FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
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Published by

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developed by

Electronic Arts Canada

Released

1997

Platforms

Genesis, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Windows

Genre

Perspective

Visual

Interface

Sport

Football (European) / Soccer

Misc

Licensed

	Critic Score	User Score
PlayStation	89	4.0

Nintendo 64	85	3.2

Genesis	...	3.9

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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.

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Screenshots

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 PlayStation Starting the road.

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 SNES It's not that I didn't expect this goal...

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 PlayStation That was close.

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 Genesis You can practice lots of things

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Promo Images

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 Magazine Advertisement pp. 2-3

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Trailer

Alternate Titles

"FIFA: Rumbo al Mundial 98" -- Spanish title
"FIFA: En Route pour la Coupe du Monde 98" -- French title
"FIFA: Die WM-Qualifikation 98" -- German title
"FIFA: A Caminho da Copa 98" -- Brazilian title
"FIFA ロード・トゥ・ワールドカップ 98" -- Japanese spelling

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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 (74)
Soccer is LAME.	Windows	Tomer Gabel (4646)

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Critic Reviews

Imperium Gier	Windows	Sep 14, 1998		100
Mega Score	SEGA Saturn	Mar, 1998	93 out of 100	93
PC Action	Windows	Dec 17, 1997	91.5 out of 100	92
CD-Action	Windows	Feb, 1998	9 out of 10	90
Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Dec 01, 1997	89 out of 100	89
Video Games	PlayStation	Nov, 1997	88 out of 100	88
IGN	PlayStation	Nov 24, 1997	8.5 out of 10	85
Video Games	Nintendo 64	Dec, 1997	85 out of 100	85
PC Joker	Windows	Dec, 1997	85 out of 100	85
Consoles Plus	Nintendo 64	Jan, 1998	85 out of 100	85

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Trivia

Cover

The German front cover shows the Andreas Möller. He won the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund and the European Championship with the German national team (both 1996).

Offside

The 32-bit version of FIFA 98 was the first game in the series to do a proper interpretation of the off-side rule. Until then, most players turned off the option because if a player was offside, doing anything else with ball except running stopped the play immediately - even if the ball was passed backwards and nowhere near the offside player!