Hmmm, I think todays ultra-realistic football games could learn a thing or two from games of old. Take Match Day on the ZX Spectrum for example, you could always score from the same position just past the centre circle, a couple of touches from kick off and you could unfurl a fabulous 40 yard piledriver. That is how I took the fantastic Ritman Rovers (thats right isnt it?) to all-conquering footballing glory.
Also if you took the ball to the goal line and waited for the clock counter to tick halfway between 89 and 90, then poke the ball home, the game used to restart at 90 mins and carry on playing until the clock got to 99 and then it would disintigrate. Fabulous.
Ahhh those halcyon days of old......try it home, simply go to any spectrum emulator site and knock yer self out... not literally of course, there would be no fun in that.
I think I may have had a similar game on the Amstrad where you could score from 1 particular position. Occasionally the ball would get stuck on the crossbar as well and you'd have to wait the requisite 10 minutes for the time to run down!
I loved that game as a panlid.
