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== 2007 ==
* November 12 : [[Spyros Paraschis]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2007 KOA World Cup|7th World Cup]]
* November 10-11 : World Cup in Rome, Italy.
* [[Gianni Torchio]] release new KOA Stadium graphics for [[Kick Off 2 competition version]] new boards, stands and benches.
* [[Steve Camber]] relase 0,82 to 0,99 of the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]].
* [[Gianluca Troiano]] release beta 0,8 of the [[Kick Off 2]] remake [[Throw in]].

== 2006 ==
* October 29 : [[Spyros Paraschis]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2006 KOA World Cup|6th World Cup]]
* [[Steve Camber]] relase 0,77 to 0,91 of the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]].
* [[Gianluca Troiano]] release beta 0,71 of the Kick Off 2 remake [[Throw in]].

== 2005 ==
* November 14 : [[Gianluca Troiano]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|5th World Cup]]
* November 12-13 : [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|World Cup V in Cologne, Germany]]
* August 25, 2005 - New [http://www.ko-gathering.com www.ko-gathering.com] site based on [[wiki]] engine derived from [[Wikickoff]] goes live!
* August 5, 2005 - [[Kick Off 2 competition version]] has finally included all the official World cup settings as default (on loading). International teams now appear as default team skills and teams get reset to their default settings before every match but not Player Manager teams!
* August 4, 2005 - [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|Kick Off 2 World Cup 2005]] has broken the 50 competitors barrier, meaning it`s broken the 2004 record with still over 3 month to the World Cup.
* July: [[James Beard]] win the [[2005 UK Championship]]
* July: the [[2005 UK Championship]] is the first competition played with the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]]
* May 6: [[WinUAE]] 1.0 released
* April: [[Steve Camber]] started work on the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]]
* March: [[Angelo Scotto]] and [[Filippo Della Bianca]] start work on [[Wikickoff]]

== 2004 ==
* November 14 : [[Gianluca Troiano]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|4th World Cup]]
* November 13-14 : [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|World Cup IV in Milan, Italy]] destroyed every record of all previous gatherings: 43 players from 9 countries.
* June 15th: [[Abundant Software]] Signs Deal with DC Studios for new Football Game. [[Dino Dini]] himself will direct the new project working with DC personnel on site at Bristol.
* March: [[Steve Screech]] with [[Floodlit Software]] staff join [[Beautiful Game Studios]] working on [[Championship Manager 5]] for [[Eidos]]
* February: [[Gianluca Troiano]] started his work for [[Throw in]]
* [[Dino Dini]] Came back to England
* [[Trecision]] filed for liquidation

== 2003 ==
* November: [[Gianluca Troiano]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|3rd World Cup]]
* November: [[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|World Cup III in Groningen, Holland]]
* June: [[Steve Screech]] in conjunction with [[Anthony Kyne]] set up their own software company: [[Floodlit Software]]
* May: [[Anco]] cease to be.
* May 20th: [[Anil Gupta]], owner of [[Anco Software]] died
* May: [[Gianluca Troiano]] is the Winner of the [[2003 Italian Championship]]
* May: [[Dino Dini]], for the first time, is going to participate in a KOA competition: the [[2003 Italian Championship]] in Milan, Italy.
* [[Dino Dini]] started work on a new football game called Soccer 2 for an Italian Company in Rapallo (Genoa): [[Trecision]]

== 2002 ==
* November: [[Rikki Fullarton]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2002 KOA World Cup|2nd World Cup]]
* November: [[:Category:2002 KOA World Cup|World Cup II in Athens, Greece]]
* February 23 : First version of [[WinUAE]]
* [[Kick Off 2002]], formerly known as Ultimate kick Off by [[Steve Screech]] is released by [[ANCO]] and published by Akklaim

== 2001 ==
*November: [[Alkis Polyrakis]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|1st World Cup]]
*November: The [[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|World Cup I in Dartford, England]] is announced and hosted by [[Steve Screech]]
*[[Dino Dini]] started his own Software development company: [[Abundant Software]]
*[[Dino Dini]] showed up in the forum of the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]]
*April: [[Dino Dini]] returned to England.
*[[Steve Screech]] started his work on Ultimate Kick Off with the help of the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]]
*[[Steve Screech]] showed up in the forum of the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]]
*[[Gunther Wening]] and [[Jan Tijssen]] founded the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]]
*[[Dino Dini]] worked for a THQ studio, where he was given the task of directing the creation of a tripple A title in 6 months with no team in place and a small budget, succeeding in taking the project to Alpha, inspite of the fact that the technology team at the company were engaged in shipping a concurrent slipping title themselves and most of the technology codebase was shared and unsuitable for the task.

== 2000 ==
*Gateway 2000 sell the [[Amiga]] brand
*At 3DO, [[Dino Dini]] directed the Groovy Bunch Of Games product for the PC, which included a new game design by [[Dino Dini]], "Box Battles" and Finally [[Dino Dini]] operated as "Studio Engineer", to encourage code sharing and programming standards between tech leads at the company.

== 1999 ==
*At 3DO, [[Dino Dini]] did fire-fighting work on the hit game "Army Men Sarge's Heroes" for Nintendo 64" and also on "Family Game Pack" for Playstation

== 1998 ==
*[[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off 98]] by [[Steve Screech]]
*At 3DO, [[Dino Dini]] worked with the library group and directed development of "Vegas Games 2000" for Playstation to both create a product and put their library code through its paces.

== 1997 ==
*Escom filed for liquidation. The [[Amiga]] brand was then sold to another PC manufacturer, Gateway 2000.
* [[Dino Dini]] worked at Universal Studios directing prototype work for a project called "Monster Movie"
*[[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off 97]] by [[Steve Screech]]

== 1996 ==
* [[Dino Dini]] Worked as Group Leader and briefly as Project Manager, helped Z-Axis ship Three Lions, the number one hit fully 3D soccer game published by Take 2 Interactive. This title was released under various different names in Europe, and also as Alexi Lalas International Soccer in the USA.
* [[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off 96]] by [[Steve Screech]]
* [[Dino Dini]] Went to the United States in order to gain experience of corporate game development and management.

== 1995 ==
* [[Dino Dini]] worked on a new football game to be published by Microprose from 1995 to 1996. Unfortunately Microprose decided to drop most of their sports titles, and the project was cancelled with an amicable agreement.

== 1994 ==
*[[Commodore]] filed for liquidation and its assets bought by Escom, a German PC manufacturer
*[[Dino Dini's Soccer]] for [[SEGA]] [[Megadrive]] is the last football game released by [[Dino Dini]].

== 1993 ==
*[[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off 3]] by [[Steve Screech]]
*In a desperate attempt to save their business, [[Commodore]] marketed the [[Amiga|CD32]] against [[SEGA]] and [[Nintendo]] consoles
*Virgin [[Dino Dini]] release the successor to [[Kick Off 2]]: [[Goal!]]

== 1992 ==
*Commodore released their last [[Amiga]] computer models, the [[Amiga|A1200]] and the [[Amiga|A4000]]
*[[Dino Dini]] left [[ANCO]] for [[Virgin Games]]

== 1991 ==
*[[Luigi Freguglia]] is the new Italian [[Kick Off 2]] champion over the biggest KO tournament ever organized (over 2000 players)
*ANCO release [[Kick Off 2: The Final Whistle|The Final Whistle]] and [[Kick Off 2: Return To Europe|Return To Europe]] as [[Expansion Disks]] and [[Kick Off 2: Winning Tactics|Winning Tactics]] as [[Data Disk]] for [[Kick Off 2]]

== 1990 ==
*[[Giants of Europe]] is the first [[Data Disk]] released for [[Kick Off 2]] By [[Anco]].
*[[Commodore]] released three new low-end machines: the [[Amiga|CDTV]]; the [[Amiga|A500+]]; and the [[Amiga|A600]]. All of them were a commercial failure.
*[[Kick Off 2 World Cup 90]], [[Kick Off 2]] and [[Kick Off 2 extended version]] by [[Dino Dini]] & [[Steve Screech]] officially released by [[ANCO]]
*[[Amiga|A3000]] was introduced in the market as the successor of both [[Amiga|A1000]] and [[Amiga|A2000]]
*[[Franco Baresi World Cup Kick Off]] released only in Italy.
*[[ANCO]] release [[Player Manager]]
*[[C.F.A]] in association with [[Mutant Software]] open a Challenge Cup using [[Kick Off]] & [[Kick Off 2]] Cash prizes and medals are awarded. Scanned Image of flyer

== 1989 ==
*[[Kick Off]] by [[Dino Dini]] released by [[ANCO]]
*[[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off Extra Time]], the first and last [[Expansion disks]] for Kick Off.

== 1988 ==
*[[Dino Dini]] starts work on a new football game for [[ANCO]].

== 1987 ==
*[[Commodore]] released two new [[Amiga]] models, the [[Amiga#Amiga_500|Amiga 500]] (A500) and the Amiga 2000 (A2000) as low-end and high-end machines, respectively. The former became the most popular [[Amiga]] computer and was mostly known as a games machine.

== 1986 ==

== 1985 ==
*The first [[Amiga]] computer, simply called the Amiga, was released in by [[Commodore]], who marketed it both as their intended successor to the [[Commodore 64]] and as their competitor against the [[Atari ST]] range. It was later renamed the [[Amiga|Amiga 1000]] (or [[Amiga|A1000]] for short)

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.abundantsoft.com Abundant Software] - Game Developer [[Dino Dini]]'s current development company
*[http://www.kickoff2.it/ Kick Off 2 Italia] - Very active Kick Off 2 community located in Milan, Italy
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World] - Fan Site located in Italy (organising local tournaments)

[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2004 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2003 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2002 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2001 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off Series]]
[[Category:Other Dino Dini Games]]
[[Category:Kick Off Remakes]]
[[Category:Hardware & Emulators]]
[[Category:KOPIA]]
[[Category:KORPS]]

Category:Kick Off History - Revision history

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