<s>
FIFA	B-Application
International	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
association	B-Application
football	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
EA	O
Canada	O
's	O
Extended	O
Play	O
Productions	O
team	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
console	O
in	O
December	O
1993	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
numerous	O
other	O
systems	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
best-selling	O
home	O
1993	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
added	O
multiple	O
camera	O
views	O
and	O
more	O
detailed	O
graphics	O
than	O
other	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
well	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
becoming	O
the	O
best-selling	O
home	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1993	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
later	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
pack-in	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Goldstar	O
3DO	B-Device
,	O
and	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
FIFA	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FIFA	B-Application
International	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
simulates	O
the	O
sport	O
of	O
association	B-Application
football	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
utilises	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
viewpoint	I-Application
,	O
unlike	O
other	O
football	O
games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
such	O
as	O
Tehkan	B-Application
World	I-Application
Cup	I-Application
or	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
which	O
utilised	O
a	O
bird's-eye	B-Application
view	I-Application
or	O
Kick	B-Application
Off	I-Application
which	O
used	O
a	O
top-down	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Arts	O
(	O
EA	O
)	O
had	O
first	O
ventured	O
in	O
the	O
sports	O
games	O
market	O
in	O
1988	O
with	O
an	O
American	B-Application
football	I-Application
title	O
,	O
John	B-Device
Madden	I-Device
Football	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
's	O
European	O
arm	O
carried	O
out	O
research	O
into	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
a	O
sports	O
game	O
that	O
would	O
appeal	O
to	O
European	O
audiences	O
and	O
decided	O
that	O
an	O
association	B-Application
football	I-Application
game	O
would	O
stand	O
the	O
best	O
chance	O
of	O
success	O
,	O
predicting	O
high	O
sales	O
figures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
took	O
place	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
of	O
EA	O
Soccer	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
budget	O
of	O
around	O
$	O
50,000	O
-	O
$	O
100,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
football	O
game	O
market	O
leader	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
Sensible	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Kick	B-Application
Off	I-Application
,	O
which	O
both	O
used	O
top-down	O
viewpoints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
's	O
UK	O
team	O
looked	O
at	O
both	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
they	O
needed	O
to	O
do	O
something	O
different	O
to	O
set	O
themselves	O
apart	O
,	O
by	O
adding	O
more	O
realism	O
and	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
viewpoint	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fearing	O
a	O
sales	O
flop	O
,	O
they	O
reversed	O
the	O
decision	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
worldwide	O
under	O
the	O
FIFA	B-Application
International	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
title	O
,	O
providing	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
moving	O
unsold	O
stock	O
to	O
other	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1995	O
,	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
struck	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
EA	O
to	O
bring	O
select	O
titles	O
from	O
their	O
catalog	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
with	O
FIFA	B-Application
International	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
being	O
among	O
them	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
commercial	O
and	O
critical	O
failure	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
,	O
sales	O
surpassed	O
expectations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
400,000	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
last	O
two	O
weeks	O
of	O
December	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
fifth	O
best-selling	O
home	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1993	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
topped	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
sales	O
chart	O
in	O
June	B-Application
1994	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FIFA	B-Application
International	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
comments	O
from	O
the	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
original	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
Edge	O
magazine	O
praised	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
crowd	O
sounds	O
reacted	O
to	O
the	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
field	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
visual	O
detail	O
of	O
the	O
players	O
and	O
their	O
animations	O
with	O
the	O
isometric	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
June	B-Application
1994	I-Application
said	O
"	O
this	O
is	O
stunning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
FIFA	B-Application
International	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
is	O
a	O
great	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
gave	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
Strong	O
and	O
varied	O
game	O
play	O
makes	O
this	O
the	O
most	O
realistic	O
soccer	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
SNES.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
later	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
is	O
essentially	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
Genesis	O
and	O
SNES	B-Application
versions	O
aside	O
from	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
some	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
clips	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
bad	O
thing	O
because	O
the	O
previous	O
versions	O
did	O
n't	O
leave	O
any	O
room	O
for	O
improvement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
this	O
port	O
differed	O
considerably	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Genesis	O
version	O
and	O
most	O
other	O
ports	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
multiple	O
views	O
,	O
a	O
rotating-camera	O
effect	O
and	O
more	O
detailed	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
killer-app	O
graphics	O
showhorse	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
console	I-Device
,	O
awarding	O
it	O
a	O
maximum	O
five	O
star	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
similarly	O
remarked	O
"	O
FIFA	O
3DO	B-Device
is	O
no	O
mere	O
port-over	O
from	O
the	O
cartridge	O
market.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
,	O
most	O
publications	O
spoke	O
favourably	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
appearance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
,	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
The	O
One	O
magazines	O
all	O
highlighted	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
disk	O
swapping	O
required	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
drawback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reaction	O
to	O
the	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
controls	O
required	O
to	O
adapt	O
from	O
the	O
three	O
buttons	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
controller	O
to	O
the	O
single	O
button	O
common	O
on	O
most	O
Amiga	B-Device
joysticks	B-Device
were	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
said	O
of	O
hitting	O
the	O
button	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
shoot	O
at	O
the	O
goal	O
,	O
"	O
occasionally	O
the	O
ball	O
flies	O
into	O
the	O
onion	O
bag	O
;	O
other	O
times	O
it	O
seems	O
you	O
are	O
just	O
passing	O
the	O
ball	O
to	O
the	O
keeper.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
described	O
the	O
outcome	O
of	O
pressing	O
the	O
button	O
as	O
random	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
describes	O
the	O
control	O
system	O
as	O
"	O
excellent	O
–	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
that	O
it	O
's	O
easier	O
to	O
control	O
"	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
listed	O
the	O
Genesis	O
and	O
3DO	B-Device
versions	O
as	O
number	O
71	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
"	O
put	O
3DO	B-Device
on	O
the	O
map	O
after	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
disappointing	O
titles	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
...	O
breathed	O
life	O
into	O
EA	O
's	O
flagging	O
sports	O
line-up.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
cited	O
the	O
zooming	O
camera	O
angles	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
have	O
up	O
to	O
six	O
players	O
on	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
as	O
highlights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VideoGames	O
awarded	O
it	O
Best	O
3DO	B-Device
Game	O
of	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
18th	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
SNES	B-Application
Games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
praised	O
the	O
isometric	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
that	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
realistic	O
and	O
better	O
animated	O
visuals	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Flux	O
magazine	O
rated	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
53rd	O
on	O
its	O
Top	O
100	O
Video	O
Games	O
writing	O
:	O
"	O
Player	O
Controllable	O
camera	O
angles	O
help	O
make	O
FIFA	O
3DO	B-Device
,	O
without	O
a	O
doubt	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
advanced	O
sports	O
title	O
to	O
date.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
FIFA	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
1994	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
FIFA	B-Application
06	I-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
referred	O
as	O
FIFA	B-Application
94	I-Application
.	O
</s>
