VR Soccer '96

Greetings and thank you for reading! rnmwales@telus.net I own Actua Soccer on my old UMAX (Mac clone) from 1996. It is very good. It is realistic in the sense that it gives that impression of being at an outdoor weekend match in the UK. It is graphically bright and artistic. The manager aspect is a bonus. I very much enjoy managing clubs such as Germany, Italy and Brazil. I enjoy being able to position players. Barry Davies, in like an old lady sometimes, with his complaints on the play, but he is also pretty funny. I have spent hours in the past in competitions. I have further played Actua Soccer 3 (98), even more on my XP PC, which I use as an old games machine. My UMAX version no longer runs because of defective, keyboard, mouse, and other (?); also the UMAX is now not recognizing my old Mac game pads. -It seems too difficult to find the old Mac equipment online to replace and it is also expensive when listed. I am not certain new equipment would even be a fix. -I have not been able to find a workable converter for the UMAX to USB for keyboard, as in serial port to USB. I have upgraded my XP PC to USB mouse, keyboard and gamepads for other games such as AS3 (98) and UEFA 99-00. It would make sense to have VR on that computer too... So, once again I have found a copy of VR Soccer and have placed it on my old XP (Actua Soccer 3 plays fine there). Questions: Problem 1 I cannot get the speed up (crawl) and the game is far too jerky. I am aware of the DOS speed cycles and how to speed up. There appears no way to save an increase, and an IT friend of mine had no idea if that was even possible to save the increased speed cycles. I have left it increased with the cycle screen visible and tried to play the game. No change. Is there a fix? Thanks. Problem 2 VR Soccer will let me choose a game pad, but my game pads do not appear to work. My old serial port Mac pads are still like new, but would not work. Is there a fix? Thanks. Warmest Regards Russ (rnmwales@telus.net)

I love this game as much as I love donuts with bacon.

Get FIFA. Any version. This game has completely unfair mechanics. Opposing team can play kick ball without letting the ball touch the ground from their defenders, to their midfielders, to their forward and score a goal on you. I remember purchasing it when it was released, being my first PC soccer game. Fortunately FIFA '97 soon came out thereafter and this game went into the trash (except for the cool box art)

This game has all the features that Fifa does'nt. Football players with nice long legs playing the ball around. A lot of great nations (Including the great united nation of Yugoslavia). However, Cristiano Ronaldo is not in the game which make it quite unrealistic, since he is a footballplayer in real life. I know for sure since I have seen him on television 2-4 times.

Bought that game back then and hated it, though the 3D graphics were amazing at that time.