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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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( 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.
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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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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Deutsch
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text
français
audio
text
italiano
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  1. This game will work on current and future most popular Windows PC configurations. DRM-free.
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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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Posted on: April 27, 2022

meatbag75

Verified owner

Games: 328 Reviews: 3

Its a 5 because of SWOS 20

Go to the forums and read about SWOS 2020 because thats what takes this base game to football gold.


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Posted on: July 7, 2019

tomine

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Games: 460 Reviews: 1

This game is pure entertainment !

Once upon a time this game was awesome ! almost perfect. Now about 24 year later I tried this again and this is magical :) so nothing really has changed. Perfect controls are still there, even keyboard. So many teams and players in this. That time (when Sensible Soccer released) I really started to follow real football maybe little earlier, so these players in this game really bring some fantastic memories. This game Rocks year 2019 this must be ageless !


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Posted on: March 29, 2013

TommyGOG

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Games: 28 Reviews: 1

EPIC!

I started playing the original "Sensible Soccer" as soon as it was released and I was instantly mesmerized by it! My one and only addiction so far... I want THIS game engraved on my tombstone. Enjoy, people!


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Posted on: June 22, 2014

Rokdor

Verified owner

Games: 10 Reviews: 1

Fantastic football game!

This game was released in 1996 and it's basically and updated version of the previous year's franchise installment. The visuals here are simple but smooth, it has that good old mid 90s look I enjoy so much, and you probably do too if you have a GOG account. Gameplay-wise, this game is frantic and unforgiving. Sometimes, it feels like a subliminal text is shooting on your screen every 15 seconds, with big shiny letters saying "MODERN FOOTBALL SUCKS". There was no DLC boost back then, so you better pass that ball and stop whining about your filthy pinkie's broken nail. The only cons I can talk about are technical. I have no problems to play it on my Win 7, though, it's just a few small details that don't really affect the experience. This is truly a satisfying game, suited both for casual and hardcore players. If you like Cristiano's haircut, don't ever talk to me. However, If you like sports and football, get this game and a sixpack of cheap beer as soon as possible, you won't regret it.


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Posted on: June 10, 2013

tdtm82

Verified owner

Games: 33 Reviews: 1

Immense. Original. Ground-breaking.

A true classic re-discovered and perfectly re-produced by the awesome team here. I've tried working this on emulators with both Windows 7 and Vista. No fun at all. This is the perfect solution. The game is exactly how I remember it being, No add-ons or bonuses but you do not need that with this game. It has wonderful old skool graphics and the pixelated players look fantastic even on a wide screen. The playability is where this game seals the deal. It's a masterclass in how to pick up a game and just play for fun. Oh modern games can truly learn from this generation-leading classic. I struggle to name a computer game which I have enjoyed to pick-up-and-play more than this and where more hours have been spent than this (inc CM 2001-2002). This game is a classic which is still thoroughly enjoyable and playable 16 years later. Want to see what Arsenal was like when Arsene Wenger joined? Tony Yeboah at Leeds in the Premiership? Fulham in Division Three? Then get this.


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