Kick Off 2 competition version

The Kick Off 2 competition version is a project started and developed by Steve Camber in 2005. The aim is to have an improved and updated version of Kick Off 2 using reverse engineering on the original Amiga game. The game will be used in official KOA tournaments.

The competition version is based on Kick Off 2 v1.4 and it'll maintain the original gameplay of the famous Dino Dini game but adding features from other games of the Kick Off Series and also totally new features never released before.

Improvements

This is the full list of all the updates from Kick Off 2 v1.4

Already added

• Penalty Box Dribble selectable by each player. It can be switched on and off at any time just like a formation with key 5. "PBD" is displayed beneath the player's score if enabled.
• OR, Dual PBD control by TeamA (TeamB's setting is the same as that chosen by TeamA)
• Team A and B difference removed so neither has a strength advantage.
• Default kits Yellow and blue selected upon load
• Aftertouch selected on load
• Default to 2 players game
• No boot disk required on Amiga 1200
• Aftertouch given to 2nd player in a co-op game
• International teams selected on load
• Team settings reset before each match
• Division 1 to 4 skill levels have been modified and renamed to: Beard, Fullarton, Polyrakis, Troiano
• Troiano is now stronger than the steroids team and is the strongest AI skill level, with Beard being the easiest.
• FOUR different playback speeds during replays
• Amiga 600 alternative keyboard support
• Live Statistics pressing button 's' to show on/off: Possession, Crossbar hits, Post hits, Distance of last goal, Average goal distance, Number of ball bounces
• Ball is only affected by the wind when it is in the air
• Wind speed-range fix: LIGHT (from -2 to +2m/s), MEDIUM (from -4 to + 4m/s), STRONG (from -6 to + 6m/s)
• Team names can be changed before the match
• Change on Clock to indicate 1st/2nd half
• Team A=Team B and Team A>Team B selectable as a pre-game option.
• Just For Fun menu added
• Fix substitute stealing bug
• Aftertouch manipulation
• Control over the game's audio output channels
• Select TeamB formation in single player games
• End game statistics
• 75% speed added. 25% speed removed
• Backpass rule selectable in KO2CV menu
• PBD selectable on squad screen
• Unintended autoslides can be switched off in the KO2CV menu
• TeamA can select extra tactics with LEFT shift/alt/amiga, while Team B uses RIGHT shift/alt/amiga
• Goal Statistics
• Altered pitch graphics by Gianni Torchio
• Match report
• Fix corner bug(s)
• Remove CPU running handicap for 1 player
• Work out how player initials are calculated
• Remove auto slides by the rest of your team
• Remove auto headers by the rest of your team
• Remove pointless slide when next to ball with no opposition around
• Allowing an attacker to intercept a ball passed to the keeper
• Adding the wonderful amiga speech "penalty" before the penalty like KO1!
• Walls around the edge for an indoor game
• Fix 2, 3 and 4 player games. 2nd, 3rd and 4th player all have aftertouch and falling down problems.
• CPU PBD on/off option
• Backpass rule

To do

• Full Match Replay and PC Replay Viewer (by Jesper)
• New Splash Image (by Jesper)
• Fix throw-in bug where ref blows whistle and awards throw to other team (was "Remove off-pitch foul")
• Enable two subs before kick off
• Player Manager aftertouch
• Put in WC90 mode. WC90 code has been stripped out unfortunately, but it might be possible to transplant across!
• Remove greek players from non-greek teams
• Check out replay save possible bug
• Cancel substitutions
• Team celebrations after goal + losing team disappointment

Wishes (possible)

• Aftertouch on corners
• Aftertouch on chips
• Aftertouch on goal kicks
• Aftertouch on penalties
• Adding the possibility to run inside the penalty area when the goalkeeper has the ball possesion
• Adding the possibility for the goalkeeper to walk inside/outside the area with the ball.
• Adding the possibility for the forward to make foul to the keeper
• Foul on goalkeeper result quite always a yellow card
• Foul on forward running alone towards the goalkeeper result quite always a red card to the defender.
• Change of kit design, maybe adopting the advanced one on FW!
• Having multiple league and tournaments like in "return to europe v2.1"
• Having selectable keeper level like in Return to Europe (easy=KO1 normal=KO2 hard=FW)
• Having the chants when you're loading the game, like Return to Europe and Final Whistle
• Like Return to Europe having 2 game levels: easy (with PBD) normal (no PBD)
• Change the colour of the skin/hair of the players so we'll have blonde Norwegian teams and yellow Korean players
• Update all the national/club teams with real name and real skills
• Wider pitch view. Higher Camera to see larger pitch area on screen. (for Player In Position games)

Wishes (dreaming)

• Having extra new substitute players like a new goalkeeper
• Adding referee + linesman (like 1.6 version)
• Adding the sample "shame" for a foul
• Adding all the extra sound effects of the 1.6 version

ADD YOUR SUGGESTIONS HERE

• Backpass rule
• Reinstate PM tactics
• Make "bouncing" sidelines in the practice mode, so that the ball cannot go out
• Fix slow goalkeeper problem when a team gets around 20-0 up
• Player 2 able to take proper throw-ins in co-op mode
• Standard 4 formations available in International Friendly mode

Version released History

1.33

- Gianni's wonderful Torremolinos pitch

1.32

- Gianni's Greek pitch

- Bug fix - Players running off the pitch for corners

- Bug fix - Mysteriously slow players run onto the pitch in the second half

- Samtastic goal added

- Dedicated PBD toggle key

1.30

- Gianni's Spanish pitch

- All substitution bugs are fixed at last

- Substitution requests are now colour coded to show the requesting team

- Multiple substitutions can be queued up and also cancelled by hitting the same Fkey again

- Fun option to make every foul result in an injury

- New goal type - LEEVE IT

- APT selection key is now 0 instead of 9

- Quit the pre-match team screen by pressing ESC

- Can now use F2 to quit a game in addition to the traditional ESC key

- Can now use Return/Enter to select a sub in addition to the traditional space key

1.29

- Gianni's Bremen WC pitch

- Text rendering has been optimised to reduce any effect on gameplay.

1.27

- Gianni's Bournemouth WC pitch

- Pitch walls bug fix

1.26

- Barrett battle. All players are M.M.Barrett.

1.24

- Extra time until winner

1.23

- Infinite practice mode

- 'Disappearing sound bug' fixed

- Minor edit to credits screen

1.22

- Main menu stats

1.21

- Indicators of direction of play shown above scanner.

- Gone Fishing goal detection.

- Change the ref before the match via a keypress.

- Off pitch foul bug fixed.

- Shot angle stats added.

- Formations revert to 424 every match.

- Stat for number of formation changes per player.

- Temporarily disable voice samples with 'V' key

1.19

- "If both players agree" rule is automated for settings.

- Formation of players is constantly visible above scanner.

1.18

- Dublin stadium.

1.17

- Copenhagen stadium. Thanks Gianni!

- Option to make all pitches behave like 'normal' pitch. Play soggy without the drag, play plastic without the bounce.

- Territory stat replaces the possession stat. Based on which half the ball is in.

1.13

- Gianni's Voitsberg pitch

- Post match analysis now includes the final score (in case you forgot)

1.12

- 6-a-side game

- Post match analysis

1.11

- Milan pitch

- Options set to WC2012 defaults

1.10

- Rubberbanding

- APT choice configuration

- Key 9 cycles through all APT possibilities during gameplay

1.09

- Trapfix is restricted to the initial button press. It can no longer be abused by extended holding of the fire button.

- Woodwork stat now only counts woodword hits if the ball does not go into the goal immediately afterwards.

- JFF option - Tackles off. When enabled, no player can push another one to the floor. So Cox can't flatten the incoming attackers

1.08

- Bournemouth pitch graphics, artwork by Gianni as always.

- Split joystick mode using a parallel port adapter. Two team-mates control one half of the pitch each. So a two player game becomes a 2v2 and a one player game becomes 2vCPU.

1.07

- Birmingham pitch graphics, artwork by Gianni as always.

- Penalty shootout mode now displays a record of success/fails similar to TV coverage.

- Penalty shootout practice mode now has a final score screen

- Division 1-4 skill level names have also been updated.

1.05

- Duesseldorf pitch graphics, artwork by Gianni as always.

- GOAL KICK is displayed for half as long as before, giving both players a chance to check the clock before the kick.

- Option to prevent the goalie running behind the goal

- APT menu is now optional

- Smoother animation on the scanner when using an A1200

- KO2CV Options menu cursor loops from top to bottom

- Narrow angle goal renamed to MrDig JAWOLL goal

- International Friendlies can now have a team playing against itself. No away kit is available however!

- Voice of Dino taken from kick off extra time

- Icy pitch as standard. Take it easy out there people.

- International friendlies, cups and leagues can use all tactics now.

1.04

- Formation keys stretch from 1-8 now. No more messing with shift keys for extra tactics.

- However, A600 users must use right shift for Team B formation selection.

- Extra options on the team screen:

AutoFix? - Select Yes to disable auto slides and auto headers by your teammates

PBD? - Select Yes to enable PBD mode

TrapFix? - Select Yes to stop traps turning into slides

v1.03

- Includes Voitsberg pitch

v1.01

- Colours tweaked on the loading screen.

- Extra support for 2-leg scores on the results screen.

v1.00

- New loading screens are possible.

- FOUL and PENALTY speech imported from KO Extra Time.

- Goal keepers can be made (even more) stupid, just for fun.

- Corner bug fixed. (wrong end of pitch)

- Throw in bug fixed. (wrong team awarded throw)

- Extra player stats displayed in pause menu.

- Players can be removed from the field or brought back on. Useful when Amigas fail mid-match.

- Goal types are identified and instantly named along with physical statistics.

- An option is available to be able to control the power of a chip.

- Keepers can be upgraded to stop lobs like Final Whistle keepers.

- CPU opposition can be made to run as fast as human players.

- Two leg menu available when the game is paused.

- Aggregate score is automatically displayed when the ball is out of play in a 2 leg match.

- Extra time and penalties are automatically triggered in a 2 leg match

- Free kick scorer gets credit for it at last!

- Number of fouls by each team is displayed when a foul is given.

- Number of corners awarded by each team is displayed when a corner is given.

- Number of yellow cards by each team is displayed when a yellow card is given.

- Number of red cards by each team is displayed when a red card is given.

- "Distance out" stats given when the ball goes out for a goal kick.

- Woodwork hits, reds, yellows, fouls, average goal dist, possession, shots, shots on target all given at the end of a half or updated live during a game.

- Referees stopwatch can be modified during the game, along with other times, and also the current score.

- Autoslides and unintended slides are not disabled in this Athens WC release.

v0.99

- Rome 07 pitch

- TeamA can select extra tactics with LEFT shift/alt/amiga, while Team B uses RIGHT shift/alt/amiga

- Unintended autoslides can be switched off in the KO2CV menu

v0.98

- Walls around the pitch can be activated in the KO2CV menu. No more throw-ins or corners

v0.97

- Goal Statistics pic

- Altered pitch graphics by Gianni Here

- Match report

v0.96

- End of match (+half) report

- Original wind option

- Event number display (ignore!)

- VBL timing display (ignore!)

v0.95

-New advert boards by Gianni here

-All of the team celebrate a goal, not just the scorer

-Top right corner text adjusted slightly

v0.94

-An option can be set in the KO2CV menu to record the joystick input in replays.

-There is no need to specify a new filename inbetween matches when you want to save replays. Just keep hitting F1 during games to add more replays to the same save file. It is best to start a new save file after watching -your replays in the action replay section.

v0.93

-Teams are reset properly in between matches.

-Scanner only play ( debug feature ).

-You can toggle the speed advantage human players have over the cpu

-Autoslides off option.

-Free kick practice mode.Get possession of the ball and Hit F3 for a freekick, hitting F3 again for another etc.

v0.92

- PBD selectable on squad screen

v0.91

- Backpass rule selectable in KO2CV menu.

v0.90

- 75% speed added. 25% speed removed.

v0.89

- Select CPU tactics, auto stats at end of halves.

v0.88

- Control over audio output channels

v0.87

- Aftertouch modifications

v0.86

- Text for UK championships

v0.85

- New KO2CV Options menu

v0.80

- A name can be entered in the team list screen by pressing delete.

v0.78

- PBD practice version

v0.77

- All 8 default tactics available and also A600 keyboard mode supported.

v0.76

- All 8 default tactics available with CTRL+1-4

v0.75

- Goal distance statistics fixed.

- Wind does not affect ball on the ground.

- Wind strengths reduced.

v0.74

- Some statistics added with manual control via the 's' key

v0.73

- Extra slow motion speeds, and alternative Team B tactic keys to support A600.

v0.71

- Version for the 2005 World Cup, team A = team B

v0.70

- Version for the 2005 World Cup, team A is stronger than team B

v0.65

- This version differs from 0.64 because it has Team A stronger than team B as in the classic version of the game. It was made for an evening of Alkis vs Spyros who tested this 2nd candidate to be the 2005 World Cup version.

v0.64

- It has finally included all the official World cup settings as default (on loading). International teams now appear as default team skills and Teams get reset to their default settings before every match but not Player Manager teams! Division 1 to 4 skill levels have been modified and renamed to: Beard, Fullarton, Alkis, Troiano. Troiano is now stronger than the steroids team and is the strongest AI skill level, with Beard being the easiest.

v0.63

- Defaults to international teams, team line-ups are reset before each match, division3 is a steroid team.

v0.62

- A=B reinstated, and this version was used at the UK championships 2005 in Stoke.

v0.61

- Teammate has aftertouch in multiplayer mode

v0.60

- CPU cache switched off after a processor check. This was made for the 2005 UK championship. It has PBD selectable by each player pressing the "5" key, Team A and B equalized, yellow kit for team A, blue kit for team B and aftertouch selected upon load. Released July 2005

v0.53

CP- U cache automatically switched off (crashes non-A1200 machines)

v0.52

- A>B release with single PBD switch. First candidate for WC2005.

v0.51

- Text redisplayed in corner after every goal. Released before UK championship.

v0.5

- Text tidied up. PBD setting continues over to 2nd half of match. Defaults to two players. One player controls PBD selection for both teams. Released for the London Gathering.

v0.4

- Title text added in corner during game

v0.3

- Added PBD select

v0.2

- Team A/B equalised, kit + aftertouch set on load

v0.1

- PBD Madness, PBD permanently on for both players all over the pitch

Download

• Kick Off 2 competition version - this is the ADF directory where you can download the images of the latest competition version