_______ _____ _______ (_______)(_____)(_______) /\ _____ _ _____ / \ | ___) | | | ___) / /\ \ | | _| |_ | | | |__| | |_| (_____)|_| |______| _ _ _ (_) _ _ (_) | | _ ____ | |_ ____ ____ ____ ____ | |_ _ ___ ____ ____ | | | || _ \ | _) / _ ) / ___)| _ \ / _ || _) | | / _ \ | _ \ / _ || | | || | | || |__ ( (/ / | | | | | |( ( | || |__ | || |_| || | | |( ( | || | |_||_| |_| \___) \____)|_| |_| |_| \_||_| \___)|_| \___/ |_| |_| \_||_||_| _ _____ ______ ______ _______ ______ | | / ___ \ / _____) / _____)(_______)(_____ \ \ \ | | | || / | / _____ _____) ) \ \ | | | || | | | | ___) (_____ ( _____) )| |___| || \_____ | \_____ | |_____ | | (______/ \_____/ \______) \______)|_______) |_| Game: FIFA international SOCCER System: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Author: Eastpolar (=Mike Groels, maiic@hotmail.com) Version: 2.7 (probably the last) Date: May the 5th 2002 Release Date Game: June, 17, 1994 _______________________AN AUTHOR'S NOTE_____________________________________ Welcome to this FAQ for FIFA international SOCCER, which I'm calling from now on Fifa Soccer, otherwise it's way to long. You'll be thinking, a FAQ for a soccer/football game (for those English)? Yes, it is. In it are just some tips/tricks/team stats/formations etc. Maybe nobody plays this game anymore, but when I saw there wasn't a FAQ for this game on the web I thought, I have the game, why not write a FAQ about it? So I did, and here it is. And maybe it will really help some people to obtain the cheats legally, by completing a tournament, league or championship. Yes, back in 1994 EA Sports didn't have a proper license to get the real names in the game (costs too much money). So, the names are fake. Just in case you thought they were real. But, there's always a but, the teams are based on their qualities like the teams were at the World Cup '94. So when they played well there (Italy, Brazil), they're good in FIS as well. If you have any questions/comments/adds or whatever. Mail me, but be sure to put in the subject line the version number plus 'Fifa'. Although, I don't think anyone will read this. So if you just read it and thought, mmmm..... It's quite good, then mail me as well, because I'd like to hear some good stuff about my FAQ(s). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter List ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Game Controls 2. Cups 3. Formations 4. Strategy and Coverage 5. Further descriptions on the options 6. Teams 7. Cheats 8. Home made Cups 9. Did you Notice? (a.k.a Odds) 10. Tips 'N Tricks 11. Links 12. Version History 13. Copyright Info So let's get started with chaptero uno. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Game Controls ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This section is not really what you expect in a FAQ, but for those who lost there manuals, or just don't like manuals, here are the game controls.... (straightly ripped off from the manual) KICK-OFF A,B,X or Y Kicking WITHOUT THE BALL Y Tackle or Header (depends on the position of the ball) B Switch to the player who is the closest to the ball A Speed up your run (elbow check when close to attacker) X Sholder Check (most of the times you'll get a card fort his) WITH THE BALL Push up/down/left/right with the D-pad to control the player with the ball Y Lob B Pass to a player or pass by an enemy A Shoot at goal X One-Two (I don't know how to say this in English, but what I mean is first you play to a player of your team, then you can walk for a while and then he'll play it back to you, without you have to do something, your SNES will do it. L or R Control the ball after shooting (after-touch) A+D-pad in the opposite direction you walk Little flick of the heel BALL IN THE AIR A,B,X or Y Header (if the ball is above the sholders) Volley (in the direction the player looks) Backwards volley or half voller (in opposite direction the player look) KEEPER WITH BALL X Throw ball on the field/Kick ball on the field (depends on distance of the other players) Y Throw ball on the field (low) A or B Lob L or R Call the point window KEEPER WITHOUT BALL L+R Switch to control the keeper, only if nobody already controls him/ Only works when keeper is set manual (see options chapter) GAOL KICK, CORNER, THROW IN A,X or Y Kick the ball B Throw in L or R Call point window Note: With the point window you can film panoramic through whole of the field, while your active player can still be seen in the little window. So your throw ins, corners and free kicks become more precise. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Cups ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This section is dedicated to three of the cups you can play in Fifa Soccer. These cups are League, Tournament and Play-Off... LEAGUE A league is a group of eight teams. The teams in a league play two times against each team to decide the champion. The champion is based on the points which it'll get when it wins (2 points) or it draws (1 point). For losing, no points. The team with the most points will be the CHAMPION. If you think you are better then your SNES in playing soccer games, it is the best that you play in a game the first named Team, when these two teams play against eachother, you'll be first one team and then the other team, so it's a fair league, where not always your team will win. This cup is the best for playing just a competition without holding scores and so on. But it is also the longest during cup in the game, if you select eight teams you have to play (or watch) every game there is played, and that is 56, not very cool. But you can also select 1,2,3 or 4 teams so you have to play very less then 56 games, the other are just played by the SNES. Odd thing here is (also in later FIFA games) bad teams will often win from good teams. The score is held by a the SNES with this legend. The one at the top is number one (oh really...) and the lowest is number 8. Next to the teams are the games it has won, it has lost, it has drawn and its total points. When you have played a game you'll get a password, when you go on some other time you can import this at the restore box at the main screen. When you have finished a League you'll get a code (see codes chapter). TOURNAMENT Tournaments exist from six groups (A-F) with all four teams. After all the teams have played to the other teams in their group, there will go sixteen teams, the best two of every group and the 4 best numbers three, to the Play-Offs. Just like in the League games when you draw you'll get one point. In the tournament you can also select eight teams, but now you haven't got to play 56 games, but only 22 as highest or 17 as lowest. And after the tournament comes the Play-Offs where you have to play games. This cup is the best for playing a competitoon with many teams on it, in a league there are only eight teams, and in a Play-Off there are sixteen teams. And in the tournament there are twenty-four teams. That's why I think this one is the coolest, also because there at least sixteen computer-controlled teams. The legend here is the same as that from a League. First the teams at the left, then games won, then lost, then drawn and at last the collected points. When you have played a game you'll get a password, when you go on some other time you can import this at the restore box at the main screen. When you have finished a Tournament (although you can't finish it, you have to finish the Play-Offs after it) you'll get a code (see codes chapter). PLAY-OFFS Play-offs are the last fase of a tournament, just like great soccer tournaments (like World Cups, European Cups or the Copa Americá etc.): One time lose and you're off. You can skip the tournament and just go directly to the Play-Offs. But most of the times I just begin to play the tournament. This is a very good cup to play when you are with a friend. You both pick two teams and go play. Hopefully you are both on opposite site of each other. Because then you will meet each other only in the final, if you reach it. The maximum teams here is also eight you can choose, if you're lucky these eight won't have to play against each other in the first round and when you win them all, there are no computer-teams in this cup for you and you have always won. The maximum games you can play is fifteen and the minimum is four (when you choose eight teams). When you have played a game you'll get a password, when you go on some other time you can import this at the restore item at the main screen. When you have finished a Play-off you'll get a code (see codes chapter). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Formations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This chapter is dedicated to the five formations there are in Fifa Soccer. The formations which you can choose either before or while the game are: 3-5-2 4-4-2 Sweeper 4-2-4 4-3-3, for those who don't know yet. The first number is the defense, the second the midfield and the last is the attack. The keeper isn't counted in the formations... 3-5-2 (second best formation) This formation is quite a good formation, the second in my opinion. Why? It's because of the very, very strong midfield, for the beginner I do not recommend this formation, but for a more experienced player, this is a good one. If you lose possesion, there is always a good midfield to take this up. But if they play on the long ball, and they have at least three attackers, you're bound to lose (unless it's Nigeria). The weak point in this one is the attack, with good teams as Belgium, Italy, Germany etc. That's no problem, but otherwise it is. 4-4-2 (fourth best formation) This formation is low rated by me, because it has such a huge number of backward player. For defense this is second best formation, but your goal is scoring, not defending, we aren't Norway at the Euro2000 :-D. But if you have weak team to play with, such like Nigeria, Greece, Morocco, this will be good. I don not recommend this formation any other time. Sweeper (fifth and worsest formation) This formation is typically German, they are in real football the only ones who use it, and maybe some Taipei or Swaziland team. Why is it so bad? You already play with ten players, because of the libero who doens't do anything right, he just stands there and the attack will pass him. Here you also got two attackers, not bad if you have five midfielders, but you don't, only four are there. I only recommend this formation again to really bad teams like Nigeria (again). 4-2-4 (best formation) This is the best formation there is (in the game), because of the large number of attackers. The midfield can't do much, but if the enemy plays a long ball, you'll be able to pick it up with your defenders. They just have to pass it forward and your attackers will do the rest. Very annoying formation when the other one has also this one, because you'll get kick and score soccer now, the ball will fly through the field. It's kind of English. That's why I recommend good teams as England, France and Holland with this one. 4-3-3 (thirth best formation) This formation is good for teams with excellent 'outwingers', players who dash along the line and give the ball high for the goal, so the mid-attacker can put his head against it. Look for the speed with the players to run the defenders out. The problem here is when you give the ball high for the goal, there won't be more then three players to score, but one can score too, so... I recommend this formation to South-American teams as Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina. Also perfect for the beginning player. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Strategy and Coverage ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This chapter is dedicated to the many stratagies in the game, which are the most important part in the game to win (after controlling), this is the key to succes. The strategies are: Auto, Long Ball, All out Defend, Attack, Defend, All out Attack. AUTO The worsest strategie I've ever seen, more for the beginning player. A soccer trainer won't say to his players, "Guys we're going to play auto today!" He'll get fired. But as I said for the beginner... LONG BALL Works very good with the best formation 4-4-2, if... the enemy hasn't go this formation. Then they got to many defenders. It is typically English this. Just kick the ball forwards and then try to score, midfielders don't exist. To bad for them. ALL OUT DEFEND This is a very Norway-like strategy, maybe not in the game, but in the real time soccer... Just defend your own goal and make sure they won't score, maybe becomes handy in the Play-Offs, so you can score in Sudden-Death mode. But then I still won't recommend this, if you're trying to conquer the Play-Offs with some bad team like Romania, try just Defend, not this strategy. ATTACK The best strategy I think, even with the 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 formations, it's just nice passing forward and let's see what the attackers make of it. The common play. But if you choose for the other attack, be careful to not send to many players forwards. That's why I recommend this strategy for almost all teams and formations. DEFEND Also another good strategy for the less good teams like Columbia and Sweden. They can't attack very well and then they can go defending and just kick the ball forwards, try to score. Although, if you're having a very bad defense, it'll bound to go wrong... ALL OUT ATTACK The BEST, you probably think. Is it? No. The enemy has just got to kick the ball over the middle line and they have almost scored already. You don't have enough defenders. Maybe with sweeper formation, it will work, because then the libero has something to do, since he is the only player who won't go forward. COVERAGE This thing isn't so important as the stratgey, since it'll be corected with the strategy at the same time, you don't have to mess it up, but if you have to score in the last minute you can out all your defenders forward. But the most common coverage is: the defenders till the middle line. The midfielders the whole field and the attackers from the end of the other half till the middle line. Nothing to say about this. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Further Descriptions on the Options ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe you think you know all the options at the options screen, but do you know what they mean and do you choose your favorites. Check it here. GAME TYPE You can choose the type of game by Action or Simuation. Action is the default but not the best for a real sim-match. If you want to play a match nearest to the real, choose simulation. the differnce between them is, with Action the players won't get tired so they keep shooting powerfull and accurated. With sumaltion the players get tired, run slower and shoot weaker. But it's more real. HALF LENGTH You can choose between 2,4,6,8,10,20 or 45 minutes a half. The default here is 4 minutes. If you want to play a real match choose 45 minutes. But nobody want to play one hour and a half. So 10 minutes is the longest you should play, otherwise it's no fun anymore. I play 8 minutes myself, because 4 is to short. 10 to long and 8 is a nicer number than 6, so... This option can only be changed in the Game Set-up screen, not in the game itself. FOULS Here you can choose on or off. With on, the referee will whistle for a foul, with off he doesn't. For the real match, of course, turn it on. I recommend this always on. Only when you are in a aggressive mood, turn on off and keep n pressing X. :-D OFFSIDES Here again you can choose on or off. On and the referee will whistle for offside (if you don't know what it is, just turn it off). Off and he doesn't. For the real-match turn it on, but I turn it most of the times off, because it's more fun to play with. Can only be changed in the Game Set-up screen, not in the game itself. FIELD Dry, Damp, Drenched or Hot. Here is the golden rule, the hotter the field the faster the ball. So I prefer a hot field. For the real-match here's nothing. Just look in your backyard and look what color the grass is. The greener it is, the wetter it is. This one can also only be changed in the Game set-up screen and not in the game itself. CLOCK Choose Continuous or In Play. Continuous means, the clock goes on ticking if the ball is out of play. In play means, the clock only ticks when the ball is in the field. It doesn't matter what you choose, real-match is continuous, but inplay hasn't got Extra Time, Continuous does. Again can only be changed in the Game Set-up screen. GOAL KEEPERS Both automatic, both manual, team 1 manual or team 2 manual. With manual keepers it's more fun since you can control the keeper by pressing L + R. Then you can come out your goal and smuggle the ball. But you have to dive also, although the computer will help you. Automatic is for the beginners or wheenies, so... SOUND Stereo or Mono. Of course set Stereo. If you haven't got it, buy a new TV. MUSIC On or off, Nothing to say about this, want to hear it or not. SOUND EFFECTS On or off again. Want to hear the players groan, turn it on. Have some cool music on the radio, turn it of. POWER BAR On or off. With this option on you can see a bar in the top of the screen. It is handy when you want to shoot hard, when you hold the A button it'll go to the right and when you release the button, it'll shoot. The longer you press, the harder you shoot. Just leave it on, it doesn't hurt anybody. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Teams ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This chapter is dedicated to all the teams there are in Fifa Soccer, in total there are 30 teams, all of them are national teams. Next to them, my personal opinion. Maybe a bit space filling in, but whatever should I tell about a game with only 30 teams in it. Not that you gonna read it, but the opinions are sweet. ARGENTINA shooting ------- This is one of my favorite teams in this game, they can running ----- play attractive soccer, especially from the ouwingers. passing -------- They may not have such a good running, but the defence ------- outwingers have it. The passing is very high, so use tackling ------ it good. goalkeeper ------- overall ------- AUSTRALIA shooting --- I think this team is rated very low, but play cool. running ------ They have an attracting style of playing, probably passing ---- caused by the running, but if they play against Brazil defence ------ or so, they will lose, one of my favorite outsiders in tackling ---- the game, although they'll never win a cup. goalkeeper ---- overall ---- BELGIUM shooting ----- I do not really have an opinion on this team, I running ------ personally play very well with this team, but I don't passing ------- like their style of playing. But if you want to win a defence ------ cup, have Belgium in your team. Way overrate in this tackling ----- game. In real they aren't so good. goalkeeper ------ overall ------ BOLIVIA shooting ------ Most of the times, this team plays very well in cups running ------- with me, but when I play with my friends, this one will passing ------ never win. I also do not understand why EA Sports this defence ----- team has made so good. In the real time Bolivia hasn't tackling ------ played on any World Cup, I think. goalkeeper ------ overall ------ BRAZIL shooting ------- Not much to say about this one, in reality this is running ------- one of the best, or THE best team in the world, they passing -------- have won the most World Cups of all. In this game they defence ------ are also very good, but not the best. Maybe because tackling ------- this game was based (a bit) on Italy World Cup '90 and goalkeeper ------- Brazil didn't play that good then. Italy won. overall ------- BULGARIA shooting --- With some teams (like Bulgaria) I think, why have they running ---- put this team in it. And then made it so bad, as it is passing ---- in reality. Not worthy to play with. I'd rather play defence ----- with Nigeria, because they are now good, they won tackling -- Atlanta '96. Bulgaria hasn't reached anything yet, goalkeeper ---- except Stoichkov, which isn't in the game (there aren't overall ---- any real players, but you get the point). CAMEROON shooting ---- The makers of this soccer game thought, Cameroon did running ------- well on Italy '90, so why not make them good in the passing ----- game too, now Cameroon is quite good, but 10 years back defence --- Cameroon just played one good World Cup, with some tackling --- ferocious runners, as you can see in the stats. One of goalkeeper -- my favourite underdogs. overall ---- CANADA shooting -- I don't know why EA Sports put this country/team in it, running ---- they have NEVER played well, I think just because it's passing -- the neighbour country of the USA, it's in the game. defence --- They don't play very well and all the players names are tackling --- people of EA Sports. Maybe they are all Canadian, this goalkeeper ----- team even sucks more than the stats do. overall --- COLUMBIA shooting ------ Nice to play with, they are on almost every World Cup running ----- there is, but they never do something spectacular, passing ------ except from showing Valderama :-) In the game Columbia defence ---- is especially a cup-fighter, you can win a cup with it, tackling --- and have a nice un-fake South-American playing style. goalkeeper ------ overall ----- ENGLAND shooting ----- Very good team, just the same as in real, can win a running ------- World Cup, but just (almost) never win one, 1966 they passing ----- did, yes. Here also, like Canada, the names have some of defence ------ producers names. Just stupid, why didn't they gave them tackling ------ more real look-like names? Too bad the English have no goalkeeper ------ good pass and shoot techniques, otherwise they would be overall ------ a real top-team. FRANCE shooting ------ France, the ruling World and European champion ('98 running ------ and '00) is also good in this game, but not that passing ------- sublime as it is now. It'll do in the top, and can win defence ----- some tournaments but it's not my favourite, don't ask tackling ----- me why, because I don't know. I just don't play good goalkeeper ------- with it. overall ------ GERMANY shooting -------- In this game the best of the best, in stats I mean, running ------- because I play better with Italy and Brazil, it has only passing -------- one '7' and Italy has got 2. When I wanted to play a defence -------- real match between Germany and Greece (45 minutes a tackling -------- half), it was 34-0 in the half-time. Then I cancelled goalkeeper -------- the game because my fingers were paralytic. In real-time overall -------- they were good in the begin nineties, now the suck. They didn't even got to the quarter finals at the Euro2000 (lost from Portugal and Romania). GREECE shooting ----- Nice under-underdog, they don't play very well, they running ----- actually never did. They only got one good attacker: passing ----- Machlas. But no real players in the game... If you defence --- would play a cup with teams with an overall lower than tackling ----- 5, maybe Greece will win. They play very clear I think, goalkeeper -- but the keeper sucks. overall ---- ITALY shooting ------- My absolute favorite, also the stats say Germany is running -------- better, I play better with Italy, also caused probably passing -------- by the usually dislike of Dutch people against German defence -------- (not because of soccer, but of politics). I just hate tackling ------- the German soccer. Italy isn't that better in real-time, goalkeeper -------- but in this game it is. It just has great outwingers. overall -------- Nothing bad to comment about. JAPAN shooting --- Japan always plays nice, but also dumb, they make a lot running ----- of mistakes, so it's to easy to win. The stats say the passing ---- goalkeeper is good, you don't see any of that in the defence ----- game. Japan is also such as Columbia, plays at every WC, tackling ---- but never does something special. Maybe in 2002 in own goalkeeper ------ country (with South-Korea). overall ---- MEXICO shooting ------ Nice team to play with, but no good really. In real running ---- they have most excentrique goalkeeper there is, that's passing ------- why they made the goalkeeping rather good, I think. defence ---- Passing is, as you see, very good, but you can't do tackling ---- much with it, without good players. Just an average goalkeeper ------ team. overall ----- MOROCCO shooting ---- As you can see, the stats are very low and no... I running ---- haven't forgot to fill in defence and tackling, they passing --- are just so weak in it, that there can't be given points defence to. One of the worst teams in the game, after Nigeria of tackling course, but second worst then. It isn't even a little goalkeeper - fun to play with, but they are, just like Japan, on overall -- every WC, so they had to be added. NETHERLANDS shooting ------- My personal favorite, because I'm Dutch maybe. But running -------- they play very well, better than Germany for instance. passing -------- Italy is maybe better, but I don't play better with defence ------ them. Since I'll do my best more when playing with my tackling ------ own country. As you see, only the defence is bad (well goalkeeper -------- 6 points ain't bad). But the keeper is top and overall ------- espacially the outwingers. Just like in real, they will never win a tournament. Lose in the final or so. NIGERIA shooting ---- This is the only team where you can score whithin 3 running -- seconds. You just kick the ball from the kick-off to the passing - goal of the Nigerian goalkeeper and if you are lucky it defence will just roll in. The keeper is so bad... Only the tackling shooting here a bit good, but you won't see any of it in goalkeeper the game, since the Nigerians can't keep the ball stick overall - to their feet. I don't get why EA Sports made them so bad. They won Atlanta '96 and the African cup several years ago, almost all of them play in good Spanish, Italian or English teams. NORWAY shooting ----- Maybe the most real-time looking team in the game, on running ----- paper they are quite good. In real they always seem passing ------- good if you look to which players they have in their defence ----- team (Bergdolmo, the Flo's) but when they have to play, tackling ------ they suck mostly. Just keep on countering and maybe goalkeeper ------ you'll score one or two goals. Fun in cups, but don't overall ------ get angry if you don't reach the finals. Just like real. REPUBLIC IRELAND shooting --- As you can see, the keeper is very good. Back in '94 running ----- they really had a good goalie. Called the Iron Curtain, passing ---- it is said that he just kept all balls out of the goal. defence ----- But they were knocked out by Holland in the quarter tackling ----- finals in '94. In the game the keeper is thus good goalkeeper ------- also. Play quite nice, but the shots are terrible. No overall ----- good scoring then. ROMANIA shooting ----- One of my favorite teams in this game, I don't get it. running -- The stats are so bad, but I play well with them. They passing --- even have a 2 for running. Just like Australia (the defence ---- third of my favorites, next to Romania and Holland) they tackling -- don't play that good, but I make some good moves in the goalkeeper --- match so I can wim with them. Most cool when playing overall --- against better teams. RUSSIA shooting ----- I do not really have an opinion for this team, but they running ------- play generally good. Running is great, but the defence passing ----- sucks. Not good, not bad. They are just like Portugal, defence -- sometimes they play on European Cups, than not. tackling ---- Sometimes on World Cups, than not. Very changing. goalkeeper ----- Especially after they lost "their" supply-countries overall ----- Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus. Just a team to forget very soon. SAUDI-ARABIA shooting - Just added to the game, because they are on every running -- World Cup, this is only because there are no better passing --- Asian soccer teams, except from Japan and South-Korea defence - (which are in the game). And then it has to be in this tackling --- game to, but as you see, not good. Just like real. goalkeeper -- Sometimes (I see very sometimes) you can score here overall -- also directly from the Kick-Off. Shooting and defence are bad, can it BE any worse. SCOTLAND shooting ---- Have the worst competition in Europe (excpet from San running ------ Marino, Luxemburg yes, but you get it). Have Celtic passing ----- and Glasgow Rangers which always share the Cup and defence ----- League. They play well in the game but not tackling ------ spectaculair. I don't even can come up with good goalkeeper --- points in the game or real, neither do I know a name overall ----- of a good player. Invisible, it seems. SOUTH-KOREA shooting -- One of the worst teams in the game, but as earlier running --- told, there have to be bad ones, if there will be passing ---- good ones. And since there are no really better teams defence --- in Asia, this one is included. Although they can be tackling ---- tricky to play against. If you just think, shoot and goalkeeper -- win. In real they ARE very technically, but as this overall --- cannot be seen in the game, don't get attached to this team. SPAIN shooting ------- Very average good team, plays well, but just as in real running ------ you won't ever get far with this team. But you can play passing ------ very cool games with this team, they can score cool defence ------ goals and make good runs along the lines. Then cross it tackling ------ in, and header! They play a bit like South-American goalkeeper ------- street-soccer just kicking and playing nice, than overall ------ scoring very nice goals. SWEDEN shooting ----- Not to shabby, this team, in real they play much running ------ worse, in this game one of my underdogs can reach the passing ---- finals if they have lucky drawings. Also some good defence ----- attackers, but to say that this is THE team, no. tackling ---- Especially not when you see how bad they play in real. goalkeeper ----- Attackers are the only real good ones here. overall ----- SWITZERLAND shooting ------ They play as they are, Neutral. Very boring, just like running ---- in real. Sometimes they will do something good, but I passing ---- won't wait for it, if I were you. Shooting and defence defence ------ are just extremely high, for such a team as tackling -- Switzerland, neutral. Let them make chocolat and goalkeeper -- watches. I'm sorry if you are Swiss, but they just overall ---- can't play soccer, in real and in the game, neutral. U. S. A. shooting ---- A very average team, sorry but it just is. Why do they running ----- sometimes call this team TEAM USA? It's in Fifa 98 and passing --- 99 so, but they just play for United States of America, defence ---- don't they? Well, actually, it doesn't matter, they tackling ---- just can't play soccer. You just play basketball and goalkeeper ---- baseball and ice-hockey, not soccer. There are some overall ---- good players, but that's only because it were Americans who made this game, just like Canada. So for those who don't feel like, or don't have the time, to look which team has the best overall and so on is the best team. Here's a list with the best: Overall: 8 Overall: 4 GERMANY AUSTRALIA ITALY BULGARIA CAMEROON Overall: 7 GREECE ARGENTINA JAPAN BRAZIL SWITZERLAND NETHERLANDS USA Overall: 6 Overall: 3 BELGIUM CANADA BOLIVIA ROMANIA ENGLAND SOUTH-KOREA FRANCE NORWAY Overall: 2 SPAIN MOROCCO SAUDI-ARABIA Overall: 5 COLUMBIA Overall: 1 MEXICO NIGERIA REPUBLIC IRELAND RUSSIA SCOTLAND SWEDEN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. CHEATS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This chapter is dedicated to, of course, the codes/cheats/tricks in this game there aren't many, but they are very funny. What is a game without them? In the option screen press: R,R,R,R,R,L,R - Super Offence (your attackers are super) B,A,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B - Super Kicks (the shot rates are super) Y,Y,Y,X,A,A,A,B - Invisible Walls (fun for playing indoor) X,A,B,Y,Y,B,A,X - Crazy Ball (ball does crazy things) B,A,R,B,Y,L - Curve Ball (try the L and R buttons) A,A,B,B,Y,Y,X,X - Dream Team (your whole team is super) A,A,A,A,A,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y - Super Goalie (your keeper is super) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Home made Cups ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This chapter is dedicated to the cups I've made and played. With them I gave the options you have to set. You just have to copy it and print. I also added my finals and stuff. So we can see how the differences are between Fifa players. (if you plan to play this, please mail me the results) WORLD CUP (of course...) Options: 4x4 minuts field dry, grass every team plays twice against another team (you be one in the first match, the other in the second match) the numbers 1, 2 and 3 of every poule + the best number 4 Finals, change team at half time Played: from march '96 till october '98 (bit long, wheew!) POULE A Belgium England Greece Russia Spain Switzerland POULE B Brazil Bulgaria Colombia France Japan Saudi-Arabia POULE C Bolivia Germany Ireland Mexico Nigeria Norway POULE D Australia Canada Morocco Romania USA Soith-Korea POULE E Argentina Italia Cameroon Holland Scotland Sweden After the poules, you get the 1/8 finals. These go as follows: (Play two matches, with both teams one) (The places are based on their points total in the poules) (Behind them are my 1/8 finals) Best nr. 1 - Only number 4 (Canada - Saudi-Arabia) Second nr. 1 - Fifth number 3 (Belgium - Romania) Third nr. 1 - Fourth number 3 (Bolivia - Argentina) Fourth nr. 1 - Third number 3 (France - Russia) Last nr. 1 - Second number 3 (Italia - Columbia) Best nr. 2 - Best number 3 (Holland - Ireland) Second nr. 2 - Fifth number 2 (Germany - South-Korea) Third nr. 2 - Fourth number 2 (Brazil - Spain) After this, you might want to say, that either I would draw lots or just play the upper against the second (from above). But what I did is look at the scores and the one with the best aggregate will be playing against the team with the worst aggregate. When you get to the overtime of the game (after draws), play a 2x2 minutes game and change team in half time, to see which team goes through to the next round. When it is still tie after this, look which team can score the fastest against Nigeria (bit daft, but funny). Best Agg. - Worst Agg. (Belgium - Germany) Second Agg. - Seventh Agg. (France - Bolivia) Third Agg. - Sixth Agg. (Italia - Holland) Fourth Agg. - Fifth Agg. (Canada - Spain) The same as above: Best Agg. - Worst Agg. (Belgium - Bolivia) Second Agg. - Third Agg. (Italia - Spain) The same as above, but change at halftime, because you only need to play one game, two games in a final is a bit weird isn't it. Best Agg. - Worst Agg. (Bolivia - Italia) In my WC Italia won against Bolivia in the Final with 1-3. Maybe, I should post more Home Made tournaments here, but I don't think anyone is interested in it. So mail me if there should be more, then I certainly will place them all (about 5). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Did you Notice? (a.k.a Odds) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This section has been split in several section (in-game, manual, players), I just noticed some weird things in the game, maybe you have seen some more please mail me about them. (ST=Special Thanks)(FIS=Fifa International Soccer) IN-GAME COVERING Have you ever tried to get the ball after a long kick by the opponent's keeper? Doesn't work very well, does it. This is just a thing I noticed, because it's very irritating when you are waiting 3 seconds before the ball finally falls in the feet of the enemy and you can't do anything about it. Yes, you can press A, but the only thing that happens is that you will be pushed away by yourself. SUDDEN DEATH 4EVER When you are playing a playoff, you can find yourself playing overtime, but it happens that there still isn't a winner in the game, then there will be sudden death, the first one who scores wins, but what if nobody scores, you will be playing for ages, because there isn't penalty kicking or wahtever. Really strange. TIME SPILLING When you make a substitution in halftime (begin of 2nd half), you can first see the pitch, whereafter you player will be substituted, this costs 4 seconds, not that it matters, but you can change IN halftime, don't you? FOUL When the keeper has just shot the ball (out of his hands), you can push X as often as you please, because the referee doesn't think it is a foul, the keeper doesn't fall either, strange... you can push him but he doesn't get hurt, but if you do this to a player, you'll be sure to get a red card. FRIGHTENED When you are playing against weaker teams (especially weak keepers), you can score easily by shooting the ball staright to the, they will dive to the ground, like they are frightened (this is more a Tip). When you shoot the ball to the side of them, you can stop it (sometimes), but this way they almost ever let it go and crawl like a baby to the ground. Wheeny! 2POINTS For a win in the League or Tournament you only get 2 points, instead of 3. MANUAL Page 42: On Page 42 you can see a picture of the options screen, but they have forgotten to place Field Type between Field Condition and Clock. Bit weird because Clock now is on the first page of the options and it should be on top of the second screen. Really a fake photo. Page 43: On Page 43 the manual says that in a tournament you have to play 3 times against every team in your pool. They meant it well, you play three matches, but only 1 against 1 one time. Three in total thus. Page 65: The picture here says tha Mike Fellino is the Man of the Match, and that he is from Germany. First, he is American, second USA lost with 2-0 and there can never be an attacker MOM when they lose without scoring any goals. PLAYERS/TEAMS ARGENTINA 3 Aejio Mardona (=Diego Maradonna) 4 Fernando Perron (=Fernando Veron) 7 Luis F. Batiste (=Gabriel Batistuta) AUSTRALIA 5 John Graham (=Arnold Graham) BOLIVIA 17 Simon Molenaar (sounds Bolivian? More Dutch... it is Dutch.) BELGIUM 12 J. Prudhomme (=Michel Preud'homme) 18 Louis Deschamps (Didier Deschamps is French player) 11 Enrico Senza (=Enrico Scifo) BRAZIL 9 Julios Barbetto (=Bebeto) 12 Branco Radicevic (sounds VERY Brazilian, more like Croatic/Yugoslavian) 14 Peter Mueller (German guy?) BULGARIA 8 Kristo Stankov (Stankov is real Yugoslavian player) CANADA !!! 2 Jon Bruce (Lead Quality of EA Sports) 4 Jan Tian (Special Thanks given to by credits) 10 Ron McMillan (probably family of Bruce McMillan, the producer of FIS) 19 Jeff Dyck (did the music and sound effects for FIS) 6 Bill Fowler (programmer of FIS = Fifa International Soccer) 20 Joel Pickell (probably family of Keven Pickell, programmer of FIS) CAMEROON 4 Stan Cooper (very Cameroonish name) ENGLAND !!! 8 Pete Webster (family of Matt Webster? Yes, one who is given ST to) 16 Joss Ellis (another one that is given ST to (=special thanks)) 10 Bruce McMillan (THE producer, how could they do this :) 5 Neil Cook (wrote the manual) 14 Matt Webster (one who is given ST to) GERMANY 10 Dieter Myer (=Andreas Meier) 17 Heiner Klingel (=Jurgen Klinsmann) 9 Kevin Piknell (=Kevin Pickell, programmer of FIS) 5 Johann Porsche (yeah right!) 11 D. Aufdermauer (D. Onthewall, the Wall of Berlin? Anti-nazi those EA?) FRANCE 1 Henri Prudhomme (again! = Michel Preud'homme, Belgian keeper) 8 J. Deschamps (=Didier Deschamps again) 11 Marc Aubanel (=assistent producer of FIS) 7 Yves Pompidor (to the former French president Pompidou... perhaps) GREECE 9 Pavlo Antoniou (only surname not ending to -s) IRELAND 1 Terry Irish (you wouldn't be called Terry American, would you? :) 6 David Pierce (=Stuart Pierce, English player) ITALY 14 John Santamaria (tested FIS) 10 Joe Della-Savia (one who is given ST to again) 20 David Costa (tester of FIS) JAPAN 5 G. Kawaguchi (=Jonathan Kawaguchi, tester of FIS) NETHERLANDS 10 Arnold Deboer (=Frank or Ronald de Boer) 20 Daniel Winter (=Aron Winter) ROMANIA 14 Peter Frankish (more an English name) 19 Jon Baldekici (no! very unoriginal name) RUSSIA 20 Valery Kravitz (Lenny Kravitz? How dumb these names :) 9 Pavel Gargarin (didn't someone in your family make space flights) 3 Boris Molotov (BOOM!!!) SCOTLAND 15 Kenneth Lam (developper of FIS) 9 Alan Stewart (responsable for sound of FIS) 8 Andy Webster (another family member again) SOUTH KOREA 9 Kim Tian Jan (may be... Jan Tian, right. ST given to again) SWITZERLAND 14 Franz Josef (didn't this guy get shot 200 years ago as Kaiser) USA 14 Chip Lange (product manager of FIS) 9 Alex McMillan (yet another part of the family) 10 Mark Pickell (it's all one big family here) GENERAL NEW REALEASES After this Fifa Soccer game, there were made about 8 Fifa Soccer games. They are Fifa '96, Fifa '97, Fifa RTWC '98, Fifa World Cup '98, Fifa '99 Fifa 2000, Euro 2000 and Fifa 2001, all of them on PC, some on PSX and till Fifa RTWC '98 on SNES. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Tips 'N Tricks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORNER GOAL When you get a corner, what is not uncommon in this game, and you're lucky enough that it is in YOUR left corner of the field, you will score, no matter with what team, or against which team. You have to press A and move your window all to the right corner, then release the A button. Now the ball will just fall on the right side of the goal, where is a player of your team. When you press B once, you will control the ball, and since the keeper still is in the wrong end of the goal, you move to the goal, just press left and then up, and press A, you have an open goal to score, and it can't hardly ever miss target (sometimes the keeper will come to the ball although). SURE HEADER With this action you are almost sure of a goal too. The point is that making a header will be more effective than controlling the ball. Try to get the ball as far as possible over the line, the best is just next to the corner flag, so the other team can throw in. But because all the computer's players are covered by your players you can score very easily. Just wait, you don't have to do anything, the thrower will probably just throw the ball on your head, because the player will come before his enemy, and the ball will fly into the goal (except when the keeper gets it, what is not likely, but against better teams it is). TAKING FREE KICKS When nobody is around you, press B very short and you can go walk with the ball. Sometimes this works with the penalty as well, very handy. POWER BAR I mentioned this in the option section, then I said it isn't really worth anything, but that isn't actually true, because when you want full advantage of your opponent, look at this carefully. When it's red it's alomost sure your pass won't reach your players or when you shoot, you won't score, because it's more likely the ball doesn't go in the goal than that it does. The best is to get the power bar in the orange part, because then it goes as hard as you wish and finds his way to the goal or players you wish. KEEPER BALL When your keeper has got the ball and there is an attacker very near, I wouldn't press one of the buttons very shortly, since your keeper will roll the ball just in his feet, gives him the perfect oppurtunity to score. Also, you shouldn't throw the ball to a player that is covered by an opponent, because he'll make a header just like the THROW-IN thing. And this one will go in always, because your keeper isn't totally in his goal. TAKING AWAY When you have made a foul or when you have been offside, the other team will get a free kick (duh!), but this may not cause to unpossession, since you can come very close to the taker of the free kick. If you take your player that is nearest to the taker, run to there and just stand as close as possible before him (in the direction you think he will shoot, because that's the only thing, you need to do actually). Now, he'll shoot the ball against you and you probaly just walk along him (workd best when offside, since there is an open way to the goal). PENALTY KICKS Have you ever got a pnealty kick? Probably you did, otherwise you haven't played with the good options I guess. But if you shoot this with the A button, the keeper will almost ever stops the ball (except when he is very bad), so what you have to do is shoot the ball with X, now you kick the ball so hard, the keerper won't hardly ever stop the ball. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Links ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, this game is so unknown, that nobody would make a site for it, let alone, place anything on a page. Though - I've found two (!) screen- shots. Official EA Sports Site: http://www.easports.com Screenshots: http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/snes01/01/FIFAinternational.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Version History ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0 (2 august 2000) 25,8 kb Original Version Version 1.1 (3 august 2000) 26,0 kb Changed the formats, so the tabs were right Small changes Version 2.0 (24 september 2000) 39,1 kb Added a lot, this is not everything, I don't know what I've changed Removed all the tabs, because they just didn't fit in a faq Added the My Review chapter Added the personal opinions with the teams Added some owm made cups to play Added a site where this faq may be found Added a link Smallest changes ever seen Version 2.5 (17 october 2000) 39,5 kb Changed all the lines, so the fit into a FAQ-page (they were too long) Added a new realease in the Odds section Changed the formats agaon, hope they work now Changed some tiny, tiny thingies Version 2.51 (21 october 2000) 39,4 kb Just fixed some tabs and spaces, now they HAVE to be right Version 2.52 (January the 27th 2001) 39,7 kb Removed ICQ, It sucks Added a new permission gaved site Added a new FAQ written by me Some small changes Version 2.6 (June the 25th 2001) 44,5 kb Just needed an update after 5 months :) Added the section Tips 'N Tricks Added some odds Changed Nickname Finished World Cup Version 2.65 (June the 26th 2001) 51,5 kb Changed Odds > Did you Notice? (a.k.a Odds) Added some Tips 'N Tricks Added A LOT to Did you Notice? Version 2.7 (May the 5th 2002) 52,9 kb 'Real' Copyright Added another site down here Changed around some things Minor tiny changes *Probably the Last Version of my Faq for FIS* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Copyright Info ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) This document is copyrighted by Mike Groels. All rights reserved. Nothing from this document may be pluralised, saved in an automatic database or being published, in what way or form soever, either electronical, mechanical, by photocopies, recordings or in any other way, without the permission of the author (that would be me). 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If you see this FAQ on any other page then: http://www.gamefaqs.com http://www.gamewinners.com http://www.james.emusanet.com http://my.tele2.ee/kaidoparv http://vgstrategies.about.com If you ask me, it's almost sure that I'll give you permission to place this one on your site. I've written faqs for these games: PC ---Broken Sword: Shadow of Templars Ultimate Soccer Manager 2 (1996/1997 Season) SNES ---Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons FIFA International SOCCER --- End ---