FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Mega Drive)

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FIFA Road to World Cup 98
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
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 RRP Code
    Sega Mega Drive
    EU
    EAX02401350I
    Sega Mega Drive
    ES
    EAS02401350I
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Mega Drive
    FR
    EAF02401350I
    Sega Mega Drive
    NL
    EAX02401350I
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Mega Drive
    UK
    EAX02401350I
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Mega Drive
    SE
    EAX02401350I
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Sega Mega Drive
    IT
    EAI02401350I
    ELSPA: 3+ OK
    Non-Sega versions

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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

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    Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #32: "Kasım 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
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    Print advert in Gameshow (TR) #36: "Mart-Nisan 1998" (1998-xx-xx)
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    Physical scans

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    Cool Gamer (RU)
    80
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    Sega Mega Drive
    70
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    Technical information

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

    References

    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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