Olaf Thon was the cover boy in Germany while Fabien Barthez, Rui Costa, and Fernando Morientes were selected for the regional covers in France, Portugal, and Spain, respectively. | © EA Sports 1998/99: FIFA 99 CoverĪrsenal’s Dennis Bergkamp was on the global cover, and the game came with fluidity and responsiveness improvements.

Regional cover stars included: Andreas Möller in Germany, Roy Lassiter in the US, Paolo Maldini in the Italian version, David Ginola again in France, while Spanish fans got Real Madrid’s Raúl. | © EA Sports 1997/98 - FIFA 98 CoverĮngland and Manchester United’s superstar David Beckham graced the UK cover of this one, which had the successful Road to World Cup mode, the only one to include all national teams on the planet. For the rest of the world, it was Bebeto who was featured on the cover. The cover in Europe featured French star David Ginola in the Newcastle kit. The game dropped the “soccer” clarification and its title got its current form. Welsh defender Andy Legg and Romanian midfielder Ioan Sabău were on the cover in the US, while Frank de Boer and Jason McAteer were the players for the European cover. They already made it clear who’s the global leader in sports video game sales with this one. Then-Tottenham Hotspur and Norway goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt was one of the very few goalies on the cover.

The game introduces the familiar title pattern, introducing the iconic year. Some versions of the game got Packie Bonner and Ruud Gullit on it. David Platt and Piotr Swierczewski are historically relevant, as they are on the cover of the first one ever, then called FIFA International Soccer.

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