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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jkrank (実況なう) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:48:02 -0000
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@AlexanderNL oh je speelt het zelf niet? Lijkt me wel leuk om te doen, maar ik ben blijven steken bij Fifa '96.
jaapstronks (Jaap Stronks) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:40:04 -0000
@AlexanderNL oh je speelt het zelf niet? Lijkt me wel leuk om te doen, maar ik ben blijven steken bij Fifa '96.
2010 FIFA World Cup: State of 2010 ICT Readiness http://www.doc.gov.za/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=96
eprado_melo (eduardo prado) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:29:20 -0000
2010 FIFA World Cup: State of 2010 ICT Readiness http://www.doc.gov.za/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=96
O Galo no FIFA 96 era o A. Mineiro e era vermelho e branco.
andresmdiaz (Andrés M. Díaz¹³ ) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:21:04 -0000
O Galo no FIFA 96 era o A. Mineiro e era vermelho e branco.
Ich habe Fifa 10 gespielt und ich habe gewonnen!!!!!!!!!!!ICH!!!!!MIT 96!!!awesome!!!
mbp_o_death (mbp_o_death) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:10:49 -0000
Ich habe Fifa 10 gespielt und ich habe gewonnen!!!!!!!!!!!ICH!!!!!MIT 96!!!awesome!!!
@terrordanjah C'mon Terror you know Fifa for iPhone is poor!! It's like fifa 96 on megadrive blaaaad!!
Fiz_UK (Nick Bright) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:43:06 -0000
@terrordanjah C'mon Terror you know Fifa for iPhone is poor!! It's like fifa 96 on megadrive blaaaad!!

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