Match Day II

Match Day II is a football sports game part of the Match Day series released for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX and Commodore 64 platforms. It was created in 1987 by Jon Ritman with graphics by Bernie Drummond and music and sound by Guy Stevens (except for the Commodore version, that was a line by line conversion to the extent made by John Darnell).

Gameplay

The controls consist of four directions (allowing eight directions including diagonals) and a shot button. Each team has seven players, including goalkeeper and there are league and cup options available.

The game is highly addictive due to its difficulty level, the complete control over ball direction, power and elevation (using a Diamond Deflection System), and the importance of tactics and player positioning over the field (barging if necessary), which makes it challenging to break strong defences. Was the first game to use a kickometer.

The game plays the song When the Saints Go Marching In while the players are walking to their initial positions on the field at the beginning of each half.

Match Day

Match Day is a football computer game, published by Ocean Software in 1984, originally on the ZX Spectrum and then later released on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, & Commodore 64 systems. It is the first game in the Match Day series, and the title and opening music are references to Match of the Day. It was the creation of programmer Jon Ritman.

Gameplay

This video game was the first one where large moving footballers characters could dribble, throw-in, take corners, etc. on ZX Spectrum. The game uses modified sprites from a previous title Bear Bovver to create an almost isometric, but still ultimately side-on football title.

The game was included on the 1986 compilation They Sold a Million II, along with Bruce Lee, Match Point, and Knight Lore.

The game only has 2 teams Ritman Rovers and Clarke PR, but to change the names of the teams

Sequels

The sequel, Match Day II was much the same but incorporated two features still used today in most football titles - a deflection system, the ball could bounce off players, which meant headers were possible, and a shot power system, although it was as easy to accidentally backheel the ball with this system, as it was to hit a powerful shot. The game is also similar to a previously, not published game by Jon Ritman, Soccerama.

Match Day (series)

Match Day is an association football video game franchise created by Jon Ritman in 1984 for the 1980s 8-bit home computer market.

Games in the series

The following games are part of the Match Day series. All of the games were published by Ocean, with the exception of Super Match Soccer: