digitec does some old-school gaming with «Nintendo World Cup»

Philipp Rüegg

22.6.2018

Translation: Jessica Johnson-Ferguson

While the world cup is unfolding on Russian soil, we decided to dig up the only true football «simulation» ever made: «Nintendo World Cup» for NES. Our live stream starts at around 11:15 a.m.

You think football’s a game for wimps? The Ronaldos, Neymars and Messis of this world, who prance around the pitch like show ponies and collapse into a ball of pain at the slightest touch, get on your nerves? Then it’s high time to take a trip down memory lane. Let’s go back to the legendary world cup that was Italia 90 and back to «Nintendo World Cup», where players really got stuck into the game. No prancing, no time wasting and above all, no dives. Anyone lying on the ground in «Nintendo World Cup» was either seriously body-checked or literally kicked up the backside with a ball flying at full speed. While today’s world is complaining about artificial turf, you had to worry about tripping over stones back in the olden days when the struggle was real.

Although the graphics may not be on par with «Fifa 19», the stocky 8-bit players still manage to exude a menacing charm. And then there’s the soundtrack. There are only five players on each team. But their cojones are big enough to make up for the rest. What’s more, there are only 13 teams in total. The remaining eleven that made it to Italy just didn’t have enough room on the game cartridge. Back then, the law of survival of the fittest would already kick in during programming. If you could do with a blast from the past to gain a bit of distance from the current world cup of divas, check out our stream or – even better – play the game on NES yourself.

We’re playing on this thing as you should.

Philipp Rüegg

Senior Editor

Philipp.Rueegg@digitecgalaxus.ch

Being the game and gadget geek that I am, working at digitec and Galaxus makes me feel like a kid in a candy shop – but it does take its toll on my wallet. I enjoy tinkering with my PC in Tim Taylor fashion and talking about games on my podcast http://www.onemorelevel.ch. To satisfy my need for speed, I get on my full suspension mountain bike and set out to find some nice trails. My thirst for culture is quenched by deep conversations over a couple of cold ones at the mostly frustrating games of FC Winterthur. more

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