The fine folks at Uprising Games have mad love for the Amiga, and Super Soccer Champs 2018 (Free) sees the studio turn its eye toward soccer homage after the tennis game homage of Tennis Champs Season 2 (Free). Yes, this is an homage to Sensible Soccer, the two-button arcade soccer game that inspired a ton of developers to mimic this title. I really enjoyed Active Soccer 2‘s ($2.99) take on the genre, and was looking forward to Uprising’s version, though SSC ’14 (Free) also exists! But Tennis Champs Returns really put Uprising Games on the map, as a really fun tennis game that you could play for hours on end thanks to its career mode. SSC mostly delivers on its promise, the only problem with SSC is that it struggles with touch controls.
Admittedly, the game features a rather basic set of controls: they involve just a joystick and two buttons that work together to pull off different functions. On offense, the blue button on the left handles different passing functions, while the red button on the right handles shots and harder, manual passes. On defense, the blue button lets you attempt to safely tackle a player to reclaim the ball, while the red button goes for the more dangerous slide tackle. Take out a player and miss the ball, or even worse, get them from behind, and it might mean a warning, yellow card, or red card, and instant ejection. The joystick not only moves your character, but can also control the angle on shots and passes. Definitely play the...