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WELCOME TO SENSIBLE GOALFEST 2000, A SITE WHICH IS OBSESSED WITH THE GAME, 'SENSIBLE WORLD OF SOCCER'. IN THIS SITE YOU WILL HOPEFULLY FIND USEFUL INFORMATION AND FILES REGARDING, IN MY OPINION, THE GREATEST COMPUTER GAME EVER TO GRACE THIS EARTH. I'LL ALSO AIM TO FOCUS ON MY VERSION OF SWOS, SENSIBLE WORLD OF SOCCER 95/96 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION. HOPFULLY SG2000 WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR 95/96 USERS TO CONTINUE TO PLAY THE GAME.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE AN AMAZING GAME FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THIS COMPUTER GAME ACTUALLY GOT ME INTERESTED IN THE SPORT OF SOCCER (OR FOOTBALL AS THE WORLD GAME LIKES TO BE CALLED), AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IN FACT I'LL BE CRAZY AND ADMIT THAT I STILL BELIEVE THE GAME IS BETTER THAN THE REAL SPORT.

MY ADVENTURES WITH SENSIBLE SOCCER STARTED WHEN THE LIFE OF THE COMMODORE AMIGA LOOKED TO BE DWINDLING, BACK IN 93. I PURCHASED A MAGAZINE CALLED ONE AMIGA AND ON THE COVER DISK WAS A DEMO OF SENSIBLE WORLD OF SOCCER.

THAT DEMO, WHICH I'M SURE WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE USED FOR ABOUT A WEEK, UNTIL THE FULL GAME CAME OUT, ACTUALLY LASTED FIVE YEARS. IT WASN'T UNTIL A BUDDY OF MINE, IAN, WENT OVER TO ENGLAND IN AUGUST 98 THAT I OBTAINED THE FULL VERSION. I SUPPOSE I HAD LEFT IT SO LONG THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO BUY THE GAME IN AUSTRALIA. QUITE FRANKLY, I HAD LOST HOPE. LUCKY IAN WENT ON THAT HOLIDAY, OR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG I WOULD HAVE PERSISTED WITH THAT OLD DEMO.

EXCUSE ME NOW WHILE I GO OFF AND ACTUALLY PLAY SENSIBLE WORLD OF SOCCER. TIME IS MONEY.