Head on: Soccer Super Nintendo, SNES Version 1.0 Created by Thanos rulzs April 25th, 2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version History April 25th 2002 Version 1.0 Created the FAQ, with all formation, sections like basic written. in other words, all the basics of the game and information is in the FAQ 6 July 2002 Version 1.1 Added the Review section to the FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents 1. Introduction 2. Legal note 3. Game Guide 3.1 Controls 3.2 Basic guide 3.3 Basic information 3.4 Guide to the game 4. FAQ 5. Contact information 6. Credits ------------------------- 1. Introduction ------------------------- Head on: soccer is a action soccer game with many features with fits a real live soccer game with standard rules which applies with a real soccer rules like fouls, outside, penalty kicks, etc. This game is the trademark of U.S Gold which is liscensed by Nintendo. Form here, you play throughout the whole world, facing many world class teams and progressing to win the whole entire worlds prizes like Asian cup, African cup and ultimately becomes the world champion. While playing, top stars are signed by to you to boost team performance to get better and better. The game focus on conquering all continents of the world to become the ultimate champion just like the world cup. In this game, You will need to fill out your team with stars players in order to boost chances to win matches as well as to do well and move out and become the best of the best by beating all countries throughout each continents which its best has to offer. As the game goes on you will rule each continent and fill your team with stars players which only offer themselves to better squad and strong team that they believe they can do well together with the team. I made this FAQ for some reasons. Firstly is do make a clear guide to the game. Then to refresh my FAQ writing skills so that I still roughly remember how to write the game. Then also to keep the game fresh in my mind as well as refer to it in case I forget anything and need to refer to it. Lastly, as a soccer fan which myself is, so I decided to write this FAQ. This is my first sports and soccer game FAQ so please do show some appreciatition or any constructive criticism if you have any which I will credit in order to make this FAQ a success. The aim of the guide is to let you know more about the game as well as guide you through the game. --------------------- 2. Legal Notes --------------------- This FAQ is a legal document of Thanos rulzs and no one should sell, copy, modify, put up on your website or have any selfish intentions of benefiting yourself. In short, you can’t do anything to this FAQ unless you have my permission. Anyone who voids this disclaimer will be prosecuted by international law should you be caught red handed. Anyone who sees this FAQ being put to illegal purposes should contact me at maxidestroyer@hotmail.com. Only mentioned websites are only allowed to be place this FAQ. ------------------------ FAQ Appearance ------------------------ · GameFAQs · http://www.cheats.de ----------------------- 3. Game Guide ----------------------- This game is a free fro soccer game with some options available. These options are: · Tournament/Exhibition · Options · Resume Tournament: To start the new game which your friend can drop in and challenge you anytime. Exhibition: To have a friendly match with a friend, with all teams there except for the All STARS team. This time all the stars players are in the team. You can also choose to have an one on one against the computer here also. Resume: To load the password that you previously save before switching off the game Options: · Time – Set the time for each half · Difficulty- Choose the Difficulty level · Switches- 1. Replay- Turn on/off for the replay after each goal 2. Cameo- Displays the referee and player for a card or player and player after winning matches or scoring goals. Turn it on/off. 3. Aggro- Turns on/off on fouls -------------------- 3.1 Controls -------------------- DPAD: Moves your player up, down, left and right Buttons: For stars players only L button: Back heel R button: Pump a long ball Y button: Shoot B button: Pass X button: Head A button: Perform special move for individual star player For normal players: L button: None R button: None Y button: Shoot B button: Pass X button: Head A button: None Start Button: Select options or pause during game play Select button: Escape options Off the ball controls: A button: Switch to another player B Button: Slide tackle Y button: Whack opponent ---------------------- 3.2 Basic guide ---------------------- Here I will talk about the basics of this game. Rules: As you know the basics rules of soccer does apply for this game except for outside or professional fouls. When a foul is make, if the referee will decide whether it is serious or not. He will give a Yellow card to warn the player if it happens. The card will appear on the head of the player every time he is active. When the player receives another Yellow card, he will immediately sent off from the game as two Yellow card equal a Red card which means you’re out of the current game. A foul will be called and a free kick will take place anywhere from the field. When you fall in your opponent’s penalty box for a foul, a penalty is given and you are given a free shooting attempt from the spot kick. When the normal time runs out, the game will move to extra time and if it is still a draw, a penalty shootout will occur and whoever team wins, the team is declare the winner. When your opponent shoots out off the field, a throw-in is given to you to throw to your teammates. When your opponent kick out of the goal line from his goal line or the keeper saves your shot, a corner is awarded to you. When your opponent shoots and misses your goal line, a goal kick is awarded. A goal is awarded to the team when you score a goal to the opponents’ net. An own goal occur when you score against your own net. How to do well in the game: -You need to buy stars players to do well as they have some special ability that can bring you through rounds after rounds of games. -You will need to know the rules of the game before you can do well in the game -When a free kick is given to you, a crosshair is given to you to decide where you want the ball to be kick, of course, you can aim for the goal, but it depends on the distance to the goal line as the shot will be weaken as it travels to direction you want -During a penalty or free kick that can score, you can choose the direction you want and select it and then the ball will depend will move up the longer you hold your shoot button which means power, don’t hold it too long as the ball will rise to high though. -Do what the computer does best, whack an opponent. Whack the computer also for cheap shots, but when the opponent turns you round, don’t whack him as it will result to a foul and a Yellow card. -Do one touch passing, so that opponent can’t touch the ball and you maintain possession -Be smart, this I can’t teach you -Find open spaces so that you can score -Defend well as be aware of some pitches the ball movement depends on the pitch itself Types of field: There are four types of field in this game: - Green grass field Very beautiful green pitch and a good pitch to play with, best pitch among all the pitches - Brown pitch Looks dry up and same as the Green grass field - Soggy green pitch This field is waterlogging with water, it is soggy and the ball bounces unpredictably. - Wet Green pitch This field is fill with water, very dark green in color. Players here can slide a long distance, so be careful not to get a foul To buy a star players, use select at the screen to choose the star players who want to sign for you and go to the position then select it and a star players is sign. You can only buy a star after a game per game. During game play, timer is shown in the bottom screen. On the top screen, countries flags are shown and arrows point at where are they attacking as well as the score display. When you score a goal, you can select the replay fast forward or reverse or slow motion or let it show by itself. --------------------------- 3.3 Basic Information --------------------------- This section I will talk about the stars players as well as the normal players Normal players: Ability: None Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: Normal players can’t do anything well, they can’t back heel cross, execute special moves Stars players: Keeper 1: Appearance: Orange hair, slightly tan in skin color Ability: Save powerful shots, A button does nothing though Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: Appear early in the game if you perform well, stops good attempts at goal, dives fast to save the ball Keeper 2: Appearance: Same as keeper 1 Ability: Save powerful shots, A button does nothing though Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: More better than Keeper 1. Comes later in the game. Stops good and powerful attempts at goal, dives fast to save the ball Defender: Appearance: Dark skin in color Ability: Marks opponents like glue, very good defender to beef up the defense. A button does nothing though. Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: Comes early in the game, as common sense tells you should place this player at your defense area Tricky: Appearance: Slightly tan and a nice hairdo Ability: Jumps around, skipping over opponents, can score goals as his leaping ability opens up defenses. Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: Will appear at the end of the Asian cup if you don’t buy star players, use him at he midfield to do well and open up spaces. But later in the game, computer play dirty can whack the player when he’s jumping though. Barger: Appearance: Big size and light skin in color with a nice crew cut hair Ability: Push opponents off to the ground, big and strong person. It will take a while before your opponent who is down to get up, maybe because of his power push that knock them off their feet. Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: Like tricky, he will appear at the end of the Asian cup if you don’t buy star players at first. Very good player to beef up the midfield and use him to open up spaces as his barging technique is good and powerful. Cheat: Appearance: light skin and bald Ability: Dive and bluff or fake injury for a foul, kind of one of those cheap guys who dive for a free kick or even penalty or fake the referee into believing that the offender deserves a card Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: A cheap player. Use this guy at the midfield or even forward or at the back (a bit risky though) to gain free kick or even fouls. Don’t dive in open instead dive when you are near opponent to gain a foul. As the instruction manual says there’s 50 percent chance to gain a free kick and 25 percent chance to gain a penalty in the penalty box. Can be found in the Asian cup if you don’t buy players at first and do really well to impress him. Passer: Appearance: Slightly tan and a long hair Ability: Cross long balls to players to head or find an open space for players to shoot, can cross anywhere at any place around the field. Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: He can cross long balls to players to advance and find open spaces, I prefer to put him in the left or right wings as this guy is a perfect crosser to the ball. Can be found around the African cup round. Striker 1: Appearance: Slightly tan and nice crew cut hair Ability: Lies in shooting, when he shoots, the ball bents around and head toward goal like a banana shot. Very beautiful goals when he score as he’s a striker who poach goals for the team. Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: He can be found earliest in the European Cup, every hard to impress as he very difficult to find unlike the other players above. When you use him, go to the left or right then use the special move as he curves ball that the keeper can’t really save the ball. Very important person when it comes in scoring goals. Better to put him in a striker role position. Striker 2: Appearance: Dark skin in color and long hair Ability: Like Striker 1, his ability lies in shooting and scoring goals for the team. When he shoots, the ball is power pact like a thunder bolt as well he uses his special moves, the ball travels fast in flames which gives the keeper a tough time to hold on the ball as well as saving the ball. Very high chance to score. Controls: List above in Controls section Comment: Can be found late in the game, around the American Cup zone. Very important asset to the team as he can poach for goals as he good at scoring goals at any pitch unlike Striker 1. Can score at any range put it’s better to shoot at near distance to increase chance to score. Better to put him in a striker role position. But when he shoots, its quite slow to execute though and can be tackle before shooting though. Note: All star players have a star on their head when they are active. When you start the tournament, you need to buy them unlike in the exhibitions mode, all stars players are there but its better to built your own squad at your choosing though. ------------------------ 3.4 Guide to the game ------------------------ Tournament teams: Asian team: Kuwait No of star players: none Formation: 4-4-2 Iran No of star players: none Formation: 4-4-2 S. Korea No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-5-1 Saudi Arabia No of star players: 2 Formation: 4-4-2 Australia: No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-4-2 China No of star players: 3 Formation: 4-5-1 Japan No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-2-4 UAE No of star players: 2 Formation: 5-3-2 African teams: Tunisia No of star players: 4 Formation: 4-4-2 Algeria No of star players: 4 Formation: 4-5-1 Zambia No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-5-1 Zimbabwe No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-2-4 Mali No of star players: 2 Formation: 4-4-2 Morocco No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-4-2 Nigeria No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-2-4 Costa Rica No of star players: 4 Formation: 4-2-4 Ghana No of star players: 5 Formation: 5-3-2 Cameroon No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-2-4 Honduras No of star players: 3 Formation: 5-3-2 Ivory Coast No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-4-2 Egypt No of star players: 4 Formation: 4-4-2 Eire No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-4-2 Europe teams: France No of star players: 10 Formation: 4-4-2 Germany No of star players: No of star players: 9 Formation: 5-3-2 England No of star players: 10 Formation: 4-5-1 Denmark No of star players: 8 Formation: 4-5-1 Bulgaria No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-2-4 Belgium No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-4-2 Austria No of star players: 7 Formation: 4-2-4 Wales No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-4-2 Switzerland No of star players: 7 Formation: 4-4-2 Sweden No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-4-2 Spain No of star players: 10 Formation: 4-5-1 Scotland No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-4-2 Russia No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-5-1 Romania No of star players: 9 Formation: 5-3-2 Poland No of star players: 7 Formation: 5-3-2 Norway No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-4-2 Portugal No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-5-1 American teams: Brazil No of star players: all players Formation: 4-2-4 Canada No of star players: 3 Formation: 4-4-2 Ecuador No of star players: 8 Formation: 5-3-2 Chile No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-4-2 Mexico No of star players: 9 Formation: 4-4-2 Bolivia No of star players: 5 Formation: 4-4-2 Argentina No of star players: 8 Formation: 5-3-2 Uruguay No of star players: 8 Formation: 4-5-1 USA No of star players: 6 Formation: 4-5-1 ------------------ Tournament Guide ------------------ When choosing your team, note that there are no star players. You will need to buy them when they appear later. The information above is taken from the exhibition mode. They are the exactly same teams when you face your opposing team to advance to the next round. After each game, a password is given for you. Asian Cup -1st round -2nd round -3rd round -4th round -5th round -Semi Final -Final Win Asian Cup African Cup -1st round -2nd round -3rd round -4th round -5th round -Semi Final -Final Win African Cup European Cup: -1st round -2nd round -3rd round -4th round -5th round -Semi Final -Final Win European Cup American Cup -1st round -2nd round -3rd round -4th round -5th round -Semi Final -Final Win American Cup Final soccer game battle: Win world Cup Versus the ALL STARS team Beat them and you will win the world cup and reach your objective of being the world champions. Sit back and watch the credits roll. ------------------------ My thoughts of the game ------------------------- When I first bought the game, I don't really have think much of it. After playing it, I thought the game wasn't bad at all. The game focus on conquering all continents of the world to become the ultimate champion just like the world cup. I spent some time playing it during the SNES days and quite like it. As a soccer fan myself, I thought trying out different soccer games like Championship manager, Fifa soccer games and thought so as they are all great games to play. The game's trademark of U.S Gold which is licensed by Nintendo. The game's rules are almost the same as the real life soccer game too, to make the game more realistic. But some rules are not there like the off side. There are four pitches to play from and all of them have some realism in them. Story plot: Well, it's not so a story plot, but it's can be sort of one too. From here, you play throughout the whole world, facing many world class teams and progressing to win the whole entire worlds prizes like Asian cup, African cup and ultimately becomes the world champion. While playing, top stars are signed by to you to boost team performance to get better and better to become the best of the world. Game play: The game's kind of creative; meaning there are lots of options first, like the replay option for you to see the beautiful goals you scored as well as an ability to fast forward or slow motion or reverse the replay option menu. The other options are also cool too, like the Cameo and Aggro options. Aggro option allows you to turn off the rules of the game and the Cameo option shows a short pics of a player as he celebrates a goal or get under a referee's booking or loses a match. Well, the game's a bit weird in terms of game play because you will need to buy up stars players to boost up your country's squad which is more like a club thing if you know what I mean. But some star players are cool, like tricky who has a whacky hairstyle and can jump around as his abilities. There are also some great stars players like Striker 1 and 2; one curves the ball while the other hits the ball like thunderbolt. And there's also a Cheat player who dives around framing players!!! While playing the game, you will find yourself playing in one of four pitches that is in the game like the soggy pitch which the ball bounces around which make the game a bit realistic. Controls: The controls are very easy to navigate, each button has it's own function and there's no need of some difficult moves to perform at all. So I think you will get the hang of it in no time. Difficulty: The game is not quite difficult provided you build up your squad well. Some teams are tough to beat as they have very deadly star players like Strikers 1 and 2. The game generally fast pace and ou will find the net with one touch football so it's quite difficult to defend and the opponents which the the computer play quite dirty as they whack you down as you get hold of the ball which can be frustrating. Video: It's quite okay but it can be still be improve as the player appearance need to improve as well as the crowds which look dead. The field also can be improve like making it more real as well as the ball. Audio: The game's audio is not great and needs to improve like adding some BGMs during the soccer game as well as the main screen BGM and also the sound effects like the kicking off the ball. Example is when striker 2 kick the thunderbolt ball, the flames sound effect can be improve. Replay Value: Well, there's not much in here to really boost about in this game . Once you complete the game, there's nothing much to play for so they maybe can improve in this area like adding some cup option to unlock though. Here comes the question: Should you buy or rent it? For a soccer game, the game is not that great but as a fan of soccer games, try it and you might like the game. I would perfer you to rent it first before you buy it though. Critics section: The pros: · A wide variety of teams to choose · Innovative star players · Win cups to conquer the world · Replays there when Goal is scored, you can also use slow motion or fast forward or fast reverse · Rules of the game · Fast pace · Realism The Cons: · Too fast pace · No replay Value · Computer play dirty · Difficult to defend as they pass and pass and next you will find the ball at the back of the net · Passwords given can’t seem to load Gameplay: 6/10 Entertainment:6/10 Replay value:2/10 Video and audio: 6/10 ------------------------- 4. FAQs ------------------------- Que: How do I play this game? Ans: Read my FAQ. Que: How come my save can’t load? Ans: It’s either view password incorrectly as after each match a password is given or you type the password incorrectly Que: How do I buy star players? Ans: Just select them and place them at the position you want. Que: Can you provide the information about the star players? Ans: Okay, it’s listed above in the FAQ. Que: Can I know the rules of the game? Ans: Yes, it’s also listed above in the FAQ. Que: How many teams are there? Ans: About 50 plus teams Que: How come the tournament mode does not have any star players to start with as I choose teams as all of them as normal players? Ans: The aim of the tournament is to be the champion of the world so there aren’t any star players to start with and you will need to start building up with star players by doing well in each game and impressing them with your team work and ability. ----------------------------- 5. Contact information ----------------------------- Any comments or strategies or anything I have left out, please drop me a mail at maxidestroyer@hotmail.com. You will be credited and please don’t be annoyed when I don’t reply because I quite busy at school at times. Thanks for reading this guide. And don’t give stupid questions or I won’t answer them. Once again, thank you for reading this guide. Email I will take: · Useful information · Any things I miss out · Questions · Constructive criticisms · Requesting the FAQ to put on certain website Email I will NOT take: · Spam mails · Useless information · Questions that’s covered in the guide · Stupid questions · Spam my thoughts ----------------------- 8. Credits ----------------------- I will like to thank: · Myself · CjayC (for putting on his website) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This document is @copyright by Thanos rulzs maxidestroyer@hotmail.com End of document