Peter Shiltons Handball Maradona

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Peter Shilton\'s Handball Maradona is a football simulation for up to two human players. The game was released shortly after the 1986 World Cup and its title is in reference to Argentinean footballer Maradona\'s infamous handball goal against England in that tournament.

The object of the game is quite simple. The human player picks an English team and controls their goalkeeper during league matches (teams seem to be from the old First Division before it was the EPL). You must save a series of shots fired in from different angles by the computer players. Your goal is to keep a clean sheet.

Graphics

Graphics are fairly simple, with very little detail. The opposition players are coloured black and your own players are white, there are white goal nets and a very green pitch top play on.

The players are quite simply drawn, all one colour, with no facial features.

Sound

Sound is quite basic. There is a bleep when the ball is kicked and a shhhhhhhh sound when a shot is saved or you let one past you. There is also an unconvincing bleep when the ball bounces, which sounds more like the players are kicking the bladder of the ball around. There is no music.

Gameplay

The game has quite a lot of flaws, but can be fun to play for maybe an hour. The game play is far too easy and a novice could probably master it within 20 minutes. Shots are predictable and float towards you in such a way that you have plenty of time to judge where they are heading and make that save. You play for a team, but there does not seem to be any ultimate goal in this, since there is no league table or cup competition. Fun, and certainly worth checking out for footy nuts, but with limited lastability.