<s>
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
football	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Croteam	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Black	O
Legend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
players	O
can	O
perform	O
various	O
moves	O
,	O
including	O
tackles	O
and	O
bicycle	O
kicks	O
,	O
and	O
view	O
instant	B-Application
replays	I-Application
of	O
highlights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
Croteam	O
's	O
debut	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
commencing	O
in	O
April	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
November	O
1994	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
Croatian	O
studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
port	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
May	O
1995	O
and	O
a	O
budget	O
Amiga	B-Device
release	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
frequently	O
compared	O
to	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
and	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
expanded	O
move	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
developer	O
Sensible	O
Software	O
considered	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
a	O
clone	O
and	O
threatened	O
Croteam	O
with	O
legal	O
action	O
,	O
causing	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
to	O
be	O
temporarily	O
taken	O
off	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Croteam	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
finished	O
a	O
five-a-side	O
football	O
successor	O
(	O
known	O
by	O
various	O
names	O
,	O
including	O
Five-A-Side	O
Soccer	O
and	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
Indoors	O
)	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Black	O
Legend	O
's	O
German	O
branch	O
in	O
1996	O
and	O
by	O
Croteam	O
as	O
public-domain	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
is	O
a	O
football	O
video	O
game	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
style	O
similar	O
to	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
opposing	O
teams	O
are	O
controlled	O
either	O
by	O
two	O
players	O
or	O
by	O
one	O
player	O
and	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
teams	O
feature	O
real	O
players	O
with	O
abilities	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
statistics	O
adapted	O
from	O
Tactical	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
match	O
,	O
the	O
teams	O
can	O
be	O
arranged	O
in	O
various	O
formations	O
;	O
there	O
are	O
four	O
in	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
and	O
ten	O
in	O
the	O
port	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
match	O
is	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
pitch	O
with	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
different	O
surfaces	O
and	O
varying	O
weather	O
conditions	O
,	O
including	O
snow	O
,	O
mud	O
,	O
and	O
AstroTurf	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instant	B-Application
replays	I-Application
displayed	O
in	O
a	O
picture-in-picture	O
window	O
show	O
the	O
last	O
few	O
seconds	O
leading	O
up	O
to	O
these	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
on	O
systems	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
Advanced	I-Device
Graphics	I-Device
Architecture	I-Device
(	O
AGA	O
)	O
,	O
this	O
replay	O
runs	O
simultaneous	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
the	O
debut	O
game	O
by	O
Croteam	O
,	O
a	O
Croatian	O
development	O
studio	O
based	O
in	O
Zagreb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
him	O
,	O
the	O
intent	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
"	O
a	O
fun	O
football	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
better	O
than	O
MicroProse	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
differentiate	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
from	O
other	O
football	O
games	O
,	O
each	O
move	O
was	O
animated	O
with	O
eight	O
to	O
ten	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
common	O
two	O
or	O
three	O
frames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
questioned	O
regarding	O
the	O
similarity	O
of	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
to	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
,	O
Holmes	O
claimed	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
programmer	O
himself	O
has	O
never	O
ever	O
played	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
and	O
that	O
the	O
games	O
only	O
appeared	O
similar	O
because	O
the	O
character	O
sprites	O
were	O
16-by-16	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
in	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
completed	O
for	O
various	O
Amiga	B-Device
systems	O
in	O
October	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
500	B-Device
,	O
1200	B-Application
,	O
and	O
4000	B-Device
Amiga	B-Device
models	O
on	O
6	O
November	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demo	O
was	O
included	O
exclusively	O
on	O
the	O
coverdisk	O
of	O
CU	O
Amigas	B-Device
November	O
1994	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
conversion	O
was	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
February	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
completed	O
six	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
's	O
release	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
May	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
budget	O
Amiga	B-Device
release	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
The	O
Hit	O
Squad	O
in	O
late	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matt	O
Broughton	O
of	O
The	O
One	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
realism	O
of	O
Football	O
Glorys	O
physics	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
respect	O
to	O
the	O
ball	O
's	O
ricocheting	O
,	O
exceeded	O
that	O
of	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Roundell	O
,	O
in	O
his	O
reviews	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
Action	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
played	O
similar	O
to	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
apart	O
from	O
the	O
additional	O
moves	O
in	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
,	O
which	O
he	O
lauded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
echoed	O
by	O
Steve	O
McGill	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
,	O
who	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
new	O
moves	O
gave	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
and	O
advantage	O
over	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
,	O
Paul	O
Mellerick	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
,	O
who	O
called	O
the	O
bicycle	O
kicks	O
"	O
spectacular	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Tony	O
Dillon	O
of	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
who	O
considered	O
the	O
moves	O
"	O
incredible	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McGill	O
lamented	O
that	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
featured	O
fewer	O
modes	O
,	O
team	O
formations	O
,	O
and	O
pitches	O
than	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
or	O
Sensible	B-Application
World	I-Application
of	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dillon	O
remarked	O
that	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
excelled	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
graphics	O
due	O
its	O
many	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mellerick	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
poorer	O
sound	O
and	O
performance	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
500	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mellerick	O
and	O
Evans	O
concurred	O
that	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
not	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
,	O
likening	O
it	O
to	O
"	O
yet	O
another	O
kickabout-in-the-park	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
Wembley	O
Stadium	O
of	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
"	O
and	O
"[not]	O
half	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
[	O
Sensible	O
Soccer ]	O
is	O
"	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Mellerick	O
reviewed	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
again	O
for	O
its	O
budget	O
release	O
,	O
he	O
also	O
found	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
not	O
aged	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contrarily	O
,	O
Dillon	O
exclaimed	O
that	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
"	O
The	O
best	O
arcade	O
soccer	O
game	O
ever	O
"	O
and	O
superior	O
to	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
HMV	O
,	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
the	O
third-best-selling	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
in	O
January	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
fifth-best	O
in	O
February	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
tenth-best	O
in	O
April	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
and	O
Embryo	B-Application
(	O
which	O
Croteam	O
contributed	O
to	O
)	O
,	O
Paul	O
McNally	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Action	O
named	O
Croteam	O
as	O
Black	O
Legend	O
's	O
most	O
famous	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
1994	O
,	O
Sensible	O
Software	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
,	O
accused	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
of	O
being	O
a	O
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Duncan	O
Lothian	O
of	O
Black	O
Legend	O
defended	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
remarked	O
that	O
Sensible	O
Software	O
's	O
accusations	O
were	O
proof	O
that	O
"	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
is	O
frightening	O
the	O
opposition	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Sensible	O
Software	O
threatened	O
Croteam	O
with	O
legal	O
action	O
,	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
removed	O
from	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
survived	O
Sensible	O
Software	O
's	O
move	O
,	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
recover	O
from	O
its	O
time	O
off-sale	O
and	O
Croteam	O
released	O
it	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
successor	O
to	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
featuring	O
five-a-side	O
football	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
December	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
variously	O
known	O
as	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
Indoor	O
Edition	O
,	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
Indoors	O
,	O
Indoor	O
Football	B-Application
Glory	I-Application
,	O
Five-A-Side	O
Soccer	O
,	O
and	O
5-A-Side	O
Soccer	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Fußball	O
Total	O
Indoors	O
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Croteam	O
completed	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
the	O
500	B-Device
,	O
1200	B-Application
,	O
and	O
4000	B-Device
Amiga	B-Device
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
publish	O
the	O
game	O
but	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
1996	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
declining	O
Amiga	B-Device
games	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Croteam	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
public-domain	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
