<s>
MicroProse	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
is	O
an	O
association	B-Application
football	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
published	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
by	O
Jon	O
Hare	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Chris	O
Yates	O
,	O
they	O
adapted	O
the	O
gameplay	O
format	O
of	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Tehkan	B-Application
World	I-Application
Cup	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
while	O
adding	O
their	O
own	O
elements	O
to	O
create	O
MicroProse	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
forerunner	O
of	O
the	O
16-bit	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
control	O
method	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
as	O
simple	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
lending	O
itself	O
to	O
fast	O
and	O
flowing	O
football	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
manner	O
of	O
the	O
later	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rival	O
game	O
Kick	B-Application
Off	I-Application
would	O
also	O
add	O
this	O
after-touch	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hare	O
cited	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Tehkan	B-Application
World	I-Application
Cup	I-Application
,	O
released	O
by	O
Tehkan	O
(	O
Tecmo	O
)	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hare	O
stated	O
"	O
all	O
of	O
our	O
inspiration	O
for	O
MicroProse	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
was	O
drawn	O
from	O
this.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
referred	O
to	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
arcade	O
conversion	O
"	O
of	O
Tehkan	B-Application
World	I-Application
Cup	I-Application
,	O
but	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
"	O
a	O
carbon	O
copy	O
"	O
as	O
they	O
also	O
added	O
their	O
"	O
own	O
elements	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tehkan	B-Application
World	I-Application
Cup	I-Application
used	O
a	O
trackball	B-Device
to	O
control	O
the	O
direction	O
and	O
speed	O
of	O
the	O
shot	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
adapting	O
the	O
game	O
physics	O
for	O
more	O
conventional	O
joystick	B-Device
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Electronic	O
Pencil	O
Company	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
voted	O
Best	O
8-bit	O
Simulation	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
at	O
the	O
Golden	O
Joystick	B-Device
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
sales	O
charts	O
,	O
it	O
briefly	O
reached	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
position	O
before	O
being	O
replaced	O
by	O
Kenny	B-Application
Dalglish	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroProse	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
was	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
designer	O
Jon	O
Hare	O
and	O
programmer	O
Chris	O
Yates	O
.	O
</s>
