FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Mega Drive)

For the Sega Saturn game, see FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Saturn).

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FIFA Road to World Cup 98

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Electronic Arts, Extended Play Productions, XYZ Productions

Licensor: Fédération Internationale de Football Association, International Sport and Leisure

Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Kevin Pickell

Peripherals supported: 4 Way Play

Genre: Sports (football)

Number of players: 1-4

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Español

Italiano

Svenska

Release	Date	Code
EU	1997	EAX02401350I
ES	1997	EAS02401350I
FR	1997	EAF02401350I
NL	1997	EAX02401350I
PT	1997
UK	1997-12-19^[1]	EAX02401350I
SE	1997	EAX02401350I
IT	1997	EAI02401350I

Non-Sega versions
Super NES

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FIFA Road to World Cup 98 is a 1997 soccer game by Electronic Arts released for the Sega Mega Drive as a sequel (or update) to FIFA 97: Gold Edition. As with its predecessor, the Mega Drive version is an isometric game which lacks the 3D technology seen in other ports.

Gameplay

Teams

Similarly to previous entries, FIFA 98 updates the national leagues to reflect their real world counterparts, but this time adds a large amount of national teams, meaning almost every country in the world is represented. This means the "world" category is split into the worldwide governing bodies.

American

Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Fort Lauderdale
Indianapolis
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
Barnsley
Blackburn
Bolton
Chelsea
Coventry
Crystal Palace
Derby County
Everton
Leeds
Leicster City
Liverpool
Manchester U
Newcastle
Sheffield W
Southampton
Tottenham
West Ham U
Wimbledon

French

Auxerre
Bastia
Bordeaux
Cannes
Châteaurx
F.C. Metz
Guingamp
Le Havre
Lyon
Marseille
Monaco
Montpellier
Nantes
Paris SG
R.C. Lens
Rennes
Strasbourg
Toulouse

German

1860 München
A Bielefeld
Bayern München
Bochum
Borussia MG
Dortmund
Duisburg
FC Köln
Hamburg
Hansa Rostock
Hertha BSC
Kaiserslautern
Karlsruhe
Leverkusen
Schalke
Stuttgart
VfL Wolfsburg
Werder Bremen

Italian

AC Milan
Atalanta
Bari
Bologna
Brescia
Empoli
Fiorentina
Inter Milan
Juventus
Lazio
Lecce
Napoli
Parma
Piacenza
Roma
Sampdoria
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
Groningen
Heerenveen
MVV Maastricht
NAC Breda
NEC
PSV Eindhoven
RKC Waalwijk
Roda JC
Sparta
Vitesse
Willem II
de Graafschap

Scottish

Aberdeen
Celtic
Dundee Utd.
Dunfermline
Hearts
Hibernian
Kilmarnock
Motherwell
Rangers
St. Johnstone

Spanish

Atl. Madrid
Barcelona
Betis
Bilbao
Celta
Compostela
Deportivo
Espanyol
Gijón
Mallorca
Mérida
Oviedo
R. Madrid
R. Sociedad
Rayo Vallecano
Salamanca
Santander
Tenerife
Valencia
Valladolid
Zaragoza

Swedish

AIK
Degerfors
Elfsborg
Göteborg
Halmstad
Helsingborg
Ljunskile
Malmö
Norrköping
Trelleborg
Vasteras
Örebro
Örgryte
Öster

CONMEBOL

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela

OFC

Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
New Zealand
Papua NG
Solomon Islands
Tahiti
Tonga
Vanuatu
Western Samoa

AFC

Bahrain
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Macao
Malaysia
Maldive Islands
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkmenistan
UAE
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen

UEFA

Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Denmark
England
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
North Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Rep. Ireland
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Scotland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
Wales
Yugoslavia

CONCACAF

Antigua
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Canada
Cayman Isl
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Rep.
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Netherlands Ant
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts/Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Surinam
Trin & Tobag
USA

CAF

Algeria
Angola
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Congo
DR Congo
Egypt
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

History

While each country got the same game ROM, each country got slightly different packaging featuring players from that country's national soccer team. It is supposedly the last officially-licensed Mega Drive game released in Europe (but this is unconfirmed), and was released exclusively in this region.

Versions

As was the case with FIFA Soccer 96 and FIFA 97: Gold Edition, FIFA 98 was ported from the Mega Drive to the Super NES and released around the same time period. Following a tradition set out by the previous two games, the Super NES version runs with a lower frame rate, although the gap has been closed slightly from previous iterations.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	FIFA Road to World Cup 98	FIFA Road to World Cup 98
French	FIFA: En Route pour la Coupe du Monde 98
Spanish	FIFA: Rumbo al Mundial 98

Production credits

Produced By: Extended Play Productions
Developer: XYZ Productions
Programmers - XYZ: Larry Garner, Umrao Mayer
Artists - XYZ: George Simmons, Terry Lloyd
Music - XYZ: Eric Swanson
Producer - XYZ: Umrao Mayer
Animator - XYZ: George Simmons
Art Direction: David Adams
Executive Producer: Bruce McMillan
Line Producer: Marc Aubanel
Associate Producer: Louise Read
Assistant Producer: John Stroppa
Technical Director: Kevin Pickell
Product Managers: Duncan Magee, Margaret Murray
Special Thanks: Jennifer Campbell, Penny Lee, Brian Plank, Nicholas Wlodyka, Doug Casey
QA Coordinator: John Santamaria
QA Lead: Andrew Chan
Assistant Lead: Aaron Grant
QA Testers: Aaron Watmough, Edward Chiu, Mark Peters, Richard Barrett
Language Testing: Sylvain Caburrosso, Andrea Bernardoni, Antonio Lopez, Alexander Golubowitsch
QA Mastering: Peter Petkov, Cary Chao, Jeff Hutchinson
QA Test: Colin Cox, Darcy Gog, Paul Breland, Chris Wallace, Jason Feser, Zech Prinz
QA Special Thanks: Bob Purewal, Randy Parmar, Bill Kim, Geoff Ball

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #32: "Kasım 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #36: "Mart-Nisan 1998" (1998-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[2]

Cool Gamer (RU)

80

^[3]

	70
Based on 2 reviews

Mega Drive, UK
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, ES
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, IT
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, NL/SE
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Mega Drive)/Technical information.

References

↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1997-12-08), page 24
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 116
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 84

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Baseball
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Basketball
Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs (1990) \| Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs (1991) \| Jordan vs Bird (1992) \| Team USA Basketball (1992) \| Bulls versus Blazers and the NBA Playoffs (1993) \| NBA Showdown '94 (1994) \| NBA Live 95 (1994) \| NBA Live 96 (1995) \| Coach K College Basketball (1995) \| NBA Live 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| NBA Live 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| NBA Live 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| NBA Live 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Racing
Mario Andretti Racing (1994) \| Andretti Racing (1996) \| NASCAR 98 (1997)
Rugby
Rugby World Cup 1995 (1994) \| Australian Rugby League (1995)
Soccer
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[1] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1997-12-08), page 24

[2] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 116

[3] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 84

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Contents

Gameplay

Teams

American

Brazilian

English

French

German

Italian

Malaysian

Dutch

Scottish

Spanish

Swedish

CONMEBOL

OFC

AFC

UEFA

CONCACAF

CAF

History

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References