<s>
Emlyn	B-Application
Hughes	I-Application
International	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
(	O
EHIS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
soccer	O
computer	O
game	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
by	O
Audiogenic	O
Software	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
initially	O
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
with	O
other	O
versions	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
debuted	O
on	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
but	O
versions	O
were	O
also	O
developed	O
for	O
Amstrad	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
Audiogenic	O
's	O
general	O
cross-platform	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
came	O
from	O
International	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
,	O
a	O
highly	O
successful	O
cartridge	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
by	O
Commodore	O
themselves	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
EHIS	O
faced	O
heavy	O
competition	O
from	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Match	B-Application
Day	I-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
1987	O
)	O
,	O
Kick	B-Application
Off	I-Application
(	O
1989	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Microprose	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
what	O
made	O
EHIS	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
was	O
the	O
fine	O
balance	O
between	O
playability	O
and	O
simulation	O
-	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
slow	O
as	O
Match	B-Application
Day	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
nor	O
as	O
reflex-driven	O
as	O
Kick	B-Application
Off	I-Application
and	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
limited	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
side	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
action	O
(	O
whereas	O
Kick	B-Application
Off	I-Application
had	O
recently	O
introduced	O
the	O
bird's-eye	O
perspective	O
)	O
,	O
EHIS	O
held	O
its	O
own	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
powerful	O
control	O
system	O
that	O
gave	O
the	O
players	O
unprecedented	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
User	O
gave	O
an	O
84%	O
rating	O
explaining	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
is	O
n't	O
quite	O
Microprose	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
but	O
it	O
's	O
still	O
a	O
vast	O
improvement	O
on	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
football	O
games	O
available.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
reviewed	O
both	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Spectrum	O
versions	O
in	O
the	O
April	O
1989	B-Application
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amstrad	O
Action	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
alongside	O
other	O
football	O
games	O
—	O
MicroProse	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
,	O
Streetgang	O
Football	O
and	O
Gary	O
Lineker	O
's	O
Hot	O
Shot	O
—	O
in	O
the	O
football	O
special	O
issue	O
of	O
June	O
1989	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audiogenic	O
subsequently	O
developed	O
two	O
other	O
arcade	O
soccer	O
games	O
,	O
European	O
Champions	O
(	O
released	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
)	O
and	O
Wembley	O
International	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
extended	O
the	O
degree	O
of	O
control	O
,	O
though	O
neither	O
sold	O
in	O
great	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
:	O
Graham	O
Blighe	O
also	O
wrote	O
the	O
arcade	O
section	O
of	O
these	O
games	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
version	O
of	O
European	O
Champions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Super	O
League	O
Manager	O
,	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
Audiogenic	O
,	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
watch	O
(	O
or	O
play	O
,	O
if	O
their	O
team	O
was	O
involved	O
)	O
a	O
random	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
providing	O
they	O
had	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
EHIS	O
.	O
</s>
