VR Soccer '96

VR Soccer '96 is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and top-down view sports game in the Actua Soccer series.

General information

Released in Europe as Actua Soccer.

Availability

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/774501/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/774501/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Different camera angles can be selected during the match.
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Only for gameplay, other keys such as change view, opening menu, etc. can't be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus		Mouse is required to navigate through the menus.
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Mouse is required to navigate through the menus and keyboard for typing.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		No vibrations in the game.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Different players can play with the keyboard and controller at the same time.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Crowd, Pitch, Commentary and Music.
Surround sound		Mono and stereo only.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		`Alt`+`Tab ↹` is not supported.
Royalty free audio

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Versus, Co-op
LAN play	20	Versus, Co-op
Online play	For DOSBox use DOSBox IPX/modem emulation.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA, SVGA

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	486DX 33 MHz
System memory (RAM)	4 MB (8 MB for in-game commentary)	8 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	VGA graphics card (SVGA supported for VESA compatible cards)
Other	MSCDEX 2.1

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (774501) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.