Adidas Power Soccer

Adidas Power Soccer

Developers
	Psygnosis
Release dates
Windows	1997
Taxonomy
Monetization	Sponsored
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Sports
Sports	Football (Soccer)
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Adidas Power Soccer

Adidas Power Soccer
Adidas Power Soccer	1997
Adidas Power Soccer 98	1998

Key points

Installing on 64-bit systems requires a workaround. See Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows.

Getting the game to start on Windows 8 and 10 requires a workaround. See Game not launching on newer versions of Windows.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SaveGame

Video

Game options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched, game runs in 640x480 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Different camera heights can be selected during the match.
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Game runs on borderless all the time.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Runs below 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Player setup

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Ability to choose from 2 or 4 button configurations as well as the ability to create a user defined layout.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Keyboard or controller are required to play the game.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Ability to choose from 2 or 4 button configurations as well as the ability to create a user defined layout.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		No vibration option in the game.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Two people can use the keyboard and controller at the sametime.

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  Keyboard bindings

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  Controller bindings

Audio

Audio setup

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound FX, Crowd and Commentary.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Alt+Tab ↹ crashes the game on Windows 10 but works on XP.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus
LAN play		4	Versus, Co-op
Online play		4	Versus, Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows

Installer not working on 64-bit machines
Copy the content in the game CD/ISO to a new folder on your desktop. Download InstallShield 3 shortcut from this link. Open and extract the downloaded file (setup32.exe) to the Setup folder found in the extracted CD/ISO content\ENGLISH. Double click on setup32.exe and install the game.

Game not launching on newer versions of Windows

Game not launching on newer versions of Windows
Right click on APSS.exe found in <path-to-game>. Click and check Reduced color mode and select 16-bit (65536) color. Click and check Disable fullscreen optimizations Click and check Run the program as an administrator. Apply and start the game. The game will crash during the match loading screen. See Game crashes after loading a match.

Game crashes after loading a match

Game crashes after loading a match

Download DxWnd Run DxWnd and go to Edit - Add, then add a game In the Registry tab check Emulate registry and Override registry and paste this: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ App Paths \ APSS.EXE] "Path" = "\{path}" @ = '\{path}" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Psygnosis] "APSFullGame" = "\{path}" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Psygnosis \ adidas Power Soccer] "Datapath" = "\{path}" "MoviePath" = "\{path}" "CommEPath" = "\{path}" "CommFPath" = "\{path}" "CommDPath" = "\{path}" "CrowdPath" = "\{path}" "SavePath" = "\{path}" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Psygnosis \ adidas Power Soccer \ 6.0] In "path" you have to enter the path where you installed the game 4. In the I/O tab check Fake CD and choose free letter which the CD Drive should be 5. In the Sound tab check Virtual CD audio 6. In the Compat. tab check Handle Exceptions 7. Download this file and paste to the folder with the game installed

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5
DirectDraw
Glide
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95 or MS-DOS v6.22
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133 Mhz	Intel Pentium 166 Mhz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA display or better 2 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	Soundblaster 16 or 100% compatible
Other	Double speed CD-ROM drive	Quad-speed CD-ROM drive