Ultimate Soccer
Sega Game Gear · 1993
About this game
Following on the footsteps of its predecessor , USM 98 brings the series to a new level while keeping the same presentation and style characteristic of the series.
The biggest change when compared to USM 2 is the implementation of all leagues in the same executable, which allow players to jump between England (all five nationwide leagues), Scotland (four), Germany (both Bundeslligas and the Regionaliga), Spain, France and Italy (two divisions each).
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Signings were also changed, and now require a number of faxes between the clubs and the player, which can delay a transfer by two weeks.
Players now also have positions, defined by skills.
A player with high tackling is a defender, both high tackling and passing is a defensive midfielder, and so on.
By intensive training a player can be adapted successfully to a new position, and there's also a favorite side, which makes the difference between an attacking midfielder and a winger.
On the downside, players no longer have a personality trait.
With the exception of the player's potential (which defines the speed a player, particularly young, increases his abilities), everything can be edited using the in-game editor.
The rest of the game remained mostly unchanged, from the interface, composed by static pictures of several offices where options are reached by clicking on hotspots (like a TV for the teletext, where in-depth statistics can be consulted) to the financial options, where the player is given the lot of land close to the stadium to build stores for both marketing and merchandising.
About Sega Game Gear
Sega's Game Gear (1990) was a technically capable handheld competitor to the Game Boy, notable for its full-color backlit screen — a real advantage at the time, offset by famously poor battery life. Its commercial underperformance against Nintendo's handheld means smaller print runs overall, and complete, well-preserved cartridges (the plastic shells are prone to yellowing and cracking) are a genuine niche within retro handheld collecting.
Gamevaro tracks Ultimate Soccer for Sega Game Gear with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.
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| Date | Type | Region | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | Item only | PAL | €15.18 |
| 2026-07-15 | Item only | NTSC-J | €36.17 |
| 2026-07-12 | Item only | NTSC-J | €3.17 |
| 2026-07-12 | Manual Only | NTSC-J | €1.78 |
| 2026-07-12 | Manual Only | PAL | €2.22 |
| 2026-07-12 | Box Only | NTSC-J | €2.84 |
| 2026-07-12 | Item only | PAL | €7.87 |
| 2026-07-12 | New (sealed) | NTSC-J | €14.00 |
| 2026-07-12 | Complete in Box | PAL | €17.80 |
| 2026-07-12 | Graded New | PAL | €39.46 |
| 2026-07-12 | Box Only | PAL | €7.12 |
| 2026-07-12 | Graded New | NTSC-J | €15.40 |
| 2026-07-12 | Complete in Box | NTSC-J | €7.11 |
| 2026-07-12 | New (sealed) | PAL | €35.87 |
| 2026-07-10 | Item only | NTSC-J | €3.17 |
| 2026-07-10 | New (sealed) | NTSC-J | €13.99 |
| 2026-07-10 | Manual Only | NTSC-J | €1.78 |
| 2026-07-10 | Item only | PAL | €7.86 |
| 2026-07-10 | Box Only | NTSC-J | €2.84 |
| 2026-07-10 | Manual Only | PAL | €2.22 |
| 2026-07-10 | Box Only | PAL | €7.12 |
| 2026-07-10 | Graded New | NTSC-J | €15.39 |
| 2026-07-10 | Complete in Box | NTSC-J | €7.11 |
| 2026-07-10 | Complete in Box | PAL | €17.80 |
| 2026-07-10 | New (sealed) | PAL | €35.85 |
| 2026-07-10 | Graded New | PAL | €39.44 |
| 2026-06-18 | Manual Only | NTSC-J | €1.75 |
| 2026-06-18 | New (sealed) | NTSC-J | €13.80 |
| 2026-06-18 | New (sealed) | PAL | €35.36 |
| 2026-06-18 | Item only | PAL | €7.75 |
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