FIFA International Soccer is a 1993 association football video game developed by EA Canada's Extended Play Productions team and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console in December 1993 and ported to numerous other systems in 1994. It is the first game in the FIFA series. Based on international teams (with fictional player names), their abilities in each skill area rated out of 10 to give the player an overall impression of how good they are. The options available follow the standard set: fouls and offsides can be toggled on and off, the match length can be set, and if the timer operates continuously, or only while the ball is in play. Gameplay privileges quick runs, short passes and blistering shots outside the penalty box, and set pieces are controlled by moving a box into the target area for the ball, and then passed, lobbed or kicked directly. On the tactical side, formations can be selected, with 5 different strategies also available (although not all of these combinations make sense) as can the team Coverage - the areas which defenders, midfielders and strikers cover.
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- Platforms
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, Amiga
- Developer
- Extended Play Productions
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts, Tec Toy
- Released
- December 1, 1993
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
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- FIFA International Soccer
IGDB rating 8.0/10 from 42 ratings.
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