A strange little side quest
A small trivia drop for ER Soccer: The first penalty shoot-out in World Cup history came in the 1982 semi-final between West Germany and France. A second detail makes the picture even better: The Oregon Trail mixed travel, supplies, risk and survival decisions decades before resource-management systems became common in mainstream games. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at ER Soccer feel a bit more connected to the history of play.