European Championship 1992

Tecmo’s World Cup ’90 arcade game was remodeled based on the 1992 European
Championships for its home computer release. The tournament’s structure of the
time (2 groups of 4 play each other once, top 2 go through to semi-finals
followed by a final) is recreated, with any of Europe’s soccer nations
available to be chosen as those 8, and 1 or 2 human players choosing their
team, playing on either keyboard or joystick.

The matches are played from a side-scrolling perspective. The ball sticks to
the player’s foot, and can be kicked or passed with a press of the fire
button. The referee is fairly lenient when it comes to tough sliding tackles,
although fierce contact will result in a free kick being given.