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.

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Alternate Titles

"Rumbo a la Copa Mundial" -- Spanish title
"FIFA 98: The Road to the World Cup" -- Game Boy in-game 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

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	FIFA: Road to the World Cup '98	PlayStation
	FIFA Road to World Cup 98	Nintendo 64
	World Cup '98	Game Boy
	FIFA: Road to the World Cup '98	SEGA Saturn	$0.97
	FIFA 98: Road to World Cup
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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 (4429)

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The Press Says

Mega Score	PlayStation	Feb, 1998	93 out of 100	93
Game Revolution	PlayStation	Jun 04, 2004	A-	91
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Jan, 1998	90 out of 100	90
Svenska PC Gamer	Windows	Dec, 1997	90 out of 100	90
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Dec, 1997	88 out of 100	88
Mega Score	Nintendo 64	Feb, 1998	87 out of 100	87
Gamezilla	PlayStation	1997	82 out of 100	82
Nintendo Power Magazine	Nintendo 64	Feb, 1998	8.1 out of 10	81
Game Revolution	Nintendo 64	Jun 06, 2004	B	75
Total! (Germany)	SNES	Jan, 1998	4 out of 6	40

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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.

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