FIFA Soccer 96 (32X)

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For the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear versions, see FIFA Soccer 96; for the Sega Saturn version, see FIFA Soccer 96 (Saturn).

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FIFA Soccer 96
System(s): Sega 32X
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Kevin Pickell
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sega 32X
EU
T-5002B-50

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FIFA Soccer 96 for the Sega 32X is an entry to the FIFA series of video games, and was developed by Extended Play Productions and published by Electronic Arts. This version of FIFA 96 was only released in Europe, and stands as one of two PAL-exclusive 32X titles (the other being Darxide).

Gameplay

The 32X version of FIFA 96, while sharing much of the content from its 16-bit and other 32-bit counterparts, is a bespoke version of the game for Sega's add-on. The game is a mixture of 2D and 3D elements, playing more like the Sega Mega Drive and Game Gear version of the game, but adopting a similar 3D camera to the Sega Saturn version.

Players are rendered as 2D sprites, slightly larger than their Mega Drive counterparts, and the pitch is rendered in 3D (or rather, a flat plane for the grass, and simple models for the goals and walls, with a mixture of textures and flat shading). Rather than a fixed isometric perspective, the camera can move, rotate and zoom, although by default is set up to mimic similar angles to the classic FIFA games. An advantage of using this method is that the camera can zoom out during goal kicks, making it easier to see where what the goalkeeper is aiming at.

Production credits

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
Source:
Opening demo


Magazine articles

Main article: FIFA Soccer 96 (32X)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #52: "Enero 1996" (199x-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
77 №3/96, p55[3]
57 №2/96, p82/83[4]
69 №28, p14[5]
83 №52, p40/41
77 №56, p27
63 №3/96, p93[6]
Sega 32X
71
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL
72
[7]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
77
[3]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
57
[4]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
69
[5]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
83
[8]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
77
[9]
Todo Sega (ES)
79
[10]
Video Games (DE) PAL
63
[11]
Sega 32X
72
Based on
8 reviews

FIFA Soccer 96 (32X)

32X, EU
Fifa96 32X EU Box Back.jpgFifa96 32X EU Spine.jpgFifa96 32X EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
FIFA96 32X EU Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega 32X
 ?
CRC32 fb14a7c8
MD5 24aaa6ef307d20147ce10e7610e59aa2
SHA-1 131ebb717dee4dd1d8f5ab2b9393c23785d3a359
3MB Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. File:GamePro US 077.pdf, page 194
  2. File:HobbyConsolas ES 052.pdf, page 73
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1996-03.pdf, page 55 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1996-03.pdf_p55" defined multiple times with different content
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:MegaFun DE 1996-02.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1996-02.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:SegaMagazin DE 28.pdf, page 14 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaMagazin DE 28.pdf_p14" defined multiple times with different content
  6. File:VideoGames DE 1996-03.pdf, page 89
  7. Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 110
  8. Sega Pro, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-02), page 40
  9. Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 27
  10. Todo Sega, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  11. Video Games, "3/96" (DE; 1996-02-21), page 93



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Baseball
Tony La Russa Baseball (1993) | MLBPA Baseball (1994) | La Russa Baseball 95 (1994) | Triple Play 96 (1995) | Triple Play: Gold Edition (1996)
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Racing
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Soccer
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