FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

For the Sega Saturn version, see FIFA Soccer 96 (Saturn).

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FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Electronic Arts (US/EU), Electronic Arts Victor (JP),

Black Perl Software

Developer: Extended Play Productions, Electronic Arts Canada

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-11^[1]	$59.9559.95^[1]	757901
EU	1995-11-30		E338SMYI
AU	1995
BR	1995		046940
AS	199x		757901
US	1995
EU	1995		T-100108-50
EU	1995-11^[2]		T-5002B-50

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FIFA Soccer '96 (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. 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. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X and Sega Game Gear, with a different version of the game being released on the Sega Saturn.

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

32X version

Licensed by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Produced by: Extended Play
Developed by: Probe Entertainment Ltd.

EAC Team

Executive Producer: Bruce McMillan
Producer: Steven Rechtschaffner
Assistant Producer: Kevin "Kermit" Loh
Art Director: David Adams
Technical Director: Kevin Pickell
Music & Music Director: Robert Bailley
Development Director: Ted Sylka
Quality Assurance
- Lead: Steve Livaja
- Backup Lead: Justin Cooney
- Testers: Darren Hagman, Gordon Thornton, Jason Bone, Glenn Grant, Matthew Pryl, Peter Saumur, Lem Gamboa

Probe Team

Creative Director: Joe Bonar
Programmers: Rob Hylands, Dave Collins
Art Manager: Bliz
Artists: Little Kev, Matthew Cooling
Quality Assurance
- Lead: Cliff Ramsey
- Testers: James Brown, Nick McGee, Mark Viccary, Rob Lewtas, Enviro-Mike

Special Thanks

QA Coordinator: Jon Bruce
FIFA AI: Brian Plank
Front End Art: Suzan Germic
Administration: Louise Read
Animation: David Demorest
SGI Support: John Rix, Craig Hui
Swedish bloke: Dennis

Magazine articles

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

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[8]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[9]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

96

^[10]

Consoles + (FR)

88

^[3]

Cool Gamer (RU)

40

^[11]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

88

^[12]

Fun Generation (DE)

70

^[13]

Fusion (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[1]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

PAL

94

^[15]

Joypad (FR)

87

^[16]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

88

^[17]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

80

^[4]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

86

^[5]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[18]

Player One (FR)

90

^[19]

Secret Service (PL)

90

^[20]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

78

^[6]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

91

^[21]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[22]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

90

^[23]

Todo Sega (ES)

91

^[24]

Tricks (RU)

81

^[25]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

92

^[26]

Ultimate Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[27]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

82

^[28]

	83
Based on 26 reviews

FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AS^†
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

32X version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

32X, EU
Cover
Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	bad30ffa
MD5	545b07c1c599f49ea93a4b7b2c7c3782
SHA-1	a7fcfe478b368d7d33bcbca65245f5faed9a1e07

2MB

1995-08

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

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↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-12.pdf, page 31 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-12.pdf_p31" defined multiple times with different content
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↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:SegaMagazin DE 25.pdf, page 12 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaMagazin DE 25.pdf_p12" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:VideoGames DE 1995-11.pdf, page 90
↑ 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
↑ 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
↑ 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 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
↑ File:MAN!AC DE 1996-03.pdf, page 55
↑ File:MegaFun DE 1996-02.pdf, page 82
↑ File:SegaMagazin DE 28.pdf, page 14
↑ File:VideoGames DE 1996-03.pdf, page 89
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 062.pdf, page 105
↑ File:SegaMagazin DE 29.pdf, page 83

Electronic Arts sports games for Sega systems
American Football
John Madden Football (1990) \| John Madden Football '92 (1991) \| John Madden Football '93 (1992) \| John Madden Football: Championship Edition (1992) \| Mutant League Football (1993) \| Madden NFL '94 (1993) \| Bill Walsh College Football (1993) \| Bill Walsh College Football '95 (1994) \| Madden NFL '95 (1994) \| Madden NFL 96 (1995) \| College Football USA 96 (1995) \| Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| Madden NFL 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| College Football USA 97 (1996) \| Madden NFL 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| Madden NFL 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Baseball
Tony La Russa Baseball (1993) \| MLBPA Baseball (1994) \| La Russa Baseball 95 (1994) \| Triple Play 96 (1995) \| Triple Play: Gold Edition (1996)
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
Zany Golf (1990) \| PGA Tour Golf (1990) \| PGA Tour Golf II (1992) \| PGA Tour Golf III (1994) \| PGA European Tour (1994) \| PGA Tour Golf II (1995) \| PGA Tour 96 (1995) \| PGA Tour 97 (1996)
Ice Hockey
NHL Hockey (Mega Drive) (1991) \| NHLPA Hockey '93 (1992) \| NHL Hockey '94 (1993) \| Elitserien 95 (1994) \| Mutant League Hockey (1994) \| NHL 95 (1994) \| NHLPA Hockey (1994) \| Elitserien 96 (1995) \| NHL 96 (1995) \| NHL Hockey (Game Gear) (1995) \| NHL 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| NHL 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| NHL 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| NHL 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Racing
Mario Andretti Racing (1994) \| Andretti Racing (1996) \| NASCAR 98 (1997)
Rugby
Rugby World Cup 1995 (1994) \| Australian Rugby League (1995)
Soccer
FIFA International Soccer (8-bit) (1993) \| FIFA International Soccer: Championship Edition (1994) \| FIFA Soccer 95 (1994) \| FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive) (32X \| Saturn \| Game Gear) (1995) \| FIFA Soccer 97 (Gold Edition) (1996) \| FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Misc.
EA Sports Double Header (1992) \| IMG International Tour Tennis (1994) \| Toughman Contest (1994)

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[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p194-2] File:GamePro US 077.pdf, page 194

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[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-11.pdf_p90-7] File:VideoGames DE 1995-11.pdf, page 90

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 116

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_4.pdf_p26-10] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1996-xx-xx), page 26

[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:NextGeneration_US_12.pdf_p197-18] Next Generation, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 197

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_058.pdf_p126-19] Player One, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 126

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

[:File:SegaPower_UK_73.pdf_p58-21] Sega Power, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_54.pdf_p30-22] Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 30

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

[:File:TodoSega_ES_32.pdf_p34-24] Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 34

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

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

[:File:UltimateGamer_US_05.pdf_p93-27] Ultimate Gamer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 93

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-11.pdf_p94-28] Video Games, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-25), page 94

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-03.pdf_p55-29] File:MAN!AC DE 1996-03.pdf, page 55

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-02.pdf_p82-30] File:MegaFun DE 1996-02.pdf, page 82

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_28.pdf_p14-31] File:SegaMagazin DE 28.pdf, page 14

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-03.pdf_p89-32] File:VideoGames DE 1996-03.pdf, page 89

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_062.pdf_p105-33] File:PlayerOne FR 062.pdf, page 105

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_29.pdf_p83-34] File:SegaMagazin DE 29.pdf, page 83

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FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Mega Drive version

32X version

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

32X version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References