FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

For other versions, see FIFA Soccer 96.

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FIFA Soccer 96

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Extended Play Productions, Electronic Arts Canada

Distributor: SF Interactive Media (SE rental)

Licensor: Fédération Internationale de Football Association

Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Kevin Pickell

Genre: Sports (football)

Number of players: 1-4

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Italiano

Svenska

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-11^[1]	$59.9559.95^[1]	757901
EU	1995-11-30		E338SMYI
PT	199x
UK	1995-11-10^[2]	£45.9945.99	E338SMYI
FI	199x
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	1995
BR	1995		046940
AS	199x		757901

Non-Sega versions
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FIFA Soccer 96 is an entry to the FIFA series of video games, and was developed by Extended Play Productions and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Mega Drive.

Though it was not the first FIFA game (both FIFA Soccer '95 and FIFA International Soccer had come before it), FIFA 96 is often considered the first truly successful FIFA game, and opened the doors to annual sequels that continue to this day.

Gameplay

Teams

Many new teams have been added to FIFA 96, allowing for representation from the Malayasian, Scottish and Swedish leagues. Not all teams return from FIFA Soccer '95.

American

Atlanta
Colorado
Montréal
New York
Seattle
Vancouver

Brazilian

A Mineiro
Bahia
Botafogo
Corinthians
Cruzeiro
Flamengo
Fluminense
Gremio
Guarani
I. Porto Alegre
Palmeiras
S. Recife
Santos
Sao Paulo
Vasco da Gama
Vitoria

English

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Chelsea
Coventry
Crystal Palace
Everton
Ipswich
Leeds
˜Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester C
Manchester U
Newcastle
Norwich
Nottingham F
Queens Park
Sheffield W
Southampton
Tottenham
West Ham U
Wimbledon

French

Auxerre
Bastia
Bordeaux
Caen
Cannes
F.C. Metz
Le Havre
Lille
Lyon
Martigues
Monaco
Montpellier
Nantes
Nice
Paris SG
R.C. Lens
Rennes
Sochaux
St. Etienne
Strasbourg

German

1860 München
Bayern Münich
Bochum
Borussia MG
Cologne
Dortmund
Dresden
Duisburg
Frankfurt
Freiburg
Hamburg
Kaiserslautern
Karlsruher
Leverkusen
Schalke
Stuttgart
Verdingen
Werder Bremen

Italian

AC Milan
Bari
Brescia
Cagliari
Cremonese
Foggia
Genoa
Inter Milan
Juventus
Lazio
Napoli
Padova
Parma
Reggiana
Roma
Sampdoria
Torino

Malaysian

Brunei
Johor
Kedah
Kelantan
Lumpur
Malacca
N. Sembilan
Pahang
Penang
Perak
Perlis
Sabah
Sarawak
Selangor
Singapore
Terengganu

Dutch

Ajax
Dordrecht '90
FC Twente
FC Utrecht
FC Volendam
Feyenoord
GA Eagles
Groningen
Heerenveen
MVV
NAC Breda
NEC
PSV Eindhoven
RKC Waalwijk
Roda JC
Sparta
Vitesse
Willem II

Scottish

Aberdeen
Celtic
Dundee U
Falkirk
Hibernian
Kilmarnock
Midlothian
Motherwell
Partick
Rangers

Spanish

Albacete
Atl. Madrid
Barcelona
Betis
Bilbao
Celta
Compostela
Deportivo
Español
Gijon
Logroñes
Oviedo
R. Madrid
R. Sociedad
Santander
Sevilla
Tenerife
Valencia
Valladolid
Zaragoza

Swedish

AIK
Degerfors
Djurgårdens
Göteborg
Halmstads
Hammarby
Helsingborgs
Malmö
Norrköping
Trelleborgs
Västra Frölunda
Örebro
Örgryte
Östers

World

Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Egypt
England
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Luxembourg
Mexico
Morocco
N. Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Rep. Ireland
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
USA
Ukraine
Uruguay
Wales
Zambia

Versions

The Mega Drive's rival, the Super NES, did not receive the previous years' FIFA 95 (instead getting a bespoke variant of FIFA International Soccer in 1994, different to the 1993 Mega Drive edition), so FIFA 96 acts as the first title to see a simultaneous release on both platforms. While the codebase likely stems from the Mega Drive, the Super NES version of FIFA 96 operates with a much lower frame rate and can slow down further when many players are on-screen.

Performance issues would be a running trend with the Super NES conversions of FIFA, with FIFA 97: Gold Edition and FIFA Road to World Cup 98 also running noticeably slower than their Mega Drive counterparts.

Production credits

Programmers: Brian Plank, David Hards, Shawn Taras
Artists: Suzan Germic-Smith, Laura Parr
Animators: Joe MacDonald, David Demorest
Animation Rendering: John Rix, Craig Hui
Art Director: David Adams
Music and SFX: Rob Bailey
Producer and Designer: Bruce McMillan
Development Director: Ted Sylka
Associate Producer: Adrienne Travica
Product Managers: Chip Lange, Neil Thewarapperuma
Additional Programming: Calvin Haas, Kevin Pickell
Lead Testers: Scott Blackwood, Rob Purewal
Testers: Doug Hollinrake, Darren Yung, Darren Sleno, Randy Parmar, Marcin Karasinski, Sean Marcoux, Robert Kaill, Mike Samilski, Geoff Ball, Phong Lam
Special Thanks: Mike Kiernan, Marc Aubanel, Nick Wlodyka, Carl Valentine, Jeff Dyck

Source:

In-game credits^[3]

Magazine articles

Main article: FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

UK TV advert

FI advert (1995)

Print advert in (US) #0811: "Vol. 8 No. 11 November 1995" (1995-1x-xx)

Print advert in (YU) #15: "Novembar 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in (RU) #2: "Mart 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #23 (1996-03-04)

Print advert in (RU) #5: "Avgust 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in (CZ) #1: "Říjen 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

(CZ) #2: "Listopad 1996" (1996-1x-xx)^[4]
(CZ) #3: "Prosinec 1996" (1996-1x-xx)^[5]
(CZ) #4: "Leden 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[6]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(RU)

60

^[7]

(RU)

70

^[8]

(SA)

96

^[9]

(FR)

88

^[10]

(RU)

40

^[11]

(UK)

PAL

88

^[12]

(DE)

70

^[13]

(US)

NTSC-U

100

^[14]

(US)

NTSC-U

93

^[1]

(ES)

PAL

94

^[15]

(FR)

87

^[16]

(DE)

PAL

88

^[17]

(DE)

PAL

80

^[18]

(UK)

PAL

86

^[19]

(US)

NTSC-U

75

^[20]

(FR)

90

^[21]

(PL)

90

^[22]

(DE)

PAL

78

^[23]

(UK)

PAL

91

^[24]

(UK)

PAL

90

^[25]

(UK)

PAL

90

^[26]

(ES)

91

^[27]

(RU)

81

^[28]

(RU)

92

^[29]

(US)

NTSC-U

70

^[30]

(DE)

PAL

82

^[31]

	83
Based on 26 reviews

FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB Case with sticker

Mega Drive, EU (UK/FR/DE/ES)
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, EU (UK/FR/NE/IT/SE)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, PT (alt)
Cover

Mega Drive, SE rental (SF)
Cover

Mega Drive, FI
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, CZ (Datart)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, Asia
Cover
Cart

Technical information

Main article: FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)/Technical information.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 120
↑ File:DailyMirror UK 1995-11-10 08.jpg
↑ File:FIFA Soccer 96 MD credits.pdf
↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43
↑ Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43
↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 2
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 116
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 81
↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1996-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 136
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 85
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-04)
↑ Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 48
↑ Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 6: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 99
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 66
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-11-03), page 74
↑ MAN!AC, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 60
↑ Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 31
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-30), page 75
↑ Next Generation, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 197
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 126
↑ Secret Service, "Luty 1996" (PL; 1996-02-xx), page 30
↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1995" (DE; 1995-11-15), page 12
↑ Sega Power, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 58
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 30
↑ Sonic the Comic, "2 February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-20), page 10
↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 34
↑ Tricks, "Vypusk 7" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 30
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 75
↑ Ultimate Gamer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 93
↑ Video Games, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-25), page 94

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Rugby
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[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p120-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 120

[:File:DailyMirror_UK_1995-11-10_08.jpg_p-2] File:DailyMirror UK 1995-11-10 08.jpg

[:File:FIFA_Soccer_96_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:FIFA Soccer 96 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sega_News_2_CZ.pdf_p43-4] Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43

[:File:Sega_News_3_CZ.pdf_p43-5] Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43

[:File:Sega_News_4_CZ.pdf_p2-6] Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 2

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 116

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_4.pdf_p26-9] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1996-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_048.pdf_p136-10] Consoles +, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 136

[11] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 85

[digitiser1995-12-04-12] Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-04)

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-01.pdf_p48-13] Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 48

[:File:Fusion_US_0106.pdf_p99-14] Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 6: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 99

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_050.pdf_p66-15] Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:Joypad_FR_047.pdf_p74-16] Joypad, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-11-03), page 74

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-12.pdf_p60-17] MAN!AC, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 60

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-12.pdf_p31-18] Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 31

[:File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf_p75-19] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-30), page 75

[:File:NextGeneration_US_12.pdf_p197-20] Next Generation, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 197

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_058.pdf_p126-21] Player One, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 126

[22] Secret Service, "Luty 1996" (PL; 1996-02-xx), page 30

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_25.pdf_p12-23] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1995" (DE; 1995-11-15), page 12

[:File:SegaPower_UK_73.pdf_p58-24] Sega Power, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_54.pdf_p30-25] Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 30

[26] Sonic the Comic, "2 February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-20), page 10

[:File:TodoSega_ES_32.pdf_p34-27] Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 34

[28] Tricks, "Vypusk 7" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 30

[29] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 75

[:File:UltimateGamer_US_05.pdf_p93-30] Ultimate Gamer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 93

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-11.pdf_p94-31] Video Games, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-25), page 94

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FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Teams

American

Brazilian

English

French

German

Italian

Malaysian

Dutch

Scottish

Spanish

Swedish

World

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References