The FIFA Series is a popular series of football (soccer) video games, released yearly by EA under the EA Sports label. Since its debut release in late 1993, it has been one of the most profitable and well known video game franchises. While there was no major competition when EA released both the first titles in their Madden NFL and NHL series, football video games such as Sensible Soccer, Kick Off or Matchday Soccer were being developed since the late eighties and were already competitive games in the Football Market when EA announced a football game as their next addition to the EA Sports label.

History

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The key points of EA's massive advertisement were the isometric view of the ground (when all other games used either top down, side scrolling or birds' eye views), detailed graphics and animations and of course, the FIFA endorsement (although it did not feature real player names). It was shipped for Christmas 1993, named FIFA International Soccer, and was released for most active platforms of the time.

While FIFA 95 did not add much other than the ability to play with club teams, FIFA 96 pushed the boundaries. For the first time with real player names, the PC, 32X and Sega Saturn versions used EA's Virtual Stadium engine, with 2D sprite players moving on a 3D stadium. FIFA 97 had crude polygonal models for players and added indoor football, but the pinnacle was reached with FIFA 98:Road to the World Cup. This version featured improved graphics, a complete World Cup with qualifying rounds (including all national teams registered in FIFA) and refined gameplay. Months later, World Cup 98, EAs first officially licensed tournament game, improved Direct3D support, gave each team a unique kit and broke the sequence of poor video games based on tournaments started by US Gold's World Cup Carnival in 1986 and continued until Gremlin's Euro 96.

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os novos critérios da FIFA definiram que um time africano estará no grupo do Brasil. Ou seja, sem a moleza da 1º fase de 2002 e 2006. #COPA
marcelourania (Marcelo Urânia) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:32:02 -0000
os novos critérios da FIFA definiram que um time africano estará no grupo do Brasil. Ou seja, sem a moleza da 1º fase de 2002 e 2006. #COPA
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WorldCup2010_ (World Cup 2010) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:51:37 -0000
2002 FIFA World Cup http://bit.ly/8zYnhB
そーいえば先日明治生命に貰ったハンカチ、開けてみたらFIFA2002ワールドカップの公式だったよ、、、何年前の販促だよ
daidaikemool (kemool) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:19:05 -0000
そーいえば先日明治生命に貰ったハンカチ、開けてみたらFIFA2002ワールドカップの公式だったよ、、、何年前の販促だよ
@charltonbrooker Mario Kart, it's previous incarnations were user friendly, FIFA Soccer, before it got too complicted, pre-2002.
hoplesscase30 (John Morris) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:44:30 -0000
@charltonbrooker Mario Kart, it's previous incarnations were user friendly, FIFA Soccer, before it got too complicted, pre-2002.
[2001년 12월 1일] 2002 월드컵 본선 조 추첨 2002 월드컵 대륙별 예선을 통과해 본선에 진출한 32팀에 대한 조추첨이 2001년 오늘, 부산전시컨벤션센터(BEXCO)에서 FIFA 미셸 젠 루피넨 http://bit.ly/8oMNlC
TodayInHistoryK (역사속 오늘) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:04:43 -0000
[2001년 12월 1일] 2002 월드컵 본선 조 추첨 2002 월드컵 대륙별 예선을 통과해 본선에 진출한 32팀에 대한 조추첨이 2001년 오늘, 부산전시컨벤션센터(BEXCO)에서 FIFA 미셸 젠 루피넨 http://bit.ly/8oMNlC
JiN! Total Clip » Blog Archive » Brazil vs England (1-0) Goal ...: France was No.1 in FIFA ranks in 2002 :-). 112... http://bit.ly/6gv4AK
biera1 (NewsLine) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:05:03 -0000
JiN! Total Clip » Blog Archive » Brazil vs England (1-0) Goal ...: France was No.1 in FIFA ranks in 2002 :-). 112... http://bit.ly/6gv4AK

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