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John Barnes European Football

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Side-on and overhead football action featuring John Barnes

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About this game

John Barnes European Football is a football game licensed around Jamaican-born Liverpool star John Barnes and released to coincide with the 1992 European Football Championships.

The match action uses side-on and overhead views with a slight forced perspective. Only a small section of the pitch is visible at once, creating faster play while making long-range passing more difficult. Control is precise, and the ball remains attached to the player’s feet to some extent.

The game includes only the eight teams that qualified for the 1992 European Championships, with that tournament as its sole competition. Players can control either the player nearest the ball or always play as Barnes.

It was developed and published by Krisalis for Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, and Atari ST/STE.