
"Well, I was walking down the High Street and wandered past Argos." Why?" "You're not gonna believe this." "You're right there." "What's that?" I enquired, ripping out the serial link from the back of his machine and snatching back my Gravis gamepad from his desk.

It was all going perfectly, and then he goes and buys a bloody Mega Drive. I'd even let him win at Sensi (I was using the keyboard) and take a few frags off me playing DeathMatch. SimCity saw him phoning home to the wife with the excuse that he was 'snowed under', when really he was trying to work out how to pipe water in from a reservoir the other side of a mountain. We'd just got two new pcs in the office (everyone else had Amstrads and were suitably jealous), and I was introducing him to the delights of Doom, SimCity, Sensible Soccer et al in an attempt to lure him away from his nephew's snes. His face fell instantly i when he saw my look of disgust. Way Back when (I can't remember how long, but it must be at least a couple of years because Ipswich were still in the Premier League), a colleague called Tony rushed into the office in a state of great excitement, with a large Argos carrier bag tucked under his arm.īefore I could construct a sentence using the words 'cheap' and 'tacky', he'd pulled out a Mega Drive and a copy of FIFA Soccer. They summarized "The remarkably user-friendly options ensure that even the most demanding players will be satisfied, and once the game begins properly, you will appreciate the time and honing skill that has been lavished upon this product by the truly professional EA Sports coders.I Wanna Tell You A Story. Reviewing the PlayStation version, Maximum applauded the game for the realism in the player controls and AI behavior, as well as the large number of features, such as the multiple camera angles and league play. For the DOS version PC Gamer gave a 92 out of 100.

It is also the first in the series to use real player names and positions, with ranking, transfer and team customisation tools. The SNES and Genesis editions used the FIFA '95 engine.

It was the first in the series to feature real-time 3D graphics on the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, 32X, and DOS versions, using technology called "Virtual Stadium". It was released for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Saturn, Sega 32X, Sega Game Gear, PlayStation, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and DOS systems.įIFA 96 is the third entry in the FIFA Series, its tagline being Next Generation Soccer.

FIFA Soccer 96 (also known as FIFA 96: Virtual Soccer Stadium) is a video game developed by Extended Play Productions and released by Electronic Arts in 1995.
