World Challenge Soccer

World Challenge Soccer, designed by Jon Norris and manufactured by Premier Technology (trading as Gottlieb) in February 1994, is a four-player solid-state machine built on the Gottlieb System 3 platform, with 1,470 confirmed units produced. Art was handled by David Moore, Constantino Mitchell, and Jeanine Mitchell, dot-matrix animation by Rand Paulin and Daryl Moore, music by Duane Decker, and sound by Craig Beierwaltes.

The playfield — similar in layout to Premier's 1991 'Car Hop' — features three flippers, two slingshots, four standup targets, two hanging targets, two 5-bank drop target banks, two kick-out holes, two vertical up-kickers, two star rollovers, a drop target, and a captive ball, along with a mini-post screw positioned between the flippers. Notably, the game has no pop bumpers, an unusual choice that shifts emphasis toward its target-and-kicker-driven layout. A static soccer player figurine sits in the upper-left corner of the playfield.

With its soccer theme and multiball-capable layout, World Challenge Soccer is one of a relatively small number of pinball machines built around the sport, offering an emphasis on precision shooting that distinguishes it from many of its Gottlieb contemporaries.