FIFA Soccer 96 (Saturn)

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FIFA Soccer 96

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Electronic Arts (US, Europe), Electronic Arts Victor (Japan)

Developer: Extended Play Productions, Electronic Arts Canada, Probe Entertainment

Licensor: Fédération Internationale de Football Association

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (16 tracks)

Peripherals supported: 6Player, Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Sports/Soccer (スポーツ/サッカー)^[1], Sports^[2]

Number of players: 1-6

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Italiano

Svenska

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-03-15^[2]	¥5,8005,800	T-10606G
US	1995-12-23^[3]^[4]	$64.9564.95^[5]	T-5003H
EU	1996		T-5003H-50 E338SSXI
DE	1996		T-5003H-50 E338SSXI
PT	199x
UK	1995-12^[6]	£39.9939.99^[7]	T-5003H-50 E338SSXI
PL	1996
AU	199x
BR	1996-01	R$69.9969.99	193086

Non-Sega versions
IBM PC PlayStation

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The Sega Saturn version of FIFA Soccer 96 (ＦＩＦＡサッカー'９６) is an entry to the FIFA series of video games. It was revolutionary at the time of release for having a running commentary provided by John Motson, and it was the first 3D entry to the series.

Production credits

Produced by: Extended Play Productions, Electronic Arts Canada
Developed by: Probe Entertainment Ltd.
Development Producer: Joe Bonar
Development Associate Producer: James Stewart
Lead Programmer: Keith Burkhill
Support Programmers: Mark Fisher, Dave Broadhurst
Graphics: Kevin Mcmahon
Sound Programmer: Simon Golding
Sound Conversion: Stuart McDonald
Original Coding and Art Work: Original FIFA 96 Team
Producer: Bruce McMillan
Associate Producer: Marc Aubanel
Assistant Producer: Masahiko Yoshizawa
Director, Product Development: Warren Wall
Technical Director: Kevin Pickell
Art Director: David Adams
Audio Lead: Rob Bailey
Play by Play Speech: John Motson
Musical Arrangement: Graeme Coleman
Audio & Video Editing: Chris E. Taylor
Video Compression: Kerry Whalen
Sound Editing: Gotham City
Recording: Craig Waddell
Tools & Libraries: Yggy King
Soccer Consultant: Carl Valentine
Translations: Carol Aggett, Dominique Goy, Bianca Norman, Graeme Wilson
Product Marketing: Neil Thewaraperuma, Chip Lange

Film and Video

Director/Producer: Taylor Moore
Director of Photography: David Frazee
2nd Unit Camera: Glenn Taylor
Focus Puller: Steven Maier
2nd Camera Assistant: Terry Lee
Assistant Director: Mathew Buck

Film Talent

Trainer: Jock McDonald
Talent: Steven MacDonald, Martin Nash, Domenic Mobilio, Paul Shepherd
Quality Assurance Lead: Craig Welburn
Quality Assurance Backup Lead: Geoff Ball
QA Testers: Todd Wilson, Darcy Pajak, Paul Breland, Tim Lewinson, Eric Bertram, Kenney Wong, Gord Thornton, Grag Williams, Ando Calrissian, Kurt Melnychuk, Robert Kaill, Peter Saumur
Special Thanks: Brian Plank, Shawn Taras, Kevin Loh, Gary Liddon, Dave Collins
Certain photographs furnished by AllSport Photographic and: Shaun Botterill, Billy Strickland, Rick Stewart, Ben Radford, Jonathon Daniel, S.Botterill, Simon Bruty, Chris Cole, David Cannon, John Gichigi, Clive Brunskill

San Mateo TEAM

Product Manager: Chip Lange
Documentation Layout: Corinne Mah
Package Design: E.J. Sarraille Design Group
Package Art Direction: Jennie Maruyama
Quality Assurance: Jeff Juco, Michael Gong, Michael Edison

Source:

US manual^[8]

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

UK TV advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

97

^[9]

Consoles + (FR)

90

^[10]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

89

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[12]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

70

^[13]

GameFan (US)

85

^[14]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[5]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

86

^[16]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

96

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

92

^[18]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

84

^[19]

Maximum (UK)

50

^[20]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

87

^[21]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

88

^[22]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[23]

Player One (FR)

PAL

89

^[24]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[25]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

81

^[26]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

74

^[27]

Sega News (CZ)

85

^[28]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

85

^[29]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

74

^[7]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[6]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

57

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

42

^[31]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

78

^[32]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

86

^[33]

	80
Based on 28 reviews

FIFA Soccer 96 (Saturn)

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover
File:Manual-saturn-fifa96.pdf Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

581,680,176

CD-ROM (EU)

T-5003H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

581,623,728

1996-01-30

CD-ROM (JP)

T-10606G V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

581,680,176

CD-ROM (US)

T-5003H V1.000

References

FIFA Soccer 96 (Saturn)
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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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[Press_release:_1995-11-29:_Electronic_Arts_Announces_FIFA_Soccer_96_to_Ship_on_Five_Platforms_for_Holiday_Season-4] Press release: 1995-11-29: Electronic Arts Announces FIFA Soccer 96 to Ship on Five Platforms for Holiday Season

[:File:GamePro_US_091.pdf_p94-5] 5.0 ^5.1 GamePro, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:SSM_UK_04.pdf_p70-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 70

[:File:SegaPro_UK_56.pdf_p50-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 50

[:File:Fifasoccer96_sat_us_manual.pdf_p25-8] File:Fifasoccer96 sat us manual.pdf, page 25

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_4.pdf_p25-9] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1996-xx-xx), page 25

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_051.pdf_p158-10] Consoles +, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 158

[digitiser1996-01-23-11] Digitiser (UK) (1996-01-23)

[12] Famitsu, "1996-03-22" (JP; 1996-03-08), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-03.pdf_p58-13] Fun Generation, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-12), page 58

[:File:GameFan_US_0402.pdf_p84-14] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 2: February 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0903.pdf_p72-15] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 3 March 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:GameInformer_US_034.pdf_p44-16] Game Informer, "February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_053.pdf_p100-17] Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:Joypad_FR_051.pdf_p57-18] Joypad, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 57

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-03.pdf_p54-19] MAN!AC, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-14), page 54

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_04.pdf_p145-20] Maximum, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-xx-xx), page 145

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-02.pdf_p82-21] Mega Fun, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 82

[:File:MeanMachinesSega41UK.pdf_p64-22] Mean Machines Sega, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-28), page 64

[:File:NextGeneration_US_16.pdf_p88-23] Next Generation, "April 1996" (US; 1996-03-12), page 88

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_062.pdf_p102-24] Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 102

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-10.11_19960524.pdf_p80-25] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 10-11" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 80

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_02.pdf_p60-26] Saturn+, "Easter/April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-07), page 60

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_28.pdf_p76-27] Sega Magazin, "März 1996" (DE; 1996-02-14), page 76

[:File:Sega_News_1_CZ.pdf_p15-28] Sega News, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:SegaPower_UK_76.pdf_p44-29] Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 44

[:File:SSM_JP_19960322_1996-05.pdf_p224-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (JP; 1996-03-08), page 224

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p17-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 17

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p26-32] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 26

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-03.pdf_p89-33] Video Games, "3/96" (DE; 1996-02-21), page 89

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FIFA Soccer 96 (Saturn)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References