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''Match Day'' is an association football video game franchise created by Jon Ritman in 1984 for the 1980s 8-bit home computer market. == Games in the series == The following games are part of the Match Day series. All of the games were published by Ocean, with the exception of ''Super Match Soccer'': * ''Match Day'': the first game in the series. It was created in 1984 and released on most home computers of the era, but is most well known for its Sinclair Spectrum incarnation. It was designed and developed by Jon Ritman with the help of Chris Clarke.〔(Playing Catch Up: Match Day's Jon Ritman ) at Gamasutra.com〕 * ''International Match Day'' is an improved version of ''Match Day'' published in 1985 for ZX Spectrum 128KB.〔(The Captain's Top 100 Games of All Time – Part One ) at epinions.com〕 It takes advantage of the extra memory available to provide better sound and some full screen images. * ''Match Day II'' was released in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX and Commodore 64 platforms. It was written by Jon Ritman, with graphics by Bernie Drummond and music and sound by Guy Stevens〔(Comment about authors of the game in Ritman's home page, ritman.co.uk )〕 (Commodore version, programed by John Darnel〔(Martin Galway interview ) at c64.com〕). The game was the first one to include complete control over ball direction, power and elevation (using a kickometer〔(Football games ) at geocities.com/SiliconValley〕), and a brand new deflection system (Diamond Deflection System).〔(Matchday 2 review ) at Your Sinclair Rock and Roll Years〕 * ''Final Whistle'' was the name of an arcade machine very similar to ''Match Day 2'' (it was previously called ''Soccerama'' during development). Although it was finished it was never released.〔(Interviews: Jon Ritman, a genius in play ) at amstradmuseum.com〕 * ''Super Match Soccer'', was released in 1998 by Acclaim. Although its working title was ''The Net'',〔(Interview with Jon Ritman ) at TimesSquare/Battlefield (through archive.org)〕 it was intended to be released as ''Match Day III'' (it was even presented as such in a PlayStation〔(Match Day 3 preview ) at absolute-PlayStation.com〕 preview in Spain), but due to licensing problems the name was finally changed. It was developed in 1998 by Cranberry Source〔(The History of Computer Soccer )〕 and published by Acclaim.〔(Super Match Soccer ) at gamefaqs.com〕 The game is available for PC and PlayStation.〔(Super Match Soccer ) at pc.ign.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Match Day (series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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