International Superstar Soccer
Game Boy
Developer: KCE Nagoya Publisher: Konami
By: GammaBetaAlpha
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Table of Contents
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How To Play [HELP]
Donations/Amazon [DONT]
Contact Info [CONT]
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How to Play
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[HELP]
International Superstar Soccer is a traditional football/soccer game
that comes with most of the bells and whistles, playing sideways like with
Nintendo World Cup, and has the full ten players on each team. Yellow cards and
red cards can be attained by hitting opposing players not in possession of the
ball, and offsides do exist.
Play can be very automated - you could probably go a full game without
touching anything for 95% of it, only having to make the occasional Free Kick or
Throw In. You only have control over one player of your own team at a time, who
you can move around, dribble, pass and kick a ball with, and steal or block a
shot when on the defense.
Controls
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A: (Offense, Player has Ball Possession) Passes Ball to a Teammate. Use the
D-Pad to toggle between teammates to
pass the ball to
(Kick-in, Throw-in) Player/Goaltender kicks/throws the ball into play
(Defense) Team member in pursuit of opposing ball possessor does a simple
steal
B: (Offense, Player has Ball Possession) Shoots Ball at Net, Hold B to increase
power of the shot. You can shoot from
across the field.
(Defense) Team member in pursuit of opposing ball possessor slides into the
opponent, knocking him over
Passing
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If you pass a ball, control will switch to the new player in possession
of the ball. However, it should be noted that the teammate you are passing to
will not automatically catch the ball.
Also, be sure not to double-tap A when you pass, as the game will
interpret this as you wanting to pass twice, so when you pass it to your first
teammate, he will turn around and pass it off to somebody else.
Kicking
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By pressing and then holding B before letting go while in possession of
the ball, the player with the ball will perform a power kick. This is especially
useful near the opposing net, but you can also use this to launch the ball up.
However, I have not noted any way to do an overhead kick. If anybody
knows for sure this is in the game and knows how to pull it off, please feel
free to send me an email using the address at the bottom of this guide.
Fouling
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Fouling is a possibility to do in this game: to do it, you must hit a
player on the opposite team while he is NOT in possession of the ball. Hitting
somebody who is in possession of the ball shall just result in a free kick from
the location where you hit him at.
Substitutions/Change of Tactics
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During regular play, press the Select button and you should open up a
menu. Select the Change option on this menu, where you can substitute in new
squad members or change your formation and tactics.
Passwords
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After every match in the International competition, you will be given a
password (assuming you are not knocked out) that is up to 51 characters long.
You can use this and input it on the 'Enter Code' screen on the Knockout or
World Cup menus. Note you need to actually select a team and competition before
you will see the Enter Code option, as for some reason it is not put on the
front menu.
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MAIN MENU
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When first entering the game, you will have four different button icons
to choose from. These are what each of them do.
Open Game
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Found in the upper-left corner. A single 90-minute + extra time affair,
where you can choose to play as any of 36 different countries, as well as
choosing your opponent.
Goal Kick
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In the lower left corner of the main menu, with the goal net and Game
Boy, is an option to play a goal competition. You may choose your own team and
the opposing country, and you will alternate between a goal kicker and
goaltender to play up to 5 times each. If you mathematically win early (get
three successful shots and block your foe's first three shots), the mini-game
ends right then.
Controls
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Found in the lower right corner of the main menu. Here, you can change
the in-game length of each game (3 minutes, 5 minutes, or 7 minutes) as well as
the difficulty level (Novice, Medium, and Expert).
Competitions
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The upper-right corner of the main menu, this is by far the most
extensive of the options available to you. International follows a mishmash FIFA
format, using all the teams who made the 1998 FIFA Cup along with Portugal,
Wales, Sweden and Australia. Select your team to play as and you will be put
into a pre-set group of 6 (the composition of each group is always the same),
and you will play 4 of the 5 other teams. The best four teams from each league
along with a couple of fifth-placers will advance to a round of 24.
Following that, you will play the other three times and the best 2 from
each division along with a couple of third-placers will be slotted into a round
of 16, where you will then play on in sudden death until you win the
championship.
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MATCH MENU
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Prior to starting a match, you will be given some options, and you can
also access these options during gameplay.
Formations
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Here, you can change your squad formation, as well as the behaviour of
your squad, between normal, aggressive, defense, etc.
Member
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You can rotate the squad members not active in and out of your
squad here.
Extended Match
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I am not sure what this option here does, unfortunately. If you know
what the difference is between Extended Match and Gold.GL, please send me an
email using the address at the bottom of this guide.
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Contact Info
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[CONT]
Although I believe I have found everything there is to find in this
game, there is occasionally the possibility of some super secret level in an
obscure game that was never found because it was too obscure, or the like. If
you have anything that you feel needs to be includes, feel free to email me at
gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
If you have any other information to contribute or notice any errors,
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