KICKER, The Other Football Simulation
MEMORIAL
“Welcome to the best (and probably only) fan site on the web for the Atari ST game KICKER from 1991, and its commercial successor Starbyte Super Soccer. This tribute was created by my ‘big’ brother Frank, the greatest admirer of this game that I know. Closely followed, of course, by Kicker Bernd... Thank you so much, dear Frank, for this wonderful memory! Your ‘little’ brother Dirk!”
KICKER Tribute Edition
v0.17.6· New · beta for iPhone, iPad & Android
The classic lives on – now on iPhone, iPad and Android.
- A faithful port: every formula, every random curve, every text taken from the GFA-Basic source.
- Play friends online: season league, live game night and the German Cup.
- Cross-platform – iPhone, iPad and Android play in the same league.
News
New5 September 2026
You can now try it out via the Play Store
I was really pleased to receive the first bug reports and, hopefully, fixed them straight away. It then occurred to me that, with the Android version, it might be a bit of a …
5 July 2026
What does the future hold for KICKER?
I’ve got much further than I ever intended, though it’s also taken a lot more effort. iPad, iPhone, Android phones and tablets, classic and modernised editions, solo and …
4 July 2026
All versions are live
OK, iPad, iPhone, Android smartphone and Android tablet. All versions are now available. The tablet versions in the Tribute Edition have a brand-new front end, but the smartphone …
The original & its history
Play the original
KICKER is a football manager simulation for the Atari ST, developed from 1987 by Dirk Weigand in GFA-Basic and released in 1991 as Starbyte Super Soccer. The disk image, ready-made emulator packages for Windows and macOS, the manual and the save codes are free to download.
The history
A programming experiment inspired by Football Manager on the ZX Spectrum, the summer holidays of 1988 at the Atari ST, shareware announced in a reader’s letter to ASM and finally the contract with Starbyte Software: how my brother’s teenage project became Starbyte Super Soccer – and why it never made Dirk rich.
Plus the 2.5-hour interview with Denis Roters, press reviews from Powerplay to ASM and the revival of the source code after 30 years.