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Sensible World of Soccer 96/97

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4.5/5

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4.5

132 Reviews

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Sensible World of Soccer 96/97
Description
Sensible World of Soccer 96-97 edition is the best and last installment of the most popular soccer series. It’s bursting with every feature you could ever want in a football manager sim. Sensible World of Soccer is brimming with 26,000+ real-life players, each one with carefully researched statistic...
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4.5/5

( 132 Reviews )

4.5

132 Reviews

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Product details
1996, Sensible Software, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 2 GB HDD...
Description
Sensible World of Soccer 96-97 edition is the best and last installment of the most popular soccer series. It’s bursting with every feature you could ever want in a football manager sim. Sensible World of Soccer is brimming with 26,000+ real-life players, each one with carefully researched statistics and abilities, 144 competitions, from the local tournament all the way to the European Cup Final. Full career records and the unique scouting feature allows you to track and observe a player’s progress and evaluate their contribution to your team. If management is not your style then dive into the action and play for your team. Be prepared to lose quite a few nights’ sleep as you take your team from being a bunch of nobodies to all-time champions, in this 1990s favorite soccer game! Or "football", as we call it in Europe.

  • Choose between being a player, a coach, or a player-coach for any one of the 1,500 Club and National teams.
  • Features more than 26,000 real-life-players with accurate personal statistics!
  • Manage one or more teams throughout a 20 season career and take your team all the way to the European Cup Final.
Goodies
manual
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

This game is powered by DOSBox.
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Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04)
Release date:
{{'1996-01-02T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
294 MB

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Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
français
audio
text
italiano
audio
text
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What improvements we made to this game:
Changelog (13 November 2024)
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
Internal Update (22 March 2019)
  • Added Cloud Saves functionality
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Edited on: September 20, 2025

Posted on: March 31, 2023

frabadabene

Verified owner

Games: 210 Reviews: 3

Masterpiece soccer

It is absurd that in 2023 this game remains the best soccer game ever, it is incredible. To use the joypad it is necessary using these simple settings: 1) Open up the game folder (by default "C:\GOG Games\Sensible World of Soccer 96-97") 2) Open the file dosbox_SWOS_single.conf in Notepad. 3) Add the line "install.exe" (without quotes) between "cls" and "english.exe" 4) Open the file dosbox_SWOS.conf in Notepad. 5) Change the line "timed=true" to "timed=false" 6) Save the modified config files and close them. 7) Start the game using the usual link. Don't use the French, German or Italian links in the start menu - you will have the opportunity to change your language). 8) Go to "configure", "control", "joystick and keyboard" to activate. Also change your language from this menu if you're so inclined. You will also need to calibrate your joypad, and DOSBox is a bit sluggish doing this with the default config. 9) Save the settings and exit. 10) Write "english" or "ENGLISH" to start 11) The game will then start automatically with joystick support. - SET IN FILE dosbox_SWOS THE OPTION fullresolution TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE MONITOR ! - To play with two joypads it is NECESSARY the software Antimicro, set in the game joystick + keyboard (NOT 2 joysticks) and configure them, then start Antimicro with the settings of the joystick (that the game "see" as a keyboard) and start the game wih Gog! -Recommended settings for full HD: Graphic Mode Setup Direct Draw hq3x aspect ratio: No 1920X1200 Full screen Double Buffering: No


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Posted on: December 13, 2019

N3griazul11

Verified owner

Games: 236 Reviews: 4

Five stars!

It is still the BEST SOCCER GAME of all time. For those who cannot configure the modes: Joystick + Keyboard or Joystick + Joystick. Just open the file "dosbox_SWOS.conf" in the main directory of the game and find: [joystick] joysticktype=auto timed=true autofire=false swap34=false buttonwrap=false -------- Change the value of "timed" It should look like this: timed=false ------- Save and go to configure our Joystick.


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Posted on: December 28, 2022

Vargas78

Verified owner

Games: 1151 Reviews: 60

Fantastic with the SWOS 2020 update

Make sure to download the free fan made SWOS 2020 update which brings it in line with the superior Amiga version of the game, even improving on it. With gamepad support, and many other options. Really impressed with it.


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Posted on: November 10, 2015

jonathanmyatt

Verified owner

Games: 8 Reviews: 1

Lacking Joystick support

Why is there no joystick support? this is near impossible to play on keyboard. Poor!!


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Posted on: June 23, 2014

nextnarciso

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 1

Perfection!

Enough said. And if anyone is wondering: YES it HAS joystick support and YES it has multiplayer support (joystick + keyboard or TWO joysticks). Are you having troubles? Check the community, I'll post more details on how to setup everything right both on Win and Mac OS. Just one more thing: BUY IT! It's ONLY 50% off (I was hoping to see it at -75%) but could not resist at picking it up at 3$=2,22€!


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