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Italy 1990
Italy 1990
Developer(s)	Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher(s)	U.S. Gold
Platform(s)	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum
Release	1990
Genre(s)	Sports

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Italy 1990 (also known as World Class Soccer in the United States and Italia 1990 in most of Europe) is a soccer video game published by U.S. Gold and programmed by Tiertex Design Studios in 1990. It features the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy but is not part of the official FIFA World Cup series. For the American market it was branded as World Class Soccer. In Europe (except the U.K.) it was released as Italia 1990 by U.S. Gold in association with Erbe Software. It was released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and DOS.

U.S. Gold had released the official game of the previous World Cup in 1986 (World Cup Carnival) which was extremely badly received, and would go on to release World Cup USA '94 as the official game of the 1994 World Cup. The official 1990 World Cup licence was acquired by Virgin Mastertronic who produced two titles, World Cup Soccer: Italia '90 for home computers and World Cup Italia '90 for Sega consoles.

Reception

Computer Gaming World criticised the game for only displaying about 10% of the field at a time without a "radar" screen to show the rest, but liked the animation. The magazine concluded that "World Class Soccer should prove an informative and reasonably entertaining way to prepare for the event".^[2]

References

^ Game review, Amstrad Action magazine, Future Publishing, issue 83, August 1992
^ Greenberg, Allen L. (September 1991). "Never Give a "Soccer" an Open Break". Computer Gaming World. No. 86. pp. 74–75. Retrieved 18 November 2013.

External links

Italy 1990 at MobyGames
Review and screenshots in Spanish (archived)
Review at Stadium 64
Game at GiantBomb

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[1] Game review, Amstrad Action magazine, Future Publishing, issue 83, August 1992

[greenberg199109-2] Greenberg, Allen L. (September 1991). "Never Give a "Soccer" an Open Break". Computer Gaming World. No. 86. pp. 74–75. Retrieved 18 November 2013.

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-"Italy 1990" is a [[soccer]] [[video game]] published by [[U.S. Gold Ltd.]], and programmed by [[Tiertex Ltd.]] in 1990. It features [[Italy 1990 World Cup of football]]<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sports/italy1990/index.html Game entry] at Gamespot]</ref>
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+{{Infobox video game
+| collapsible =
+| state =
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+| title = Italy 1990
+| image = Italy 1990 cover.webp
+| alt =
+| caption =
+| developer = [[Tiertex Design Studios]]
+| publisher = [[U.S. Gold]]
+| series =
+| engine =
+| platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[DOS]], [[ZX Spectrum]]
+| released = 1990
+| genre = Sports
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+'''''Italy 1990''''' (also known as '''''World Class Soccer''''' in the United States and '''''Italia 1990''''' in most of Europe) is a [[association football|soccer]] [[video game]] published by [[U.S. Gold]] and programmed by [[Tiertex Design Studios]] in 1990. It features the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] held in [[Italy]] but is not part of the official [[FIFA World Cup video games|''FIFA World Cup'' series]]. For the American market it was branded as ''World Class Soccer''. In Europe (except the U.K.) it was released as ''Italia 1990'' by U.S. Gold in association with Erbe Software. It was released for [[Amiga]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[ZX Spectrum]] and [[DOS]].
-== The Game ==
+U.S. Gold had released the official game of the previous World Cup in 1986 (''[[World Cup Carnival]]'') which was extremely badly received, and would go on to release ''[[World Cup USA '94]]'' as the official game of the 1994 World Cup. The official 1990 World Cup licence was acquired by [[Virgin Mastertronic]] who produced two titles, ''[[World Cup Soccer: Italia '90]]'' for home computers and ''[[World Cup Italia '90]]'' for [[Sega]] consoles.
-It was released for [[Amiga]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[ZX Spectrum]] and [[PC DOS]].<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/world-class-soccer Game entry ] at Mobygames.com</ref>
-== References ==
+==Reception==
+{{Video game reviews
+| award1Pub = ''Amstrad Action''
+| award1 = Mastergame<ref>Game review, Amstrad Action magazine, [[Future Publishing]], issue 83, August 1992</ref>
+}}
+''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' criticised the game for only displaying about 10% of the field at a time without a "radar" screen to show the rest, but liked the animation. The magazine concluded that "''World Class Soccer'' should prove an informative and reasonably entertaining way to prepare for the event".<ref name="greenberg199109">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=86 | title=Never Give a "Soccer" an Open Break | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=September 1991 | accessdate=18 November 2013 | last=Greenberg | first=Allen L. | pages=74–75 | issue=86}}</ref>
+==See also==
+*''[[Italia 1990 (Codemasters)|Italia 1990]]''
+*''[[Italy '90 Soccer]]''
+*''[[World Cup Italia '90]]''
+==References==
 {{reflist}}
-== See also ==
+==External links==
+* {{MobyGames|id=/world-class-soccer}}
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120307185247/http://jaimixx.lacoctelera.net/post/2009/05/04/italia-1990-1990 Review and screenshots] in Spanish (archived)
-* [[World Cup Italia '90]]
+* [http://www.stadium64.com/gameinfos/italy1990/italy1990.htm Review at Stadium 64]
-* [[Italy '90 Soccer]]
+* [http://www.giantbomb.com/world-class-soccer/61-13458/ Game] at GiantBomb
-* [[Italia 1990 Codemaster]]
-== External links ==
-* [http://www.oldgames.sk/en/game/world-class-soccer/download/5436/ Game review]
-* [http://jaimixx.lacoctelera.net/post/2009/05/04/italia-1990-1990 Game review and screenshot] in Spanish
-* [http://www.stadium64.com/gameinfos/italy1990/italy1990.htm Review al Stadium64]
-{{footy-videogame-stub}}
 [[Category:1990 video games]]
 [[Category:Association football video games]]
+[[Category:Amiga games]]
 [[Category:Amstrad CPC games]]
+[[Category:Atari ST games]]
 [[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
-[[Category:PC games]]
+[[Category:DOS games]]
-[[Category:MSX games]]
 [[Category:ZX Spectrum games]]
+[[Category:Tiertex Design Studios games]]
+[[Category:FIFA World Cup video games]]
+[[Category:1990 FIFA World Cup]]
+[[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:U.S. Gold games]]
+[[Category:Erbe Software games]]
+{{footy-videogame-stub}}