| Adidas Power Soccer | |
|---|---|
 North American PlayStation box art | |
| Developer | Psygnosis |
| Publisher | Psygnosis |
| Series | Adidas Power Soccer |
| Platforms | PlayStation,Windows |
| Release | PlayStationWindows 1996 |
| Genre | Sports (association football) |
| Mode | Single-player |
Adidas Power Soccer is a 1996association footballvideo game developed and published byPsygnosis for thePlayStation andMicrosoft Windows. The game, sponsored by German sportswear companyAdidas, is the first in theAdidas Power Soccer series, and spawned the sequelsAdidas Power Soccer International 97 andAdidas Power Soccer 98.
Adidas Power Soccer usesmotion-captured animation for real soccer players from the German, Italian, and English leagues.[3]
ASega Saturn version of the game was developed byPerfect Entertainment and was reportedly completed before being cancelled.[4]Saturn Power magazine reported that it would have been "placed between"Adidas Power Soccer andAdidas Power Soccer 98 in terms of features and gameplay, but that all in-game sounds had to be replaced entirely as they were the copyright of Psygnosis.[5]
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| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 60.42% (PS1)[6] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| The Charlotte Observer | 2.5/5[7] |
In the United Kingdom, it was among the nineteen best-selling PlayStationgames of 1996, according toHMV.[8]
Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "If you're looking for the perfect soccer sim,Worldwide Soccer II is still the only choice, butAdidas Power Soccer is more than worth the purchase if you're in for some far-out arcade action."[3]GameSpot rated the game 7/10, stating that Power Soccer "rises high above the standard soccer fare... fans will love all the detail and options".[9]
We're unclear as to the deal with Psygnosis at the moment. Assault Rigs and Adidas Power Soccer were completed but never came out.
