North American Saturn cover art featuring Notts County's Andy Legg and Brescia Calcio's Ioan Sabău
Developer(s)
Extended Play Productions Probe Entertainment (SNES, Game Boy, Game Gear, 32X, Saturn)
Publisher(s)
EA Sports Electronic Arts Victor (Japan) Black Pearl Software (Game Boy, Game Gear)
Composer(s)
Robert Bailey Graeme Coleman
Series
FIFA
Platform(s)
MS-DOS, 32X, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES, Game Boy, Game Gear, PlayStation, Saturn
Release
Mega Drive/Genesis
EU: 30 November 1995
NA: 1995
MS-DOS
NA: 30 September 1995
Saturn
NA: December 1995[1]
EU: December 1995
PlayStation
NA: 22 November 1995[2]
EU: 1995
Game Boy
NA: December 1995
EU: 1996
Game Gear
NA: 1995
EU: 1995
SNES
NA: November 1995
EU: 23 November 1995
Genre(s)
Sports
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
FIFA Soccer 96 (also known as FIFA 96: Virtual Soccer Stadium) is a football simulation video game developed by Extended Play Productions and released by Electronic Arts in 1995. It was released for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Saturn, Sega 32X, Game Gear, PlayStation, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and MS-DOS compatible operating systems.
FIFA 96 is the third entry in the FIFA series, its tagline being "Next Generation Soccer". It was the first in the series to feature real-time 3D graphics on the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, 32X, and DOS versions, using technology called "Virtual Stadium". The SNES and Mega Drive/Genesis editions used the FIFA 95 engine. It is also the first in the series to use real player names and positions, with ranking, transfer and team customisation tools.
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