FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

For the Sega 32X version, see FIFA Soccer 96 (32X). For the Sega Saturn version, see FIFA Soccer 96 (Saturn).

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Mega Drive
Game Gear

FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

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

Publisher:

Electronic Arts

Black Pearl Software

Developer: Extended Play Productions, Electronic Arts Canada

Licensor: Fédération Internationale de Football Association

Electronic Arts

Sound driver:

Electronic Arts/Kevin Pickell

Peripherals supported:

4 Way Play

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-4

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Italiano

Svenska

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-11^[1]	$59.9559.95^[1]	757901
EU	1995-11-30		E338SMYI
PT	199x
UK	1995-11-30	£45.9945.99	E338SMYI
FI	199x
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	1995
BR	1995		046940
AS	199x		757901
US	1995		T-100108
EU	1995		T-100108-50

Non-Sega versions
Super NES

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

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.

Versions

The Mega Drive's rival, the Super NES, did not receive the previous years' FIFA 95 (instead getting a bespoke variant of FIFA International Soccer in 1994, different to the 1993 Mega Drive edition), so FIFA 96 acts as the first title to see a simultaneous release on both platforms. While the codebase likely stems from the Mega Drive, the Super NES version of FIFA 96 operates with a much lower frame rate and can slow down further when many players are on-screen.

Performance issues would be a running trend with the Super NES conversions of FIFA, with FIFA 97: Gold Edition and FIFA Road to World Cup 98 also running noticeably slower than their Mega Drive counterparts.

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
Additional Programming: Calvin Haas, Kevin Pickell
Lead Testers: Scott Blackwood, Rob Purewal
Testers: Doug Hollinrake, Darren Yung, Darren Sleno, Randy Parmar, Marcin Karasinski, Sean Marcoux, Robert Kaill, Mike Samilski, Geoff Ball, Phong Lam
Special Thanks: Mike Kiernan, Marc Aubanel, Nick Wlodyka, Carl Valentine, Jeff Dyck

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

UK TV advert

FI advert (1995)

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0811: "Vol. 8 No. 11 November 1995" (1995-1x-xx)

Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #15: "Novembar 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in Strana Igr (RU) #2: "Mart 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #23 (1996-03-04)

Print advert in Strana Igr (RU) #5: "Avgust 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega News (CZ) #1: "Říjen 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Sega News (CZ) #2: "Listopad 1996" (1996-1x-xx)^[2]
Sega News (CZ) #3: "Prosinec 1996" (1996-1x-xx)^[3]

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[4]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[5]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

96

^[6]

Consoles + (FR)

88

^[7]

Cool Gamer (RU)

40

^[8]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

88

^[9]

Fun Generation (DE)

70

^[10]

Fusion (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[1]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

PAL

94

^[12]

Joypad (FR)

87

^[13]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

88

^[14]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

80

^[15]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

86

^[16]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[17]

Player One (FR)

90

^[18]

Secret Service (PL)

90

^[19]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

78

^[20]

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 Manual PCB Case with sticker

Mega Drive, EU (UK/FR/DE/ES)
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, EU (UK/FR/NE/IT/SE)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, PT (alt)
Cover

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)
Cover

Mega Drive, FI
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, Asia
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 Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	bad30ffa
MD5	545b07c1c599f49ea93a4b7b2c7c3782
SHA-1	a7fcfe478b368d7d33bcbca65245f5faed9a1e07

2MB

1995-08

Cartridge (US/EU)

?

CRC32	c379de95
MD5	4338306d35219da89e1f6cc4550fd8a3
SHA-1	f928c32acba90ed5ebca131af03e76a0efb38797

512kB

Cartridge (US/EU)

External links

Sega of America webpage: Game Gear

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 120
↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43
↑ Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43
↑ 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
↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 136
↑ 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
↑ Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 31
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-30), page 75
↑ 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 Magazin, "Dezember 1995" (DE; 1995-11-15), page 12
↑ 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

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Racing
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Rugby
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[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p120-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 120

[:File:Sega_News_2_CZ.pdf_p43-2] Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43

[:File:Sega_News_3_CZ.pdf_p43-3] Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43

[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 116

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_4.pdf_p26-6] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1996-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_048.pdf_p136-7] Consoles +, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 136

[8] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 85

[digitiser1995-12-04-9] Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-04)

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-01.pdf_p48-10] Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 48

[:File:Fusion_US_0106.pdf_p99-11] Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 6: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 99

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_050.pdf_p66-12] Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:Joypad_FR_047.pdf_p74-13] Joypad, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-11-03), page 74

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-12.pdf_p60-14] MAN!AC, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 60

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-12.pdf_p31-15] Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 31

[:File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf_p75-16] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-30), page 75

[:File:NextGeneration_US_12.pdf_p197-17] Next Generation, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 197

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_058.pdf_p126-18] Player One, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 126

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

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_25.pdf_p12-20] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1995" (DE; 1995-11-15), page 12

[: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

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FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive)

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Contents

Versions

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References