FIFA International Soccer (8-bit)

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For the Sega Mega Drive game, see FIFA International Soccer. For the Sega Mega-CD game, see FIFA International Soccer: Championship Edition.

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FIFA International Soccer
System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Electronic Arts (US/EU), Electronic Arts Victor (JP)
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥4,9804,980 T-106017
Sega Game Gear
US 		T-50018
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-50018-50
Sega Master System
BR 		R$39.9939.99[1] 028670

The 8-bit release of FIFA International Soccer (FIFA インターナショナルサッカー), is a football game released as part of the long-running FIFA series, for the Sega Game Gear between 1994 and 1995. A Sega Master System conversion was released by Tectoy exclusively in Brazil, in October 1996.

This particular release often causes confusion as, despite its looks, it is not a port of the 1993 Sega Mega Drive game, FIFA International Soccer. Also, though a working North American title is thought to have been FIFA Soccer 95, it is not a port of the Mega Drive's FIFA Soccer 95 either, being its own distinct, albeit similar, release in its own right. Though the basis for the game is still credited to Extended Play Productions, the majority of the work for this version was carried out by Tiertex, to be published by Electronic Arts.

Production credits

Master System version

Licensed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
©1994 Electronic Arts

  • Produced by: Extended Play Productions
  • Production: Bruce McMillan, Marc Avbanel, Adrienne Travica
  • Developed by: Tiertex
  • Lead Tester: Jon Bruce
  • Product Managers: Chip Lange, Neil Thewarapperuma
  • Technical Director: Erik Kiss
  • Special Thanks: EAC Technical Services, Artie Flufkin
  • Tec Toy Conversion by: Marcelo Caiado, Hideo Sakurai

FIFA Logo © FIFA/DEYHLE 1977

Magazine articles

Main article: FIFA International Soccer (8-bit)/Magazine articles.

Artwork

  • Prototype Game Gear US cover

Physical scans

Master System version

Master System, BR
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Master System, BR (newer)
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Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
88 №27, p116[3]
90 №47, p140/141[4]
56 №39, p58
70 №74, p92[5]
Sega Game Gear
 76
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
100
[6]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[7]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
88
[8]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
61
[9]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
79
[10]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
88
[3]
Player One (FR) PAL
90
[11]
Play Time (DE) PAL
85
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
56
[13]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
58
[14]
Todo Sega (ES)
90
[15]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[5]
Sega Game Gear
 77
Based on
12 reviews

FIFA International Soccer (8-bit)

Game Gear, US
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Game Gear, EU
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Cart
Game Gear, JP
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Cover

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.tectoy.com.br/releases/index.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-06-25 19:48)
  2. ↑ File:AcaoGames BR 109.pdf, page 7
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf, page 116 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p116" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ File:PlayerOne FR 047.pdf, page 136
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:VideoGames US 74.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 74.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 95
  7. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-09-22" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 30
  8. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 6 June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 73
  9. ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 66
  10. ↑ Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 81
  11. ↑ Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 140
  12. ↑ Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 108
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 58
  14. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 173
  15. ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 61



Electronic Arts sports games for Sega systems
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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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