<s>
Match	B-Application
Day	I-Application
is	O
a	O
football	O
computer	O
game	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
in	O
1984	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Match	B-Application
Day	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
programmer	O
Jon	O
Ritman	O
and	O
Chris	O
Clarke	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
PCW	B-Device
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jon	O
Ritman	O
met	O
Chris	O
Clarke	O
,	O
formerly	O
of	O
Crystal	O
Computing	O
,	O
at	O
Artic	O
Computing	O
in	O
1983	O
where	O
Clarke	O
was	O
marketing	O
Bear	B-Application
Bovver	I-Application
,	O
Ritman	O
's	O
latest	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
decided	O
on	O
going	O
freelance	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
football	O
game	O
after	O
discovering	O
that	O
distributors	O
wanted	O
to	O
see	O
a	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
game	O
comparable	O
to	O
International	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ocean	O
licensed	O
the	O
theme	O
tune	O
from	O
Match	O
of	O
the	O
Day	O
from	O
the	O
BBC	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
naming	O
it	O
Match	B-Application
Day	I-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
soccer	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
where	O
large	O
moving	O
footballers	O
characters	O
could	O
dribble	O
,	O
throw-in	O
,	O
take	O
corners	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
modified	O
sprites	O
from	O
a	O
Ritman	O
's	O
previous	O
title	O
Bear	B-Application
Bovver	I-Application
to	O
create	O
an	O
almost	O
isometric	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
ultimately	O
side-on	O
football	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Match	B-Application
Day	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1984	O
and	O
became	O
a	O
best-seller	O
over	O
the	O
Christmas	O
period	O
reaching	O
number	O
2	O
in	O
the	O
charts	O
behind	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BBC	B-Device
micro	I-Device
version	O
ported	O
by	O
Chris	O
Roberts	O
reached	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
BBC	O
charts	O
in	O
September	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
,	O
Match	B-Application
Day	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
much	O
the	O
same	O
but	O
incorporated	O
two	O
features	O
still	O
used	O
today	O
in	O
most	O
football	O
titles	O
-	O
a	O
deflection	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
ball	O
could	O
bounce	O
off	O
players	O
,	O
which	O
meant	O
headers	O
were	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
shot	O
power	O
system	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
as	O
easy	O
to	O
accidentally	O
backheel	O
the	O
ball	O
with	O
this	O
system	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
to	O
hit	O
a	O
powerful	O
shot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
Jon	O
Ritman	O
tried	O
to	O
release	O
Match	B-Application
Day	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Match	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
to	O
avoid	O
any	O
potential	O
legal	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
