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Hat Trick Hero

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(Redirected from Football Champ)

Football Champ
Arcade flyer
DeveloperTaito
PublisherTaito
DirectorTakeshi Kobori
DesignerTakeshi Kobori
ProgrammersTatsuo Nakamura
Yuji Iwasaki
Shinji Soyano
ArtistsTakeshi Kobori
Tsutomu Sekimoto
Nobuhiro Hiramatsu
ComposersHisayoshi Ogura
Yasuhisa Watanabe
PlatformsArcade, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS
Release
  • JP: March 1991
  • NA: May 1991
GenreSports
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Hat Trick Hero[a] is a 1991 association football video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released in Japan in March 1991, in North America as Football Champ in May 1991 and in Europe the same year. It was ported to multiple home consoles and personal computers. The series became one of Taito's franchises and has seen sequels in following years, including Hat Trick Hero '93 and Taito Power Goal.[1][2]

Gameplay

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In-game screenshot

The player must first choose one of eight national football teams, followed by a star player from a choice of four available for each team. In the game, a win is needed to progress to the next game. A draw will end as a 'game over', with no option for penalties, but a chance to continue by restarting the game in which a win was not achieved. Each opposition team is chosen according to a tier strategy, with the player's team removed:

  • 1. Spain and France.
  • 2. Netherlands and Brazil.
  • 3. England and Italy.
  • 4. Argentina and Germany.

Thus, playing with Germany, the first two games will be Spain and France in some order, the second two games will be Netherlands and Brazil in some order, the third two games will be England and Italy in some order, and the seventh game will be Argentina. The game is completed when all seven other teams have been beaten. The level of difficulty increases the further the game progresses. The game notices when individual team players score a hat trick. Scoring hat tricks has the effect of increasing the difficulty as well.

The game gained some notoriety for giving players the ability to use violence (including punches, flying kicks and shirt pulling). Players could get away with this without giving away a free kick as long as the referee was either far enough away or knocked onto the floor. The referee punishes every foul with a yellow card. Red cards occur at the third, seventh and eleventh fouls, although every so often the game appears to miscount. No fourth red card is given by the referee. Besides the rough play, the game introduced the super shot, which occurs with 30 seconds remaining or less and when the score is tied or the player is losing by 1 goal. The star player chosen kicks a shot that pushes the goalkeeper into the stands.

The original eight national teams in the game are:

Some versions of the game use Japan and USA (e.g. Hat Trick Hero) instead of Spain and France (e.g. Euro Football Champ).

Home releases

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A version of the game was released on the Super NES and Amiga by Domark.[2] A ZX Spectrum version was planned but never released.[3] The game was released in its original arcade form on the Taito Legends 2 compilation for the Windows PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The game was also re-released in 2023 on a handheld manufactured by Taito containing their arcade games.[4]

Reception

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The arcade version was ranked highly, with magazine Zero giving it a 4/5.[5] The Amiga version was given a 64% by Amiga Power, calling the gameplay simple and noting the graphics were not as good as the arcade version.[6] The One Amiga gave it a 71% saying that the Amiga version did not match the smoothness and speed of the original arcade version.[7]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Japanese: ハットトリックヒーロー, Hepburn: Hatto Torikku Hīrō

References

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  1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 44, 137. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. 1 2 Scullion, Chris (October 19, 2020). The SNES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. White Owl. ISBN 978-1-5267-3784-7.
  3. ↑ "World of Spectrum - Euro Football Champ". World of Spectrum. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  4. ↑ Gander, Matt (August 30, 2023). "Evercade compatible Taito and Capcom arcade handhelds revealed – Games Asylum". Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ Wilson, David (June 1991). "Euro Football Champ". Zero (20): 24.
  6. ↑ West, Neil (July 1992). "European Football Champ". Amiga Power (15): 80–81.
  7. ↑ Broughton, Matt (August 1994). "European Football Champ". The One Amiga (71): 79–80.
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