FIFA 98: Road to World Cup

Description

The late-1997 edition of FIFA was heavily tied in with the qualifying procedure for the 1998 World Cup. In the Road to the World Cup mode, you take a team from first qualification through to the main tournament, using the varying systems in different parts of the world. The game features 16 distinct outdoor stadia. The League play features 189 clubs and 11 leagues. Each team has specific crowd chants incorporated into the ambient sound.

The action is faster than in previous versions, and AI has been expanded. Players have distinct facial feature and hair styles. Each match is introduced by Des Lynam and commentated on by John Motson and former Scotland international Andy Gray.

Alternate Titles

• "Rumbo a la Copa Mundial" -- Spanish title
• "FIFA 98: Rumbo al Mundial" -- Spanish title
• "FIFA 98: En route pour la coupe du monde" -- French title
• "FIFA 98: Die WM-Qualifikation" -- German title
• "FIFA 98: A Caminho da Copa" -- Brazilian title

Part of the Following Groups

• EA FIFA series
• EA Sports games
• FIFA World Cup licensees

Merchant Title Platform Price   FIFA: Road to the World Cup '98 PlayStation $6.52   FIFA Road to World Cup 98 Nintendo 64     World Cup '98 Game Boy     FIFA: Road to the World Cup '98 SEGA Saturn $2.95   FIFA 98: Road to World Cup     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

EA Sports' swan song to the American Saturn and Sega	SEGA Saturn	Fake Spam (94)
FIFA 98 is THE best FIFA game out there.	Windows	Diamond Titan (63)
Soccer is LAME.	Windows	Tomer Gabel (4466)

The Press Says

PSX Extreme	PlayStation	Feb, 1998	94 out of 100	94
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Dec 03, 1997	93 out of 100	93
Mega Score	SEGA Saturn	Mar, 1998	93 out of 100	93
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Jan, 1998	92 out of 100	92
Svenska PC Gamer	Windows	Dec, 1997	90 out of 100	90
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Dec, 1997	89 out of 100	89
Mega Score	Nintendo 64	Feb, 1998	87 out of 100	87
MikroBitti	Windows	Jan, 1998	86 out of 100	86
Gamezilla	PlayStation	1997	82 out of 100	82
GameSpot	SEGA Saturn	Feb 06, 1998	7.8 out of 10	78

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Trivia

The german front cover shows the (Ex-) national player Andreas Moeller. Moeller won the "Champions League" with Borussia Dortmund and the European Championship (German national team), both 1996. As of season 2001/2002 Moeller plays for Schalke 04 (city of Gelsenkirchen), the arch rival of Borussia Dortmund.