title: Exciting Soccer
text: # Exciting Soccer
  
  Exciting Soccer is an association football video game developed and released by Alpha Denshi for arcades in 1983. The top-down overhead perspective was later popularized by Tehkan World Cup (1985) from Tehkan.
  
  A sequel, Exciting Soccer II, was released in 1984. Japan replaced Austria. It has new music, but gameplay is identical.
  
  ## Gameplay
  
  Up to two players can play. They can tackle, shoot, short pass, and long pass, and take corner kicks, throw-ins, and penalty shoot-outs. The game also includes cheerleaders, digitized voices and an influential overhead view. Six teams are available for selection: Italy, England, Brazil, West Germany, Austria, or France. In single-player mode, if the player wins, they start a new match with a harder opponent.
  
  ## Reception
  
  In Japan, Game Machine listed Exciting Soccer on their November 1, 1983 issue as being the fourth most-successful new table arcade unit of the month.
  
  