Ports Striker was ported to several consoles between 1992 and 1999.
World Soccer '94: Road to Glory (SNES) The
Super NES port ''World Soccer '94: Road to Glory
, known as Striker
in Europe, Eric Cantona Football Challenge
in France and World Soccer'' in Japan) was released in North America by
Atlus Software, in Europe directly by
Rage Software and in Japan by Coconuts. The game lets the player choose from five different modes, including
indoor soccer, and then pick from 128 different international teams, all with different strengths and weaknesses. Unlike in the original game where the strongest or the most well-known teams had real names, in ''World Soccer '94: Road to Glory'' all the footballers' names are fictitious. Every
UEFA (Europe)
CAF (Africa)
CONCACAF (North America Central America The & Caribbean)
AFC (Asia)
OFC (Oceania) team of that time appears in the game except for
Yugoslavia, which was banned from international competition from 1992 to 1994 for
being at war with itself. ''World Soccer '94: Road to Glory'' doesn't have a language-select prompt at the opening screen. There are many options and features, for example, the pitch surface changes field conditions in outdoor
friendlies; wet surfaces are slower than drier ones. Wind Strength can affect the flight of the ball, new
FIFA Rules affects whether or not extra time will use the "
Golden Goal" (sudden death) rules - since abolished. Auto Keeper will, when turned on, make the
goalkeeper kick the ball upfield automatically after saved shots on target. After saves, the goalkeeper takes control automatically unless "Auto Keeper" is turned OFF.
List of ports Sequels A sequel,
World Cup Striker (known in North America as
Elite Soccer), was released for the Super NES in 1994. It was essentially a repackaged version of
Striker, but featuring slight improvements. It was published in Japan by Coconuts Japan and in Europe by
Elite. A Game Boy game developed by
Denton Designs was also released at the same time, in Europe it was released as
Soccer, in North America as
Elite Soccer (both published by
GameTek), and in Japan as
World Cup Striker (published by Coconuts Japan and endorsed by
Yasutaro Matsuki). Also,
Striker Pro was released in Europe and North America for the
CD-i. In 1995,
Striker: World Cup Special was released for the
3DO. A version of ''Striker '95
was in development for the Atari Jaguar but never released. An entry in the Striker'' franchise was in the works for the
Panasonic M2 but it never happened due to the system's cancellation. A year later ''
Striker '96 (known in Japan as Striker: World Cup Premiere Stage
) was released for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS. Striker '96'' is known for being the first soccer game on the original PlayStation. ==See also==