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Revision as of 09:11, 5 November 2023
- For the Sega 32X version, see FIFA Soccer 96 (32X). For the Sega Saturn version, see FIFA Soccer 96 (Saturn).
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Publisher: Electronic Arts Black Pearl Software | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Extended Play Productions, Electronic Arts Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: SF Interactive Media (SE rental) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Fédération Internationale de Football Association Electronic Arts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Kevin Pickell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: 4 Way Play | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports (football) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive) (FIFAサッカー'96) is an entry to the FIFA series of video games, and was developed by Extended Play Productions and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive, and Sega Game Gear, with different versions of the game being released for the the Sega 32X and the the Sega Saturn.
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.
Contents
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
Mega Drive version
- 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
Game Gear version
- Programmer: James C. Bowman
- Artists: Anna Knight, Andy Cambridge
- Produced by: Joe Bonar, James Stewart
- Probe Q.A.: Clifford Ramsey, Mark Viccary, James Brown, Nick McGee, Mike Movel, Robert Lewtas
- Programmers: Jan Tian, Brian Plank, Kevin Pickell
- EA Artists: G. Ashcroft, Dianna Davies, David Adams
- Game Design: Jan Tian, Matt Webster, Brian Plank, G. Ashcroft, Kevin Pickell, Bruce McMillan
- Vice President: Larry Siegel
- Director of Product Development: Steve Ryno
- Senior Producer: Don Nauert
- Producer: Greg Gibson
- Associate Producer: Jon Osborn
- Testing Dept.: Sanders Keel, Jamie Saxon, Gabriel Jones, James Noyes, E. Fernandez, Bill Villegas, C. Lloyd, Jason Lewis
- Hair by: Matt
- and thanks to: Kate and Felix
Magazine articles
- Main article: FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Technical information
- Main article: FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)/Technical information.
External links
- Sega of America webpage: Game Gear
References
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 120
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 120
- ↑ File:FIFA Soccer 96 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:FIFA Soccer 96 GG credits.pdf
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 43
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 2
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 116
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 81
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 136
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 85
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-04)
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 48
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 99
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 120
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 66
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 74
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 60
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 31
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 75
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 197
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 126
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 30
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 12
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 10
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 34
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 93
- ↑ ', "Říjen 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 94
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