World Cup 98

Overview

World Cup 98 is a football video game released in 1998 to coincide with that year's FIFA World Cup football tournament, developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts under their EA Sports label. It is the first official FIFA World Cup game developed by EA Sports after obtaining the rights from FIFA in 1997. Unlike the previous World Cup games, which were in 2D and showed a bird's-eye view, World Cup 98 used a 3D engine, utilising DirectX for the PC version.

Accurate national team kits (except for the goalkeepers who were issued a generic kit) were introduced complete with kit manufacturer logos and official merchandise. The game engine is based on that of FIFA: Road to World Cup 98, though it features some minor gameplay improvements to areas such as in-game strategy changing and player positioning. The playable teams in the friendly mode also included several nations that did not qualify for the finals.

World Cup 98 was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation and Nintendo 64. A version developed by Tiertex Design Studios and published by THQ was also released for the Game Boy. The intro song to the game is Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping."

Official trailer

Gameplay Video. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

PSX Longplay [423] World Cup 98, World-of-Longplays. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Sport

Developer

EA Canada

Publisher

EA Sports, Gradiente

Series

FIFA

Platforms

Windows, PlayStation

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

Yes

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

ESRB

E

Release dates

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

EA Sports, Gradiente

Developer

EA Canada

Released

1998-03-31

Age rating

ESRB E

Region

US

Time to beat

about 3 hours