Taito Power Goal

Taito Power Goal (aka Taito Cup Finals and Hat Trick Hero 95 in the US and Japan[1]) is a side scrolling arcade soccer game released by Taito in 1994. It features digitized players, referees, cameramen and a streaker.

Team Select

Europe A

Europe B

South America/Asia

America/Africa

Gameplay

Like most arcade soccer games, the game-play is very fast with little planning for tactics or positioning. The player picks an international team and nominates a "star player" or "Captain". Every team has seemingly the same ability as one another but the star player on each team is slightly quicker, has a more powerful shot and different appearance to the rest of the team.

Players can tackle for the ball in various ways, such as sliding, performing a flying kick on an opponent, sweeping the legs of another player and even slamming them to the floor. The referee is very lenient in calling fouls (but when he does it usually results in a card) and can even be knocked out himself for a few seconds, either by hitting him with the ball or tackling him.

Depending on how many credits the player uses in one game, your team is able to perform a special move. The special moves are selected when the ball goes out of play and range from speed increases to "Hyper Shot" which sets the ball on fire and pushes the goalie into the net if he attempts to save it.

Once you have won your two initial games you are able to change your team's kit colors (your team then becomes known as "personal").

On occasion, a streaker or a dog will interrupt the game and run onto the pitch when the ball goes out of play, adding to the humor of the whole game.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Taito Power Goal on their January 1, 1995 issue as being the most-successful arcade game of the year.[2]

References
  1. "Hat Trick Hero '95 for Arcade Games - GameFAQs". www.gamefaqs.com. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  2. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 487. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 January 1995. p. 35.
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