FIFA 98
| FIFA 98 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Electronic Arts | ||
| Publisher | Electronic Arts | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1997 | ||
| platform | PC ( Windows , Mac ), Sega Mega Drive , Sega Saturn , SNES , Nintendo 64 , PlayStation , Game Boy | ||
| genre | Football simulation | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| control | Gamepad , keyboard , mouse | ||
| medium | CD-ROM | ||
| language | German | ||
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FIFA 98 ( Road to World Cup ) is a computer game from the FIFA series developed by EA Sports . It was released in 1997 for the PC , Sega Mega Drive , Sega Saturn , SNES , Nintendo 64 , PlayStation and the Game Boy .
Game flow
In friendly matches or a self-defined league, the player controls the players of a football team in one of several international leagues or at the 1998 World Cup . He has the choice between the club teams of various national leagues and all national teams that took part in qualifying for the 1998 World Cup. With the latter he can re-enact the World Cup. 16 stadiums from 16 countries are available as a venue.
FIFA 98 was the last game in this series in which the player could play indoor soccer games. Only in 2019 did the mode come back in FIFA 20 .
The commentators for the soccer games in the German version are Martin Siebel, Wolf-Dieter Poschmann and Werner Hansch .
On-line
The most important innovation of Fifa 98 was the first online mode . It was now possible to compete online against other players via modem.
Soundtrack
The title song of the game is the 1997 song Song 2 by the British band Blur . The menu music comes from the DJ duo The Crystal Method .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hannes Rossow: FIFA 18 - Why the indoor mode from FIFA 97/98 must finally return. In: GamePro . Webedia , April 21, 2017, accessed May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Markus Böhm: On the road - with women and men. In: Der Spiegel . DER SPIEGEL GmbH & Co. KG, June 8, 2019, accessed on May 25, 2020 .