FIFA Soccer 96

This picture is taken from the fancy FMV intro video

The players run onto the glossy SVGA pitch

Shearer and Sheringham about to kick off a game for England

This is FIFA96's VGA mode

In-game controller selection: move each controller in the direction of the desired team

Title screen

Main menu

Options

Selecting teams

Adjusting coverage

Selecting strategy

Tactics

Unlike all other versions, player names are not real

Running with the ball

Kicking the ball upfield

Air battles, 8-bit style

about to lose the ball...

A badly timed tackle...

... ends in a red card

Taking a penalty in shootout

Losing on penalties

Stats or a rather long match

Nice intro with the title flowing in front of your eyes

Title screen

Main menu

Options - and quite a lot of them, compared to earlier soccer simulations

Creating a player. Pity, no faces! :)

Creating a team

Corner

Playing a world championship

Choosing your strategy

Selecting players to start the game

Starting the game

Goal kick

Foul! The referee is there

Goal!

Title screen

Main menu

The players take to the field.

Kick-off

The ball went out of bounds.

The ball is being thrown back in.

Half time

The after-game menu.

Title screen.

Main menu.

Game Options

Setting up a friendly

Coverage affects how far players move away from their positions

Setting tactics

For the first time, real names

Kick off

And the dutch scores!

The SNES version feature a pass/shoot strength indicator

The goalie just made a save

Replay controls allow to follow the action

A throw in

Taking a penalty. That's a weird animation there

If the German or the Italian league aren't hardcore enough, try Malaysia...

Choosing teams

The lack of stripes means teams like Inter and Milan have "incomplete" kits