FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

Not to be confused with World Cup 98 (video game).

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
British and Irish cover art featuring David Beckham
Developer(s)
EA Canada
Publisher(s)EA Sports
Electronic Arts Victor (Japan)
THQ (Game Boy)
Composer(s)Jonnie Forster (Windows)
Eric Swanson (SNES, Mega Drive)
SeriesFIFA
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Sega Genesis, SNES
Release
November 1997
  • Windows
    PlayStation
    Nintendo 64
    • EU: 20 December 1997
    • NA: 22 December 1997[6]
    Game Boy
    • EU: November 1997
    Mega Drive/Sega Genesis, SNES
    Sega Saturn
    • NA: 18 December 1997
    • EU: December 1997
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 is a football video game developed by EA Canada[7] and released by Electronic Arts in 1997. It is the fifth game in the FIFA series and the second to be in 3D on the fifth generation of video game consoles. A number of different players were featured on the cover, including David Beckham in the UK, Roy Lassiter in the United States, Mexico and Brazil, David Ginola in France, Raúl in Spain and Portugal, Paolo Maldini in Italy, and Andreas Möller in Germany.[8] FIFA 98 was the last FIFA game released for the Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

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  5. ^ "PSN News Story". Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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  8. ^ "EA Sports FIFA 98 Cover Stars". FIFPLAY. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.