FIFA 98 Road to World Cup gameplay (PC Game, 1997)

[@D3ft0ne]

Probably the best time of my life, can never replace that or get that back. Everything was a bit easier those days : |

[@juancanamea2190]

When you think about it feels like the memory of a dream

[@V_Kint.]

exactly brother . This is exactly what i thought

[@NeuralEngin33r]

used to play this with my best friend. nothing like a Q in the back. miss it so much

[@otaviosantosdealbuquerque]

Yesss!!!

[@aldorfc7287]

Footballers where footballers NOT like today models lol

[@felipedias_25]

The best Fifa game and opening ever.

[@Veranek]

Don't forget about the soundtrack too.

[@felipedias_25]

@@Veranek I'm still listening

[@L3gion3r]

99 is also great

[@Opeth1991]

In 98 I was 7. I used to go to my grandfather's house to play this game on his pc. It never got old. Those were much better days than today. For me at least. Things were easier. I wish it'd stayed forever.

[@sizzer1967]

How awesome were this days ! I was 10 ! THE BEST TIME TO BE A KID !! B

[@teem5642]

😂 1991 babies what can we say bro. The sound tracks bring good memories on our pc

[@Random__is__resistance]

Yes bro had fond memories I was 8 playing when this came out nostalgia ahh life was easy stressfree

[@llSuperSnivyll]

The amount of content this game had for its age was staggering.

[@orion-jett]

wish there was something like that every four years

[@187Burks]

I was thinking the same thing. The leap from WorldCup 94 to 98 was insane!!

[@buechsenwurschd]

Those intro videos showing the city and stadium before each match are underrated. The songs, the graphics… pure nostalgia.

[@UMS-dj3sx]

YES! NHL 98 had similar intro videos. EA Sports during that era was making so many great games...

[@89_spacemonkey]

Amazing how the song that starts at 03:31 reminds me even the smell of my dad's office - where I used to play this game, 18 years ago. Thanks the for the upload!

[@xdiddykongx]

I know 100% what you mean about the same song. tons of time making characters and teams zoning out to this song in the dark at my dad's house.

[@acd-0412]

spacemonkey “More”, by Crystal Method

[@nick00790]

I think they used that for some other games too.

[@toddpinkstonisgod]

Lol, yup, I also played this game in my dad’s office since that’s where the one and only “family” computer was. Ah, the 90s...

[@mullaoslo]

I dabbled with football games from 92 to 97 but fifa 98 was MY first football game, I sunk hours into it.. Playing as Manchester United or making the team I played for in the game

[@BaniasSyria]

Believe it nor not, this is still my fav Fifa game ever.

[@Squakenet]

+Kinan Arous I agree!

[@michaeltrumph121]

+Kinan Arous Ronaldo was unstoppable in this game....the funny thing is back then he was also like that in real life

[@TheManubarcafan]

و ليش ما نصدق يعني...لعبة لن تتكرر

[@JimmyFoundCzech]

The same here, but as the game is amazing, this gameplay is not... :(

[@BeefGeneral]

Yep fifa 98 is the best fifa of all time.

[@Tiagotaf]

Still the best of all FIFA games!

[@Lil10metros]

Pra mim esse FIFA dos países e o melhor

[@irvine76yh]

2022.. I remember playing this game when I was in college, early 1998. 24 years have passed and it's still a beautiful memory..

[@tntbros_exotic]

Dammmm childhood :(((

[@anonomousous]

Those demonic looking polygon men still give me nightmares LOL.

[@deadchannel429]

I grew up with fifa 2010

[@ManOfAttitudeLP1998]

I had the 2000s Fifas on the PS2

[@theninjacow]

song 2 by Blur...... serious nostalgia. Loved the song of the game as a kid, had no idea who it was back then. Saw them live last year!

[@ricd2821]

At the time the graphics of this blew my mind. Literally thought it couldn't get any better

[@187Burks]

Exactly. Crazy how much they could do in ‘98. You’d think games today would be way better than they are

[@garyverth4887]

@@187Burks I remember playing the store PS1 and thinking this was amazing and begged for it for Christmas.

[@jimmyblix7496]

Ah memories.When i saw the intro for the first time it was magic.Batistuta,Weah,Zidane.I want to be 10 again.

[@derson512]

every soundtrack, the trailer of the stadium, the 'zamorano', 'juninho' and 'cannigia' calling from the reporter, the 'excellent pass'... everything reminded me of the best game of my childhood. nice video

[@187Burks]

Well said. The leap from 94 to 98 was huuuge. Such a good childhood memory

[@onurguzel16]

Greatest EA game ever. Almost all the teams were included which are not present even today. Saloon mode. Excellent intro. Just great.

[@sonny5068]

Ah...such amazing memories. Remember when you bought a game and you owned it completely? No microtranscations or EA packs..etc..

[@cal-efc8062]

So many memories playing this as a kid on windows 98 being amazed at how good the stadiums were that indoor mode was quality too

[@meteb8622]

omg 22 years passed away I still remember my happiness while playing it

[@OldGamesWiki]

26

[@TheMikeijay]

My dad got back from Hong Kong one morning with this game on a pirate CDROM... Also had C&C Red Alert. Two of the greatest game intros known to man....I didn't go to school that day 🤣

[@Romans8-9]

RA2 was my game!

[@FaheemProductions]

My First FIFA game! Played this game at the beginning of the year 1998. Nostalgia is hitting me very hard!!! WEEE HOOO!!!

[@jwst8]

first fifa i owned.. 1998 was one of the best years of my life.. 11 years old, summer, no school, not a care in the world, playing fifa with friends all day long.. man..

[@187Burks]

@@jwst8 duuude. Everything exactly the same as you. Life was sooo good and sooo easy back then. Crazy how time flies

[@jwst8]

@@187Burks life's way too short..

[@WizardMoDz]

Yesterday I found the CD and it was still working! :)

[@habemusfutbol]

que juegazoooo papaaa, si la habre viciado, hasta en el año 2022 voy a jugar jajaja

[@josesaynomore20]

Que haces acá? Juega a este juegazo con Holanda

[@mullaoslo]

Am I the only who just loves how the menu looks? It had personality unlike today's fifas

[@GarkKahn]

Being world champion playing as equatorial guinea or belize... priceless

[@chickenburgahh]

I was always Cayman Islands. No idea why but I loved it.

[@tomasnorris262]

Its probably to be champion with belize, than do it with racing

[@vladimirvugdelic1355]

Or With Hong Kong

[@Lil10metros]

A Guiné equatorial e da África ?

[@Lil10metros]

Não tem a Guiné equatorial no jogo :(

[@MisatoKatsuragiHD]

RIP John Motson.

[@أجملايامالعمر]

:( I feel like I played this game yesterday ... not 20 years ago

[@uncletimo6059]

same

[@Nile15rush_fj]

The intro is incredible for this game..

[@markisaki979]

Man the memories. I can remember updating the Premier League after every season with the 'Team Edit' function.

[@hollowmatic]

Mark Isaki same here brother... same here

[@onzinniet8253]

I can’t believe I played this game 25 years ago. I enjoyed it so much and I remember the intro song and video so good 😢

[@187Burks]

Thanks for posting this! This was a big part of my life for a year or two. Life was so much fun and a lot easier back then! :)

[@raychukk]

When Malaysia football team was still featuring in FIFA games, after 1998 there was no more Malaysia league in the game. Anyway, I miss those days!!! World cup 1998 was one of my favorite FIFA WC as well

[@orange3man]

I still remember the vivid color and icon design ... Still one of the best FIFA interface ! My teenage yrs....

[@joejoezidane]

My first FIFA game... 20 years ago...

[@jopymusic]

nostalgic

[@dcairol]

“He made that look easy” - “Batistuta!” - “neatly collected by the defender”. That plus Blur plus the intro to every stadium plus Ronaldo = best time of my life

[@rootyboii]

It shocks me how noone mentions how stunning the user interface was. 100% intuitive, I did not even speak English at that time and I managed to easily navigate through it :)

[@mullaoslo]

I'm with you bro.. I loved the menu in this game.. The colors, the fonts, the wc98 esthetic.. I'd love to see fifa go back to something like this

[@yassineguendil1623]

I swear to god, i want to cry, too many memories!

[@freestyla85]

That user interface was so unique and eye catching, never has a sports game come close. And this was 1997.. btw the soundtrack was dope

[@pratikmaitra8543]

So much nostalgia. Played the hell out of this game. I remember there was a way to easily score goals even in highest difficultly,it was by a header from a long ball if i am not mistaken.

[@Collerz7]

The one I did was like a diagonal shot from the wing to the far post, worked so well 😂

[@acidspit14]

The best Fifa so far. YES , The best! Nothing comes close after Fifa98.

[@columbiars]

Zamorano! I remember the commentator saying this I'm Spanish. Also saying Raul if I'm not wrong and Redondo.

[@garyverth4887]

I remember this year. I was 9 and I was playing football in the street in Edinburgh, the weather was great and would watch World Cup games in between. I really wish I could go back to that time.

What impressed me a lot was the narrator saying the real names of the players... Is the best FIFA even úntil now...

[@simontoffell606]

Best FIFA game ever made i remember getting home from school and playing this.

[@simofyou]

Used to play with Juve and score 100 goals+ a season with my boy Pipo Inzaghi..Good ol days that wont come back no more

[@LS-bw7jt]

Man I miss being young. Remember being in primary school playing this after school

[@서성희-u6k]

This game was the very first football video game I played. I was 13 years old then, one of my uncles said "is commentary possible even on this video game?" Of course, he was an old guy. Anyway, thanks to this video, I thought of my happy moments on my younger days. Thanks a lot!!

[@aldorfc7287]

Memories brings a joyful tear to the eye

[@onuk7434]

My very first Fifa!!! Oh, a lot of childhood memories playing this so many years ago. It had been a lot of time without seeing all the menus and the songs... :)

[@chrisg5545]

Best FIFA game ever. It also contained my favourite flaw - while I was playing as Scotland I conceded a last minute penalty which could have knocked me out of the tournament. When the penalty was taken the referee blew for full-time before the ball reached the goal line, thus confirming Scotland’s qualification ⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Squakenet]

Nice one! Thanks for sharing!

[@zezii6779]

That intro..so nostalgic.This was the time when we had lots of diferent football games,from Sony,capcom,konami,Sega etc.

[@lucahoffmann5696]

This is the best intro of all time fifa!! Childhood feeling

[@agreatlife3774]

Best FiFA ever.

[@stevenarmstrong3799]

Brings back good memories take me back to these days loved playing this game and res evil

[@dinhomhm]

those days, only one of my cousins had a computer, where we visit him, sleep in his house, playing FIFA 98, Tomb Rider, IGI, ,,, etc nice memories

[@aaronblaze2251]

Holy crap I remember playing this.Take me back to 1999😭❤️

[@Heisenblargh]

I always watched the intro when starting the game xD Got me pumped up as a kid!

[@kudaisiaduntola2523]

Still the best FIFA game by some distance!

[@MOMOMOMOMOMOMOMOM]

Recalled my damn memories! thanks!

[@dnakatomiuk]

Back when you got a full footie game, no online, no loot boxes nothing just a full football game The last FIFA game I ever played and owned I actually loved this game, I loved the PlayStation era before that I had the dreadful FIFA 96. But I also used to play a lot of other footie games Actua Soccor and Addidas Power Soccor with the Predator Shot special move lol

[@philthemustardtiger]

Whoever's decision it was to use Song 2 by Blur as the main theme deserves a damn gold medal

[@neoreloading]

Once, when I was playing this game on my PC, my dad asked if I was watching a recording of a match...a testament to the sophistication of graphics and commentary for its time!

[@tonykambouris6015]

Brings back the best memories 😊 oh to go back to those years. Life was so amazing back then.

[@KarolCud]

The best FIFA ever!!!

[@donjeison]

still best intro ever made

[@Squakenet]

Song 2 helps...

[@AnduNeedle]

The best times of my life. The music from this game will always take me there.

[@nafiskhan8801]

Miss those days 💖 Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤

[@Lil10metros]

Sou de Portugal 🇵🇹

[@franckyboy5417]

Et oui, j'avais 13 ans...j'en ai passé des heures dessus. Que de souvenirs de mon enfance. Merci pour la vidéo.

[@santus07]

I'll never forget when my dad gave me my first Sega genesis game for xmas , and that game was Fifa 1998 👏

[@Lagarenaprohibida]

Brasil is the best ronaldo 9 , and argentina batistuta , good game

[@zaptor3x956]

Victor Manuel Ribero Ronaldo is the portugal

[@michaeltrumph121]

+Zaptor 3X He's talking about the real Ronaldo, not about Cristiano

[@TheLocoporelpes06]

Zaptor 3X idiota

[@Olinocop]

@@zaptor3x956 ahahahahahahahahah

[@leonidas7692]

RWC came out just before Romario's injury that kept him out of his last WC. Was so great to play with him and R9 for Selecao.

[@Doubledeepfried]

Passing back to the keeper still had a "don't do that" memory.. and then the ball went in your own goal. It's still musclememory

[@mattifootballstandard]

I miss this time of my life 😢... Finishing primary school and getting my mum to race me home to play it.

[@Quiyum]

The nostalgia that hit me as I watched this video man Good old days when everything was simpler

[@robertodimolfetta5505]

good to see players don't realize soon they have scored :D thanks for posting :)

[@towsif3793]

fifa 98 is an emotion for many and the intro song is goated

[@semihbozkurt1037]

I was 8 years old. We were playing this game with my brother. He was always selecting brazil. I was selecting colombia with mouse. Good memories. I missed those years so much. And that beautiful brazil's stadium intro. Always chills me:)

[@cortesemseries14952]

FIFA with best soundtrack

[@Sammi_575]

Seriously Fifa 98 ۔۔۔۔i۔missed my that time year 2009 when I was playing this addictedly۔۔ can we back those years۔۔ special years

[@stanleykinyanjui1693]

That match against Argentina was shaolin soccer 😂😂 the sliding tackles 😂😂😂

[@HellAndy1983]

My first PC game

[@mihaitmf]

Oh the first computer game I ever played! I didn't even own a PC at that time, I was playing at a friend's house and I was absolutely fascinated! So much memories, so much nostalgia :(

[@moazemad2056]

i will not gonna forget this memories i was playing by the keyboard and my dad with a mouse we spent a lot of years playing this version and it was our favorite

[@cclarke10able]

Ah man I loved that game. I had it for the Nintendo 64, ruined my exams that year 😂 great video 👍

[@neymarbishal4352]

These graphics are better than fifa mobile 18

[@Ares-mg2nj]

You are joking...have you seen the fifa mobile graphics in 19

[@yannmouy7245]

He said for fifa 18 not 19 mobile

[@dibbsutd]

Best game ever. How you could change the colour on the uniforms was amazing

[@tomsc2007]

This was the first Fifa version I played, so I have good memories of it (mainly about the opening song, Song 2, by Blur)

[@АлистерАквилина]

The best FIFA game ever.

[@mrymex]

best gameplay menu ever..very colourful and very looking good and live... ahh miss those days.

[@Tuttigiu]

That menu graphics & soundtrack is still haunting me. Easily the best look and feel ever.

[@sizzla10]

I remember winning the World Cup with Bangladesh 🇧🇩 so many qualifying rounds in this game it made it so much fun

[@therealgiannis3117]

Imagine we had all those national Teams and Futsal in Fifa 17, Would be incredible

[@familyguyblows]

I tell people, when it comes to games sometimes it’s not the story or the look, sometimes it’s the atmosphere of the entire thing that makes it cool

[@PharaoahMonk]

The music is amazing. The atmosphere. The live colourful commentary. I loved the fact that my country Romania had a really strong team in 98 and i got to play with my favourite players back in the 90's. I was a beast at this game. I still remember what Ctrl-A used to do ;)...Ctr-S and Alt-E if i remember.

[@ogungel2009]

i used to select romania as well, in order to score long distance goals by hagi

[@jimmy_1982]

Best days of my life 😢😢

[@maryamali8946]

Still missing that game my first game on computer

[@airborneassassin6588]

ISS 98 was the daddy of the late 90s.

[@iammituraj]

Batistuta + Crespo + Cannigia FWDs, Simeone in mid, 3-3-4. Perfect Argentina Team 💯💯💯

[@Squakenet]

Was Caniggia still playing at that time!? How old was he? 40!?

[@iammituraj]

Yes. He was rated like 87 If I remember well.

[@andy86i]

Lol the commentary, within 2 minutes you have heard pretty much all that can be said.. he’s got a good football brain this fella...

[@jarrydjacobs626]

I was thirteen. My dad had just bought our first Windows 98 family pc. The Indian guy who built it and sold it to him put this on there. It changed my life forever.