Head on: Soccer
Super Nintendo, SNES
Version 1.0
Created by Thanos rulzs
April 25th, 2002
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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
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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
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1. Introduction
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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.
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2. Legal Notes
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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
[email protected].
Only mentioned websites are only allowed to be place this FAQ.
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http://www.cheats.de
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3. Game Guide
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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
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3.1 Controls
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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
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3.2 Basic guide
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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.
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3.3 Basic Information
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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.
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3.4 Guide to the game
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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
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Tournament Guide
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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.
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My thoughts of the game
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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
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4. FAQs
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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.
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5. Contact information
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Any comments or strategies or anything I have left out, please drop me a mail
at
[email protected]. 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
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8. Credits
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I will like to thank:
· Myself
· CjayC (for putting on his website)
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