Lunchtime Talk: Sheffield’s Groundbreaking Game: Actua Soccer - Tales from the Dugout

Hear about an important part of Sheffield’s influential gaming history from Mark Hardisty, the author of A Gremlin in the Works. 

Featured as part The Boy with a Leg Named Brian exhibition, the Actua Soccer series, developed by Gremlin Interactive, was a groundbreaking football video game series that competed with Electronic Arts' EA Sports label during the mid-1990s. 

Join the Gremlin Historian, Mark Hardisty and Actua Soccer Developer, Richard Stevenson for a look back at the genesis of Sheffield’s FIFA beater and learn some of the more outlandish tales from behind the scenes of its development. 

This talk is part of the programme of events inspired by and complementing The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by Pete McKee exhibition at Weston Park Museum, which continues until 2 Nov 2025. 

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