Tecmo World Cup

Tecmo World Cup
Also known as: Tecmo World Cup '92 (JP) Developer: Hertz Publishers: Atlus (US), SIMS (JP) Platform: Genesis Released in JP: January 31, 1992 Released in US: December 1992 This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

Tecmo World Cup is a soccer game that is based on Tecmo World Cup '90 even though there were no World Cups in 1992 and that the game was not done by Tecmo.

Unused Graphics

A SIMS sign is loaded into memory but it is not used in either version.

Regional Differences

Intro

Japan	USA

'92 was removed in the intro even though the US version still kept to its original timing. Also on the background, the '92 was replaced by a soccer ball.

Title Screen

Japan	USA

The logo was redrawn to remove the '92 and the soccer ball. The SIMS logo was also removed and extra copyright info was added.

Menus

Japan	USA

The Tecmo background in the Options screen was removed.

Japan	USA

The Soviet Union flag was replaced with the Russian Federation flag. Some countries were also renamed:

Japan	USA
ARGENTINE	ARGENTINA
DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
ITALIA	ITALY
KORIA	KOREA
SOVIET RUSSIA (URS)	RUSSIAN (RUS)
AMERICA	USA

Gameplay

During a match, in the Japanese version the two halves were known as TOP HALF and LATTER HALF. This was corrected in the US version as FIRST HALF and SECOND HALF.