Kenny Dalglish Soccer Match (video game)
Encyclopedia
Kenny Dalglish Soccer Match is a computer game
based on soccer legend Kenny Dalglish
- who played and managed for Liverpool F.C.
, Celtic F.C.
, and Scotland's national soccer team
. Dalglish would also become famous for winning the FA Cup
while playing and managing for the same team.
The Australia
n magazine PC PowerPlay
gave this game a rating of 5% in its February 1990 issue.
playing against a team in blue
.
The skill level is divided into nine levels so that rookies can play against video game veterans. Passing the ball is similar to the Kick Off
series except that it's only possible to make long passes; making quick passing purely a matter of luck. The soccer ball bounces excessively; making it very difficult to shoot on target for less than 30 yard
s (⅓ of an American football
field). Matches can last anywhere from 10 to 40 minutes; there are no league
s or tournament
s to play against other teams. There are digitized photo
s of Dalglish himself; inspiring players to achieve goal
s and to have "good results."
Oddly enough, the player must type in the name (city, county, official nickname, etc.) of his team as well as the opponent's. This means that players can have their local weekly soccer club play against Manchester United
or F.C. Porto with no difference in gameplay. Kenny Dalglish always gives the player valuable advice; expert players can choose to ignore it.
Personal computer game
A PC game, also known as a computer game, is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine...
based on soccer legend Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish
Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
- who played and managed for Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
, Celtic F.C.
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
, and Scotland's national soccer team
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
. Dalglish would also become famous for winning the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
while playing and managing for the same team.
The Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n magazine PC PowerPlay
PC PowerPlay
PC PowerPlay is Australia's only dedicated PC games magazine. Also available in New Zealand, PC PowerPlay focuses on news and reviews for upcoming and newly released games on the Microsoft Windows platform. The magazine also reviews computer hardware for use on gaming computers...
gave this game a rating of 5% in its February 1990 issue.
Gameplay
This was Dalglish's second licensed game and a side-scroller with a team in redRed
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
playing against a team in blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
.
The skill level is divided into nine levels so that rookies can play against video game veterans. Passing the ball is similar to the Kick Off
Kick Off
The Kick Off franchise is a series of football simulation computer games which was highly popular in the early 1990s. The series is renowned for its fast-paced action and delicate ball control scheme....
series except that it's only possible to make long passes; making quick passing purely a matter of luck. The soccer ball bounces excessively; making it very difficult to shoot on target for less than 30 yard
Yard
A yard is a unit of length in several different systems including English units, Imperial units and United States customary units. It is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches...
s (⅓ of an American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
field). Matches can last anywhere from 10 to 40 minutes; there are no league
Sports league
League is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...
s or tournament
Tournament
A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:...
s to play against other teams. There are digitized photo
Photograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
s of Dalglish himself; inspiring players to achieve goal
Goal
A goal is an objective, or a projected computation of affairs, that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve.Goal, GOAL or G.O.A.L may also refer to:Sport...
s and to have "good results."
Oddly enough, the player must type in the name (city, county, official nickname, etc.) of his team as well as the opponent's. This means that players can have their local weekly soccer club play against Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
or F.C. Porto with no difference in gameplay. Kenny Dalglish always gives the player valuable advice; expert players can choose to ignore it.