FIFA International Soccer

FIFA International Soccer
European cover art with David Platt and Piotr Świerczewski
Developer(s)Extended Play Productions
Creative Assembly (MS-DOS)
Tiertex (GG)
Tec Toy (MS)
Publisher(s)EA Sports
Composer(s)Jeff van Dyck
Graeme Coleman (3DO)
Anthony N. Putson (Amiga)
Ray Deefholts (DOS)
SeriesFIFA
Platform(s)Mega Drive/Genesis, 3DO, Amiga, MS-DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Sega CD, Master System, Super NES
ReleaseMega Drive/Genesis
15 December 1993
Ports
1994
Genre(s)Sports (association football)
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

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.

The game was positively received by critics upon release; critics lauded the detail and animation of the footballers in the game, the crowd sound effects, and the overall presentation. The speed the game ran at and issues with the response to the player's input were seen as the game's primary faults. The 3DO version added multiple camera views and more detailed graphics than other versions.[1] The game sold well, with the Mega Drive version becoming the best-selling home video game of 1993 in the United Kingdom.[2] It later served as a pack-in game for the Goldstar 3DO,[3] and led to a sequel, FIFA Soccer 95.

  1. ^ "The Good the Bad and the Silly". 1998 Video Game Buyer's Guide. Ziff Davis. March 1998. p. 28.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardianFIFA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Price Slashed on 3DO". GamePro. No. 85. IDG. October 1995. pp. 170–172.