.com 271:References 194:Jon Ritman 144:Jon Ritman 99:Jon Ritman 95:video game 78:Jon Ritman 74:Creator(s) 521:MSX games 434:Match Day 224:Soccerama 158:Match Day 135:Match Day 87:Match Day 22:Match Day 449:Archived 384:Archived 353:Archived 334:Archived 176:for the 109:market. 105:for the 33:Football 28:Genre(s) 256:Acclaim 244:The Net 240:Acclaim 68:Acclaim 90:is an 123:Ocean 262:and 236:1998 188:and 174:1987 140:1984 103:1984 238:by 186:MSX 101:in 477:: 260:PC 184:, 180:, 129:: 66:, 50:, 266:. 150:.

Index

Genre(s)
Football
simulation game
Developer(s)
Ocean Software
Cranberry Source
Publisher(s)
Ocean Software
Acclaim
Jon Ritman
association football
video game
Jon Ritman
1984
1980s 8-bit home computer
Ocean
Match Day
1984
Jon Ritman
Chris Clarke
ZX Spectrum 128
Match Day II
1987
Amstrad CPC
ZX Spectrum
MSX
Commodore 64
Jon Ritman
Bernie Drummond
Guy Stevens

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.