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World Cup

Arcade Video game published 46 years ago by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd.

Not listed in MAME yet

World Cup © 1978 Sega Enterprises, Limited.

Discrete logic soccer game. Two players use a trackball to move soccer players across the field and pass the ball or shooting a goal by pushing the trackball. If an opponent moves their player on top of the other player, the ball is stolen. The player with the higher score at the end of the game (which lasts from 60 to 90 seconds) is the winner. World Cup has kick off whistle, applause and cheering sound effects.

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TRIVIA

Released during March 1978. Where Atari Football would be released in October of that year, World Cup beat it to market, making it the first video game controlled with a trackball. Atari's effort was vastly more popular however, so the general consumer encountered the controller first through them.

Re-released by Exidy as "Football".

SOURCES

Machine's picture.
Atari arcade sales data (Arcade Heroes)
Sega Arcade History, pg. 34