Soccer Kid is a side-scrolling platform game released in 1993 for various home computers and consoles. Players control a young boy who uses his soccer ball to defeat enemies and overcome obstacles. The game’s story follows his quest to recover pieces of the World Cup trophy scattered across different countries. Levels feature themed environments based on locations such as England, Italy, Russia, Japan, and the United States.
Soccer Kid was my favourite game for 20 years (1993-2013) so it pains me to say this, but this is a terrible port. As the other reviews have said, this is a laggy Dos version with no controller support that you can play for free on some websites. Unless someone releases a proper fixed version on Steam, avoid this like the plague. Glad I got my refund.
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I really loved this game as a kid - an enjoyable side scroller, with interesting features, good settings, good music and memories of World Cup 94 all tied in. There were many versions but as far as I know I had the best, which was the Amiga. I don't know what this port is based on but it's so disappointing - the scrolling and controls don't even work...
Very slow port of a good game especially when jumping down. I would not recommend this game.
Terrible port of a mediocre game. No controller support and just a lazy DOSbox port. Skip this.
Do not recommend. This was my favorite game as a kid. Played many hours on a 3DO, this is the worst port. No controller support? Why?
