Umbro Pro Football
Multi-CD Promotional Football Game
Umbro Pro Football was a promotional game developed on behalf of Staggan Ltd. for Nestle Cereals, married with the Umbro brand of sportswear.
The game was distributed for free in over 4 million packs of Cinnamon Grahams, Golden Grahams and Cheerios in the UK and Portugal.
The game itself spanned 3 CD's, each being collectable from the packets of cereal, and each being a standalone section of the entire "game" that could be installed in any order to form an entire product.
This is the main CD select screen which allows the gamer to choose from any of the currently installed CD's.
CD1 - The Match...
 
CD1 provided the main football part of the game, and allowed Quick Match and League play against computer controlled teams. It is a straightforward 11 a side football game.
CD2 - Trivia Quiz...
  
CD2 provided a 100 question football trivia quiz, answering the questions correctly earns Golden Ball credits, which can be used to unlock features within the team and player editor allowing the gamer to customise teams & player skills.
CD3 - Training Games...
 
Finally, CD3 added three minigames to the whole package, allowing the gamer to practise certain set-pieces, being Penalties, Corners & Freekicks.
This page is hosted for the benefit of the following who all contributed to UPF... we managed to push out an overscoped 9 month project in 6 months, just... and although it played a bit naff, it looked damned fine for a "freebie" game.
It also taught valuable lessons all around - such as "never do this again". :)
- Malcolm Sparrow - Lead Programmer
- Michael Garry - AI Programmer
- Tim Pynegar - Tools & Utilities
- Simon Hodgkiss - Lead Artist
- Jason Phillips - API Support
- David Athay - Systems and Design Assistance
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