FIFA International Soccer

Description

The game that started the best-selling series licensed by football's world governing body, this first installment in the long running series used a dimetric (colloquially known as "isometric") viewpoint, previously unusual in football games but quickly imitated by several titles. The televisual presentation, one of the unique points of the early EA Sports titles, with hosts introducing the matches, was another thing making the game stand out from a market dominated by Sensible Soccer and Kick Off games.

Based on international teams (with fictional player names), their abilities in each skill area rated out of 10 to give the player an overall impression of how good they are. The options available follow the standard set: fouls and offsides can be toggled on and off, the match length can be set, and if the timer operates continuously, or only while the ball is in play. Gameplay privileges quick runs, short passes and blistering shots outside the penalty box, and set pieces are controlled by moving a box into the target area for the ball, and then passed, lobbed or kicked directly. On the tactical side, formations can be selected, with 5 different strategies also available (although not all of these combinations make sense) as can the team Coverage - the areas which defenders, midfielders and strikers cover.

Alternate Titles

• "FIS" -- Common abbreviation
• "FIFA International Soccer Championship Edition" -- Mega CD title
• "FIFA 94" -- Post-1995 informal name
• "FIFAインターナショナルサッカー" -- Japanese spelling
• "EA Soccer" -- Production title

Part of the Following Groups

• EA FIFA series
• EA Sports games

Merchant Title Platform Price   FIFA International Soccer SNES $0.10   FIFA International Soccer Genesis $0.01   Fifa International Soccer 3DO $1.00   FIFA International Soccer     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

A useless conversion of an over-rated game	Amiga	Martin Smith (64035)
An absolutely terrible game, with not even one good point...	DOS	Jim Fun (226)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	3DO	Feb 13, 2006	A	100
Game Players	3DO	Dec, 1994	98 out of 100	98
Game Players	Genesis	Jan, 1994	93 out of 100	93
GamePro	SEGA CD	Sep, 1994	4.5 out of 5	90
Game Players	SNES	May, 1994	87 out of 100	87
The Video Game Critic	Genesis	Nov 28, 2003	B+	83
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SEGA CD	Sep, 1994	8 out of 10	80
AmigaInfo	Amiga	May, 1997	77 out of 100	77
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	SEGA CD	Jan 29, 2007	7.5 out of 10	75
All Game Guide	SEGA CD	1998		70

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Trivia

It was named best 3DO game in 1994 (Game Players Jan. 1995).