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>>Rafael Fernandes: May the graphics go to hell.

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Long before Pro Evolution Soccer and the FIFA series,

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International Superstar Soccer 64 was THE soccer game.

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Released on July 31, 1997,

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the game represented a revolution that only those who lived at that time could witness.

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>>Man: International Superstar Soccer

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>>Rafael Fernandes: One of the greatest strengths of International Superstar Soccer 64

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lies in the fact that it tries to bring some simulation without losing the arcade gameplay.

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Here there are a lot of details never seen before,

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further increasing the realism in relation to the real soccer.

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The matches can be performed at different times of day and weather conditions.

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It's possible to choose various tactics for the team, control the goalkeeper, choose heads or tails, anyway,

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there was a sense of freedom never seen before,

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and that was the International 64 differential in relation to all other soccer games of the time.

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>>Commentator: In position for the free kick.

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[Inaudible] GOOOOAL! France evens the score!

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>>Rafael Fernandes: Of course, many of these details are common in games of the current generation,

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but at that time, fifteen years ago,

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it could blow up the mind of anyone.

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Look at this referee, for example, that after giving a card,

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he took a notebook and wrote down the name of the player, and it was amazing!

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And the celebrations of goals then?

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Extremely realistic,

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even with the imitation of the famous little dance of Bebeto in the '94 Cup.

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That's it, right?

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Once upon a time we thought these were the most advanced graphics in the world, isn't it?

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So I can safely say

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that in home video games there was nothing better than the title of Konami.

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And to complete, there is also something that almost every game of that time had: the big head mode,

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that was unlocked by entering the Konami code on the title screen, that is,

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C up, C up, C down, C down, C left, C right, C left, C right, B, A, Z and Start.

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The best part is that this option always messed up the collision between objects,

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creating a portion of Dantesque and bizarre scenes.

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Too bad these days has nothing like that.

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>>Commentator: …real domination.

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GOAL! Oh, GOAL! GOOOOAL!

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>>Rafael Fernandes: But, of course, a game can not be sustained only by the visual.

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And International 64 had much more to offer in gameplay.

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The controls were accessible but at the same time had enough depth.

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You can do dribbling and several other advanced commands

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that require a little more skill in the game.

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In addition, the difficulty is very well balanced,

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and there is a long learning curve to get hang of it and win all at level 5.

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And when the game is completely known to that point,

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just try to play with a very weak team, like the United States, for example,

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and then the challenge becomes very complicated.

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The biggest highlight is the Scenario Mode,

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which is kind of a missions mode where you control a team,

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usually in bad situation in the game,

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and must win the game at all costs.

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There are 16 stages, the latter being the most challenging,

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putting the United States to turn a score around in a game of two to zero for Brazil.

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Tricky, huh?

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>>Commentator: What an opportunity!

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A cracking shot!

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GOOOOAL!

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He kicked it with his right foot!

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A vital goal for USA!

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>>Rafael Fernandes: And the sound?

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Even with the known limitations of the Nintendo 64,

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Konami did not disappoint here.

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The soundtrack is one of the best that ever existed.

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But the cartridge sound really shines during matches.

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The commentator is probably the most excited of all soccer games of all time.

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Listen to the guy screaming!

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>>Commentator: England intercepted the ball.

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Germany thwarted again.

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He's creating a run here.

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What was that pass for?

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What an oportunity!

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GOAL! GOAL! GOAL!

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GOOOOAL!

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England takes the lead!

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>>Rafael Fernandes: And the Japanese version is even crazier!

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There they called a radio announcer,

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that pretty much freak out when a goal happens or a dangerous play.

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L… Check it out!

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>>Tom G: Returned!

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Goal! Goal! Go-Goal!

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Great! Great!

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Hooray! Hooray!

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Crossing!

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Heading!

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Okay!

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Goal, goal, goal , goal, goal!

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Goal! Goal! Goal!

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>>Rafael Fernandes: Unfortunately not everything is perfect.

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The sounds of the supporters are a little distorted,

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but not enough to take the shine off the final result that Konami got here.

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>>Tom G: Okay!

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Goal, goal, goal, goal, goal, gooooal!

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Gooooal! Gooooal! All right! Good ball…

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>>Rafael Fernandes: International Superstar Soccer 64 was a great success.

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Especially here in Brazil.

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That's why it is not so hard to find any used game cartridge in these markets out there.

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The sequel, International 98, improved everything over the original,

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offering more fluid graphics, better sound,

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and some touches on the gameplay and on the artificial intelligence of the opponents,

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avoiding those ridiculous goals of the previous game.

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International Superstar Soccer 2000 came a little improved,

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but it had some problems a bit more severe,

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starting with the new mechanics of the kick.

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If you hold the B button as you pressed in the previous games

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to set the power of the kick, look what happens.

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>>Commentator: He shot over the…

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>>Rafael Fernandes: And it's a change which effectively made no sense.

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Served only to mess it up.

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To complete, the American version and consequently our version,

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the national version of the game, had no career mode,

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that was a kind of simple RPG,

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where you created a player and was accompanying him from the youth team to the national team.

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International 2000 was also compatible with the expansion pak of Nintendo 64,

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which allowed an increase on the game resolution to an amazing 640x480.

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The problem is that the frame rate per second drops very much,

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and was practically unplayable.

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Go figure, huh?

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At that time, in 2000,

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the Winning Eleven series was earning the preference of the public.

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Developed by KCET, the Konami studio in Tokyo,

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the game eventually evolved into the next generation to the Pro Evolution series

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that we know well today,

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completely overshadowing the name International Superstar Soccer,

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that still got to have three games released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube and PC.

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But in the end, the series stalled.

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The chances of the franchise come back today are very difficult,

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since besides the low interest of the public and Konami,

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the producer Katsuya Nagae,

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who took care of the series since the Super Nintendo,

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died in 2008.

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The way then is to live with the old games,

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where the soccer with arcade style lived its golden age,

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where the fun was worth more than a handful of polygons.

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