World Cup Carnival

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World Cup Carnival
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Developer(s)	Artic Computing
Publisher(s)	U.S. Gold
Series	FIFA World Cup
Platform(s)	Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 ZX Spectrum
Release	1986
Genre(s)	Traditional football simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer

World Cup Carnival is a 1986 sports video game developed by Artic Computing and published by U.S. Gold for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum; it is the first licensed World Cup video game and is based on the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. Initially meant as an entirely different game, development problems made U.S. Gold decide to recycle Artic Computing's 1984 title World Cup Football, with the added FIFA license and extras included in the box.

Upon release, World Cup Carnival received unanimously negative reviews from critics, players and retailers alike for its poor graphics, gameplay, sound and blatant recycling of World Cup Football; several magazines included angry letters from people who had bought the game, many of which were returned to stores.