replays, players with different characteristics, different tactics, fouls, yellow cards, red cards, injuries, injury time and various referees with different moods also featured. Reception ST Action – Highest accolade they could give. Amiga User Int – "Best computer game ever" 97% The One – "Ultimate soccer simulation" 96% ACE – "Brilliant, BUY BUY BUY" 92% Amiga Format – "Best footy game to have appeared on any machine" 94% ST Format – "What a game! gem to play. Magic" 90% C&VG - "Championship winning material" 95% The Games Machine – "Probably the best sports game ever" 92% Commodore User – "No other footy game can touch it" 90% Amiga Action – "Surpasses all other football games" 93% PCW - "Nothing short of brilliant" New Comp Express – "Computer football event of the year" Zzap!64 – "So realistic, so fun, and soooo addictive" 96% Awards Awarded UK. 1989 INDIN Best 16 Bit Product Nominated UK. 1989 INDIN Best Programmer (2nd place, the winner was "Bullfrog" for "Populous") Awarded 1989 EMAP Images Golden Joystick Award Best 16 Bit Product. (EMAP is a major UK magazine publisher). Voted the 7th best game of all time in Amiga Power. Sequels Player Manager Kick Off 2 In 1990, Kick Off 2 was released by Anco. Kick Off 2 retains the pace and accuracy of Kick Off, with a full size multi directional scrolling pitch and the players, markings, goals etc., in correct proportions. Both teams play the game strictly according to tactics. Players move into position to receive passes and gain possession. The ball, as in real game, travels ahead of the player. There is a league and a cup tournament with sudden death penalty shoot outs, in case of a draw. The teams in the league are on the whole evenly matched but with different styles of play and the player skills to match, that style. There is an option to load your own team from "Player Manager" along with your own tactics, to play against another "Player Manager" team in a single game or enter league and cup tournament. The special events selection in the main menu allows data disks to be loaded. Kick Off 2 also provides the facility to change strip colours and on expanded Atari ST's (1 MB or above) there are additional sound effects. The "Action Replay" facility allows goals to be viewed at normal pace or in "Slow Motion"