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The '''Kick Off Series''' is a series of football computer games released from 1989 to 1991 by [[ANCO]] for various platforms. The games in the Kick Off Series are considered pioneer, since contrary to previous football computer games, the ball does not stick to the player's feet but is realistically kicked ahead of the player. This adds an important degree of difficulty and skill requirement on the part of the human player. This, along with many other original features (such as aftertouch, action replays, individual players characteristics, tactics, different pitch types, etc) made the games the in Kick Off Series some of the most popular football computer games ever. [[Kick Off 2]] is still among fans considered the best football computer game ever.

[[Kick Off]] was first developed on the [[Atari ST]] platform and then ported to the [[Amiga]] platform. Even though versions for other computer platforms followed, the [[Atari ST]] and especially the [[Amiga]] versions were by far the best. This Wiki deals mainly with the [[Amiga]] and [[Atari ST]] versions of the games.

The [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off Series]] was developed by [[Dino Dini]] (programming, design) and [[Steve Screech]] (graphics, design, testing).

==Games in the series==
*[[Kick Off]] (1989)
*[[Kick Off Extra Time]] (1989)
*[[Franco Baresi World Cup Kick Off]] (1990)
*[[Player Manager]] (1990)
*[[Kick Off 2 World Cup 90]] (1990)
*[[Kick Off 2]] (1990)
*[[Kick Off 2 1MB]] (1990)
*[[Kick Off 2: Giants of Europe]] ([[Data Disk]]) (1990)
*[[Kick Off 2: The Final Whistle]] ([[Expansion Disk]]) (1991)
*[[Kick Off 2: Return To Europe]] ([[Expansion Disk]]) (1991)
*[[Kick Off 2: Winning Tactics]] ([[Data Disk]]) (1991)
*[[Kick Off 2: Super League]] ([[Expansion Disk]]) (1991)

==External Links==

*[http://www.ko-gathering.com KOA Kick Off Gathering] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Fan Site (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.abundantsoft.com Abundant Software] - Game Developer [[Dino Dini]]'s current development company
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World] - Fan Site located in Italy (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.kickoff2wm.de.vu Kick Off 2 Weltmaisterschaft ] - Fan Site located in Germany (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.koanet.co.uk koa:.:net on line league ] - Kick Off 2 online league
*[http://kickoff2online.free.fr Kick Off 2 online ] - French Kick Off 2 online
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/kick-off-2 Kick Off 2] - Kick Off 2 page on Moby Games
*[http://hol.abime.net/2560 Kick Off 2] - Kick Off 2 page on Hall of Light

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Filippodb at 20:49, 19 April 2005