FIFA 97: Gold Edition

For the Sega Saturn game, see FIFA 97.

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FIFA 97: Gold Edition

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Extended Play Productions

XYZ Productions

Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Tec Toy (BR)

Licensor: Fédération Internationale de Football Association

Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Kevin Pickell

Peripherals supported: 4 Way Play

Genre: Sports (football)

Number of players: 1-4

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Italiano

Svenska

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1996-11-20^[1]^[2]	$59.9959.99^[3]	7748
EU	1996-10^[4]		EAY02401051I
EU (alt)	1996		EAZ02401051I
DE	1996		EAY02401051I
PT	1996		MDJEA0382
UK	1996-11-22^[5]	£44.9944.99^[6]	EAY02401051I
GR	1996		EAY02401051I
BR	1997-02		051130

Non-Sega versions
Super NES

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FIFA 97: Gold Edition (packaged simply as FIFA 97) is the "16-bit" version of FIFA 97, released for the Sega Mega Drive (and Super Nintendo) in 1996.

Gameplay

Similarly to its predecessor, FIFA Soccer 96, the Mega Drive version was released as an isometric game, building on an engine first seen in 1993's FIFA International Soccer. Though it attempts to bring FIFA 97's selling points over to the then-limited hardware (indoor stadiums being the primary example), gameplay for the most part is identical to prior FIFA games, lacking any attempt to include the much hyped "Virtual Stadium" technology of the "3D" versions of the game.

Teams

FIFA 97 adds roughly 20 more teams, though swaps out some of the club teams to more accurately reflect the top leagues as they were at the time.

American

Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Chicago
Colorado
Dallas
Detroit
Los Angeles
Miami
Montréal
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
San Antonio
Seattle
St. Louis
Toronto
Vancouver

Brazilian

America-RJ
Atletico
Bangu
Barreira
Botafogo
Corinthians
Cortiba
Criciuma
Cruzeiro
Flamengo
Fluminense
Gremio
International
Madureira
Palmeiras
Santos
Sao Paulo
Vasco da Gama

English

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Bolton
Chelsea
Coventry
Everton
Leeds
Liverpool
Manchester C
Manchester U
Middlesbrough
Newcastle
Nottingham F
Queens Park
Sheffield W
Southampton
Tottenham
West Ham U
Wimbledon

French

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

German

1860 München
Bayern München
Borussia MG
Dortmund
Düsseldorf
FC Köln
Frankfurt
Freiburg
Hamburg
Hansa Rostock
Kaiserslautern
Karlsruhe
Leverkusen
Schalke
St. Pauli
Stuttgart
Verdingen
Werder Bremen

Italian

AC Milan
Atalanta
Bari
Cagliari
Cremonese
Fiorentina
Inter Milan
Juventus
Lazio
Napoli
Padova
Parma
Piacenza
Roma
Sampdoria
Torino
Udinese
Vicenza

Malaysian

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

Dutch

Ajax
FC Twente
FC Utrecht
FC Volendam
Feyenoord
Fortuna Sittard
GA Eagles
Groningen
Heerenveen
NAC Breda
NEC
PSV Eindhoven
RKC Waalwijk
Roda JC
Sparta
Vitesse
Willem II
de Graafschap

Scottish

Aberdeen
Celtic
Falkirk
Hearts
Hibernian
Kilmarnock
Motherwell
Partick
Raith
Rangers

Spanish

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

Swedish

AIK
Degerfors
Djurgårdens
Göteborg
Halmstad
Helsingborg
Malmö
Norrköping
Oddevold
Trelleborg
Umeå
Örebro
Örgryte
Öster

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
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
North Ireland
Norway
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Rep. Ireland
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Singapore
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Trin & Tobag
Tunisia
Turkey
USA
Ukraine
Uruguay
Wales
Zambia

Versions

Similar to FIFA 96, FIFA 97 was ported to the Super NES and released around the same period as the Mega Drive version. The results are very similar to the previous game - while most of the graphics have been re-drawn to better suit the system, the Super NES port runs with a significantly lower frame rate than its Sega counterpart (although performance is improved slightly on FIFA 96 in busy scenes).

Production credits

Produced By: Extended Play Productions
Developed By: XYZ Productions
Programmers - XYZ: Umrao Mayer, John Jacecko
Artist - XYZ: George Simmons
Animator: David Demorest
Animation Rendering: John Rix, Craig Hui
Art Direction: David Adams
Audio Lead: Chris Taylor
Music and SFX: Michael J. Sokryrka, Joel Simmons, Omar Al-Khafaji
Executive Producer: Bruce McMillan
Line Producers: Marc Aubanel, Robert Leingang
Associate Producer: Heidi Newell
Development Director: Dylan Miklashek
Assistant Producer: Nicholas Wlodyka
Technical Director: Kevin Pickell
Product Managers: Paula Burt, Margaret Murray
QA Coordinator: Steve Livaja
QA Lead Tester: Josh Holmes
QA Backup Lead: Trevor Kerslake
Testers: Darcy Pajak, Phong Lam, Evan Stanfield, Avinash Narayan, Mike Samilski, Steven Wong, Desmond Jim, Martin Katzenmeier, Zech Prinz, Jason Dong, Alvin Marte
Language Testing: Michael Gievers, Sylvain Caburrosso, Markus Hoc
Mastering: Rob Purewal, Peter Petkov, Cary Chao
Special Thanks: Brian Plank, Shawn Taras, Dave Hards, Erik Kiss, Ted Sylka, Robert Bailey, Jackie Ritchie, Penny Lee, Tony Lam, Masahiko Yoshizawa, M. James Schulte, Tamara Pearl, Louise Read, Roslynn Drewitt, Paul Smith, Warren Wall, Kevin Loh, Mike Smith, Dave Hewson, Doug Casey, Alistair Sutherland, Wyatt Chang, John Santamaria, The Fifa '97 Development Team

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: FIFA 97: Gold Edition/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

UK TV advert

Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #40: "März 1997" (1997-02-12)

Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #67: "Abril 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #27: "Haziran 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
also published in:

Gameshow (TR) #28: "Temmuz 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[7]
Level (TR) #6: "xxxx xxxx" (xxxx-xx-xx)^[8]
Gameshow (TR) #29: "Ağustos 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[9]

Print advert in Svet Kompjutera (YU) #154: "Jul/Avgust 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
also published in:

Svet Kompjutera (YU) #156: "Septembar 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[10]
Svet Kompjutera (YU) #157: "Oktobar 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[11]
Svet Kompjutera (YU) #158: "Novembar 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[12]
Svet Kompjutera (YU) #159: "Decembar 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[13]
Svet Kompjutera (YU) #160: "Januar 1998" (1998-xx-xx)^[14]

Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #30: "Eylül 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
also published in:

Gameshow (TR) #31: "Ekim 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[15]

576 KByte (HU)

87

^[16]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[3]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

95

^[18]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

89

^[19]

Mega Fun (DE)

83

^[20]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

75

^[6]

Player One (FR)

70

^[21]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

83

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

78

^[23]

Sega Power (GR)

80

^[24]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

81

^[25]

Videogame Advisor (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[26]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

82

^[27]

	80
Based on 15 reviews

FIFA 97: Gold Edition

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart PCB

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

Mega Drive, EU (EN/FR/IT/NL/SE)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR
Cover

Mega Drive, GR
Cover

Mega Drive, PT
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT (NTSC)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, IL
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: FIFA 97: Gold Edition/Technical information.

References

↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/SemPAjI5a7A/m/MZOY-eOhXV8J
↑ Ultra Game Players, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-03), page 75
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 190
↑ Sega Magazin, "November 1996" (DE; 1996-10-09), page 83
↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-xx), page 49
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-01), page 78
↑ Gameshow, "Temmuz 1997" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)
↑ Level, "6/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)
↑ Gameshow, "Ağustos 1997" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)
↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Septembar 1997" (YU; 1997-xx-xx), page 90
↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Oktobar 1997" (YU; 1997-xx-xx), page 90
↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Novembar 1997" (YU; 1997-xx-xx), page 90
↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Decembar 1997" (YU; 1997-xx-xx), page 102
↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Januar 1998" (YU; 1998-xx-xx)
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 118
↑ 576 KByte, "Január 1997" (HU; 1997-xx-xx), page 33
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 86
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Mega Force, "Novembre/Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 67
↑ Mega Fun, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 70
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 136
↑ Sega Magazin, "Februar 1997" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 16
↑ Sega Power, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 59
↑ Sega Power, "Ávgoustos-Septémvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 75
↑ Videogame Advisor, "Volume 2, Number 11: November 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 56
↑ Video Games, "2/97" (DE; 1997-01-22), page 101

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[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_089.pdf_p75-2] Ultra Game Players, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-03), page 75

[:File:GamePro_US_099.pdf_p190-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 190

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_36.pdf_p83-4] Sega Magazin, "November 1996" (DE; 1996-10-09), page 83

[:File:CVG_UK_181.pdf_p49-5] Computer & Video Games, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-xx), page 49

[:File:MeanMachinesSega50UK.pdf_p78-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-01), page 78

[7] Gameshow, "Temmuz 1997" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)

[8] Level, "6/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)

[9] Gameshow, "Ağustos 1997" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)

[10] Svet Kompjutera, "Septembar 1997" (YU; 1997-xx-xx), page 90

[11] Svet Kompjutera, "Oktobar 1997" (YU; 1997-xx-xx), page 90

[:File:SvetKompjutera_YU_158.pdf_p90-12] Svet Kompjutera, "Novembar 1997" (YU; 1997-xx-xx), page 90

[13] Svet Kompjutera, "Decembar 1997" (YU; 1997-xx-xx), page 102

[14] Svet Kompjutera, "Januar 1998" (YU; 1998-xx-xx)

[15] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 118

[:File:576KB_HU_1997-01.pdf_p33-16] 576 KByte, "Január 1997" (HU; 1997-xx-xx), page 33

[17] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 86

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_063.pdf_p52-18] Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:MegaForce_FR_54.pdf_p67-19] Mega Force, "Novembre/Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 67

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-02.pdf_p70-20] Mega Fun, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 70

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_070.pdf_p136-21] Player One, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 136

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_39.pdf_p16-22] Sega Magazin, "Februar 1997" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 16

[:File:SegaPower_UK_86.pdf_p59-23] Sega Power, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 59

[24] Sega Power, "Ávgoustos-Septémvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 52

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

[:File:VideogameAdvisor_US_0211.pdf_p56-26] Videogame Advisor, "Volume 2, Number 11: November 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 56

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1997-02.pdf_p101-27] Video Games, "2/97" (DE; 1997-01-22), page 101

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FIFA 97: Gold Edition

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