Line #14 Pinball/WorldCupSoccer


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''It Kicks!'']]
3	-> ''Get ready. This summer, UsefulNotes/{{the World Cup}} is taking over the U.S. And [[BoldInflation WORLD CUP SOCCER]] pinball is ready to take on the world!''
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5	''World Cup Soccer'' is a {{pinball}} game by Creator/WilliamsElectronics (under the Bally label), designed by Creator/JohnPopadiuk and released to promote the 1994 [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup World Cup]].
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7	As far as pinball goes, the table pretty accurately emulates the World Cup experience - you buy tickets, fill the stadiums with fans, and most importantly shoot goals. In addition, you move through the various cities the RealLife teams went to, and eventually take on the top contender (Germany) to become champion.
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9	A modified digital version was available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' until June 2018, when the license to it and all other Williams/Bally tables expired. A digital version was made available on ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX]]'' on October 20, 2022, complete with the FIFA World Cup license and Striker mascot.
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12	!!This pinball game demonstrates the following tropes:
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14	* AdaptedOut: ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' changed the title of the game to ''World Champion Soccer'' because they were unable to secure a licensing agreement with FIFA. The table artwork was heavily altered to remove every trace of FIFA imagery, from the trophy to the Striker mascot, replacing them with [[CaptainErsatz stand-ins]] where necessary. The flyer and DMD animations were mostly untouched, but direct references to the World Cup were cut.
15	** Averted with the ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX]]'' port, which was developed with the FIFA license intact.
16	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The aspects of a World Cup champion (see GottaCatchThemAll below).
17	* TheCameo: [[Franchise/MortalKombat Raiden]] cameos during a mode.
18	* CompanyCrossReferences:
19	** The final TV Award shows, among others, the "Stay cool, daddy-o" guy from ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'', Admiral Biagi from ''Pinball/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and Rudy from ''Pinball/FunHouse1990''.
20	*** Blink and you'll miss it: The dating couple from ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' also appear in separate one-frame DMD animations.
21	** The final TV Award ''is'' basically a single-ball version of the multiball from ''Creature'', too.
22	* DevelopersForesight:
23	** If you beat the #1 seed Germany in multiball and then get into multiball again, you will play against Germany, and they will be listed as the #2 seed. This is because you are now the #1 seed.
24	** If a player needs to restart multiball, one must hit either ramp or the Final Draw scoop. However, there is [[TakeAThirdOption a hidden third option]], which is the Assist kicker just south of the goal. Helpful, because by the time the ball is plunged into play, the Assist will score a Jackpot.
25	%%* FunnyAnimal: Striker.
26	* FailedASpotCheck:
27	** The flyer for the game shows the game towering over an '''American''' football field with a game in progress, rather than one of what the rest of the world knows as "football". The venue pictured, Soldier Field in Chicago, did host five of the World Cup matches in 1994 (four group matches and a Round of 16 match).
28	** Some visual references to the World Cup trademark can still be seen--mostly on the dot-matrix display--in ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''[='=]s digital version.
29	* GenreSavvy: Tilt warnings result in a "yellow card"; tilting results in a "red card".
30	* GottaCatchThemAll: To light the lock, you need to collect the five aspects of a good soccer player: Stamina, Speed, Spirit, Skill, and Strength.
31	* HeadsOrTails: Every new ball starts with a "coin toss" SkillShot to determine a bonus.
32	* LargeHamAnnouncer: '''''GOAAAAAAAAL!''''' Since [[VideoGame/NBAJam Tim Kitzrow]] is the announcer, this should hardly come as a surprise.
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34	%%* {{Mascot}}: Striker.
35	* MatchSequence: Striker lights a rocket, which spirals off and explodes to reveal the final number.
36	* NewGamePlus: If you manage to finish the WizardMode and start it again in the same game, Germany becomes ''much'' harder to beat.
37	* RoadTripPlot: The progression to the World Cup works like one.
38	* SkillShot: There are three dividers which each have a light near the top of the playfield. When you start, they are all flashing. Falling in one of the flashing ones the first time scores 5 million points, at which point only two remain. Hitting another flashing one scores 10 million, and the last one spots a city for 30 million. [[ConsolationPrize Shooting an already lit light scores 1 million]].
39	* SpectacularSpinning: The soccer ball on the playfield spins when the goal is lit. There is also a more traditional pinball spinner on the left side.
40	* SpellingBonus: S-T-R-I-K-E-R awards 10 million points and lights the Striker scoop, allowing a random award to be collected.
41	** The first TV award, Big Goal Round has the players shooting three goals for B-I-G. The B and I award 15 million, and the G awards 30 million.
42	** The cities other than Los Angeles, the location of the finals, are each labeled with a letter from W-O-R-L-D-C-U-P.
43	*** Changed to C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N in ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''[='=]s digital release.
44	* TimedMission: All of the TV Modes.
45	* TropeyComeHome: "Where's Striker?"
46	* UnitsNotToScale / BiggerIsBetter : The soccer ball on the playfield is significantly larger than the goalie, the goal, or pretty much anything on the playfield that isn't the ramps. Additionally, the flyer for the game showed the machine being roughly as large as an American football field.
47	* WheelOFeet: Shown by Striker in one animation.
48	* WizardMode: Get to the final location on your tour, that being Los Angeles, to begin playing off against Germany in the World Cup Finals to become champion.
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Context Pinball / WorldCupSoccer