Was ISS Pro 98 Really Good Enough to Rival FIFA 98?

Before Pro Evolution Soccer (PES), There was International Superstar Soccer Pro 98 (ISS Pro 98). This Konami made football game was released for the PlayStation (PS1) and Nintendo 64 (N64). It was considered a big deal when it was released, many believing it gave FIFA 98 and FIFA 99 a run for their money. In this video, we’re going to take a look at the gameplay, features, and just find out why International Superstar Soccer Pro 98 was one of the best soccer games released in the 90’s.
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Gameplay
03:27 Menus
04:21 Other Games Modes
05:11 Fun with Commentators
06:19 Customization
07:10 Summary
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[@RetroSamBam]

Thank you so much for watching! Please remember to give the video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it, and please subscribe if you want to see more awesome gaming nostagia! What was your favourite PS1 or N64 football / soccer game? If you say Michael Owen's World League Soccer, then you are a liar!

[@7kurisu]

i remember road to WC98 being a flop, and fifa's turbo button being like NBA jam, it was hands down ISS PRO 98!

[@sovo1212]

I played FIFA 98 on my PC to death, loved it back in the day. But word was spreading fast about a little game called Winning Eleven 3 (ISS 98 in the west), that I wasn't able to play because I didn't have a PSX, nor friends who owned it. A while later my little brother got one, and by then WE4 was out. I fell in love with it, so much I upgraded my PC with the sole objective of playing it through Virtual Game Station (a legendary PSX emulator, that even won a legal battle against Sony). So FIFA 98 was a very well done game, in retrospective though, WE3 was way better. To answer your question, ISS Pro Evolution is one of the games I played the most in my entire life. I played it for years, until the first native WE game for PC was released (WE7). I also played WE 2000 U23 and 2002, but these aimed to be more "realistic" by adding more randomness, IMHO this resulted in worse gameplay compared to WE4/ISSPE.

[@King_Ears]

It was way better than FIFA imo

[@RetroSamBam]

It really was such a great game!

[@TheoDJ23]

That's exactly what I wanted to say, and then saw your comment. ISS Pro Evolution 2 and PES 2 are also masterpieces. Fun to play to this day.

[@TheRealAhoy]

All iss/Pro Evo games ruled more than FIFA

[@exelmans8855]

@@TheRealAhoy The Truth.

[@mesicek7]

Exactly. PC Gamers didn't realize how far ahead the ISS series was back then. I remember being mindblown when i got my hands on ISS:Pro Evo

[@SuperMillwall]

ISS Pro 98 was MILES ahead of FIFA at that time. Even today ISS Pro 98 is very playable and enjoyable, it holds up well. You try play FIFA 98 or any FIFA from around this era and it doesn’t hold up well at all. ISS Pro/PES dominated FIFA over the PS1/PS2 generation. Wasn’t until the PS3/Xbox 360 era when FIFA finally took over from PES.

[@RetroSamBam]

Totally agree! When playing ISS Pro 98 for this video, I was amazed at just how great it still feels to play. Like you said, it really has held up well over the years!

[@plipogamez3173]

Check out FIFA 07

[@jamiehayes5888]

Agree 👍

[@dwaynedibley997]

Fifa World Cup 2002 on ps2 was the start of fifa destroying pro evo in my opinion

[@ElBloeTigre]

​@@dwaynedibley997I had that. It was shit. I regretted not getting ISS.

[@lasmudge424]

FIFA 98 made me move to ISS permanently and I didn’t play it again till fifa 2019 and it was still crap all bells and whistles. The pro evolution series were some of the best football games ever made.

[@augustinepokoo4619]

Fifa 12 & 14 were good ..game play was like iss pro

[@Antwalls92.]

You calling FIFA 98 trash is like people calling NBA 2K 11 trash that FIFA is the benchmark for all of the 3-D football games today. Do you know that right? that FIFA is considered by many to be one of the best FIFAs of all time so I don’t know what you’re smoking.

[@lasmudge424]

If your name is anything to go off you would have been six in 98 so your opinion means little.Pro evolution was setting the standard back then all fifa had was more official licensing which is a distant second to actual gameplay. In recent years FIFA has always been more popular doesn’t mean any better and both games have had ups and downs.

[@Antwalls92.]

@@lasmudge424 you don’t know shyt that’s my sons birth year.

[@Antwalls92.]

@@lasmudge424 reviews say otherwise

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

Iss pro evolution/evolution 2 was the peak of playability for me.

[@piafounetMarcoPesenti]

Indeed

[@seanboi8734]

All about Ronaldo with his blue boots

[@robertocurrlos7470]

Pro evolution soccer 3😊legendary

[@RockyScorcese]

Pro Evo 5 for me

[@amransaddique7009]

Pro evolution soccer 3 -the gold standard!

[@danpreston564]

The N64 version was an entirely different game, designed and made by a different developer. I had both, and loved them both dearly. I had all the PS versions. ISS Pro, ISS Pro 98, ISS Pro Evolution and into the Pro Evolution series on PS2. The details, the through balls, the ability to chip the keeper, to fake shot and side step the keeper when 1 on 1, the glorious checked shirts of the Croatians. All of it was just wonderful.

[@user-kw5ov3fw8t]

Which is better

[@markmorris7123]

​@@user-kw5ov3fw8tN64 version..By a mile..ISS 2000 on n64 is even better

[@Snooker007]

N64 was good like Aye it was a different game enit compared to PlayStation lol Got to around 2006 stopped playing Had 2017 on ps4 but online lagged too much Ethernet setup on ps5 and the free online download & I’m back on it now.. L1 & X one twos, Chipping over keeper is a lot harder tho lol the side step 🔲 + X isn’t the same as in not as easy

[@wowcbi]

N64 version wasn't all that

[@danpreston564]

@@wowcbi aren't subjective opinions a wonderful thing.

[@salihsalih4165]

This was my childhood game .. we used to be up till 3am playing this game everyday .. it was way ahead of fifa at the time .. the year with Adriano in it when you can score from 35 yards out top bins finesse.. trully miss this game I'm so glad you did a video about it

[@BB-ck7xe]

It was the little things that made ISS great, like how running with the ball actually felt like running, and striking the ball actually felt like it had weight and impact. The physics were way ahead of anything FIFA was producing at the time.

[@draculaman]

I always joke with my mates that like cutting a tree and counting it's rings, you can roughly tell what generation someone is in based on whether they use Classic or Alternate control schemes in FIFA, since most people using Alternate probably grew up in the era when Pro Evo was consistently considered the best game by miles

[@TheDude69]

100% I still use alternative. Only starting using the joystick instead of d-pad a couple of years ago 😂 🦕

[@liamskywalker6591]

💯 percent correct! Alternate till I die lol

[@forgedfulton4377]

Absolutely!! I'm pretty sure that Fifa23 had a bug where you couldn't switch to alternate when playing two player. The amount of goals I've lost 😢 Nothing worse when you're through 1v1 and you cross it!

[@AlanMichaelVella]

I have livid memories with my uncle, playing this game every Sunday at grandmother's. Such fun times back then

[@sibee3389]

Forgot how much I loved and played this game on the N64

[@Chriswatney]

ISS Pro Evolution 2 on PS1 was the greatest. Today, I only play PES 2018 - the nearest modern equivalent ever made… still play it today, 6 years later….

[@makan1568]

Is PES 2018 pretty close to ISS Pro 2 ? I stopped playing PES in 2001. It was not the same anymore so that why I have hard time to move from ISS pro 2 because it’s just perfect. And I don’t care about graphics. The gameplay it’s unbeatable.

[@Chriswatney]

@@makan1568 For me, it is - But everyones different I guess... But gameplay wise - PES 2018 is brilliant. PES got steadily worse ever since 18 though. Definitely worth trying 2018 if you can find it..

[@bazdougall]

​@Chriswatney still play pes 2018 vanilla fun gameplay and e football 21, but my e football is heavily modded football life and I have added almost all stadiums for every league

[@torlasd]

There was a game that released on 11 of May in 1999 and a lots of us from the community still consider that game to be a king of all football games...ISS Pro Evolution...Nothing more...I still remember the day I got hands on that thing when I was 10 on my PS1...I played it all day and night, got grounded and punished from parents a gazillion of times...That thing felt like it was forged from gods!

[@RetroSamBam]

I've never actually played ISS Pro Evolution but I've added it to my list to play in the near future. No doubt it's an awesome game! Especially if guys consider it the best 😁

[@glemonsbhatkin514]

@@RetroSamBam Defo play it. ISS Pro Evo 2 is slightly more polished. All 3 are quite similar.

[@gazp4147]

Where is this community. I thought I was the only one! Never been bettered, it still has things in it today that just work better than whats followed. If there was ever a game I'd want a remake of its this. Just make it prettier and sharper.

[@dirkb9788]

Iss 98 for the N64 is the best Football game of the 90's

[@Kenneth-cn8dx]

Pity about the crap controller

[@Dr._J]

The controller is awesome.

[@Kenneth-cn8dx]

@@Dr._J as bad as the atari jaguar. Cumbersome and unnecessary. PS1 controller was perfect

[@peterstuyvesant9815]

​@@Kenneth-cn8dxsounds like a skill issue to me 😂

[@Kenneth-cn8dx]

@@peterstuyvesant9815 wouldn't touch the n64 version with a bargepole. PS1 is all you need

[@GuruJamz]

Great video, this was such a fun watch! Soo many memories came flooding back 😭 I still use PES controls to this day even with the recent domination of FIFA, that’s how ‘foundational’ it is to my football gaming lol

[@sportsnuttertv9598]

Such memories. The emotions of the platters brings back fond memories indeed. Fifa was no comparison to any ISS game until 2014 I think, maybe 2012.

[@Destiny51090]

Omg I have been trying to unlock this memory for years thank you ❤️

[@RetroSamBam]

No worries! Thanks for watching 😁

[@darthwiizius]

Best Football game ever. When your best goal ever wasn't the bicycle kick scored by your in game Beckham creation from inside your own half but with the in game "Phillip Naville" that you juggled the ball through the defence with then scored a Bergkamp goal of the season with, then, just then, you realise it's the best football sim OAT.

[@RetroSamBam]

Absolutely! This game is brilliant!

[@darthwiizius]

@@RetroSamBam I played ISS98 a lot.

[@exelmans8855]

The best was ISS Deluxe on SuperNes.

[@darthwiizius]

@@exelmans8855 I can't say mate, I never played it.

[@khoderergin9816]

The electric guitar intro was so awesome!

[@casmartin790]

I've watched a couple of your videos and I'm absolutely loving your work mate! You're pumping out videos of phenomenal quality and I've enjoyed every single one, keep smashing it Mate 👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🤝🏾

[@RetroSamBam]

Thanks Cas, really appreciate it! glad to read that you're enjoying my videos 😁

[@deadlypalms]

Amazing. Need to go back to this. We used to have bespoke tournaments in our office (it was a games dev). Miss the days of getting early copies of Winning Eleven and 'smashee speedo' commentary.

[@FootballDrawn]

I was old enough for FIFA 98. I can't say it enough, but it was revolutionary by the standards of the time. ISS Pro (or Winning 11) at the time was amazing too. That being said, the gameplay of both were soooooooo different to each other that it just felt like 2 different games. Eventually FIFA and later on PES got close enough in terms of gameplay in early-2000's...and that's where the true rivalry started. Brilliant video ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

[@revieboy]

Great video. A groundbreaking game at the time, I loved the graphics, the players also felt so responsive but also the size of the players was bigger compared to other games then and they had a real physical element to them. You could also recognise individual players, it felt so colourful to me

[@glemonsbhatkin514]

Who can forget... "GEAGS". Iss Pro Evolution (Game after) was the greatest on PS1.

[@niallio77]

I had it, and FIFA Road To World Cup '98. ISS Evo was miles better; played it for at least 2 years solid.

[@glemonsbhatkin514]

@@niallio77 I think ISS EVO 2 was even better - just!

[@gazp4147]

​@glemonsbhatkin514 I disagree, I think they slowed it down and it lost a certain something but it's a very close second.

[@robhaddock2034]

The through ball mechanic was essential and really helped it stand apart. Such a great game

[@StrongandConditioned]

The lofted through ball as well which made its appearance in Pro 98. Pulling it off sent a rush of ecstasy through your spine

[@gazp4147]

​@@StrongandConditionedthat mechanic has never been bettered. Neither has the dummy on the goalie and the centre back, the dummy letting the ball pass through your legs, fighting to win/defend a header at a corner, slide tackles, double square for chip, volleying, half volleying, the refereeing, I could go on.

[@Benny-zh2xt]

Brilliant video on an awesome game Ahhh the memories probably one of the few original ps1 games I had before chipping and burning became all the rage

[@TrevorSports]

Excellent review, really enjoyed that! 👏👏👏

[@RetroSamBam]

Thanks for watching Trevor! Really glad you enjoyed it 😁

[@Rossa4444]

I remember seeing this on the shelf at Xtra-Vision and renting it so many times. What a time it was

[@hughjass8430]

Ah, Xtravision. Loved the weekend rental rate. Finished so many games over a 2 night rental, saved £1000s!

[@laceks]

I played football video games almost daily basis between 1995-2005. In this ten years ISS / Pro Evo was always way better than FIFA, beyond question.

[@RetroSamBam]

Konami's games really were more fun to play!

[@prodigy84bg]

@@RetroSamBam They still are.

[@Bauhotte]

Loved it! So much fun!

[@neiltucker80]

Great review and funny,I bought this game in MVC in 1998 and loved it it still gets played every now and then 🕹️

[@RetroSamBam]

Thanks Neil, glad you enjoyed the video 😁

[@argylemad]

This game was easily the best of its time, waaaay ahead of Fifa, and the franchise continued to be until about Fifa 11/12. Me and my Dad had so much fun playing this, thank you for the hit of nostalgia!

[@TrueFilter]

Exactly. What an odd question.

[@Snooker007]

lol yeh playing it with my step dad n mates Beating him with Nigeria Good years

[@argylemad]

@Snooker007 Nigeria were the best because of their pace, you just run past your opponents defence so easily 😃

[@DNH84]

Great video which really showcases the game. I was lucky enough to get a PS1 for Christmas in 1997 and FIFA '98 was the first game I bought for it. Loved the ease of gameplay and the indoor 5-a-side option, as well as the licensed teams and qualifying for the World Cup. Then a few months later, a demo appeared on the Official PlayStation Magazine for ISS Pro '98 and I was immediately hooked - spent hours playing that demo trying to beat Brazil as France. Got the game for Christmas 1998 and forgot all about FIFA.

[@chidip88]

Dude, exactly the same for me! Was it the Best Sports Games of '99 edition?? That demo got played to death. Kept it for years lol

[@RetroSamBam]

Yessss! Thr demo in the Official PlayStation magazine is where it started for me too!

[@TheBosmanViewing]

This was such a great nostalgia hit for me! Great video and I am now a new subscriber 😃👍

[@RetroSamBam]

Thanks for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video 😁

[@Linkonpark100]

What sold me were the ball challenges. In the old FIFA, the players would just pass through their opponents holding the ball. ISS had players on the ball trying to hold off their defending opponent when they’re beside them. Even the defenders would actually soft tackle the ball from the attacker.

[@matthewrotter6851]

ISS 64 and ISS 98 were awesome games.

[@james2651]

I never played this game, but did play International Superstar Soccer Deluxe on the SNES - A LOT. It was much harder to score goals in open play - the easiest way was to run down the wing and then do a sort of sliding shot from the wing. If you timed it right, the ball would hit the underside of the crossbar and go in. ISS Pro 98 looks like a HUGE upgrade.

[@RetroSamBam]

I never got to play ISS Deluxe on the SNES but can imagine it being a ton of fun! ISS Pro 98 feels very polished compared to its predecessor (on the PlayStation at least!). I would recommend giving it a go, it still feels great to play today 😁

[@louis84100]

was there a Nintendo team to choose from that wore black? I'm sure there was

[@mesicek7]

Was that the one where you could curl the ball by pressing right/left on the dpad during set pieces? I remember playing one version where you could score straight from the corner.

[@sasgot]

@@louis84100No, that’s Super Soccer.

[@sasgot]

@@mesicek7That’s right, in ISS Deluxe you could bent your shots, corners etc. It had everything. It’s the perfect football game of the 2D era. Way better than any FIFA and a huge upgrade to its predecessor ISS (without Deluxe).

[@andyf8704]

ISS Pro was one of the best football games ever made. Today in comparison to present day football games, it brings simplicity and smoothness.

[@koncorde]

For me, from around 1997 it took until about 2012 for FIFA to even come close, and 2014 was the first time I ever thought "this is markedly better". Everything PES1 through PES9 were unparalleled.

[@eldictator1]

Essentially fifa was so bad at one point they pretty much decided to copy and paste pro evo style, then it became playable until PE slipped a little then fifa took the crown

[@liamskywalker6591]

Blew my mind back in 98, honesty in top 3 football games of all time.

[@okechukwumbachu3770]

International Superstar Soccer (ISS) metamorphosised into Winning Eleven then Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)… These made my childhood memories fun filled 🥰🤩

[@BullDawg93]

Great memories playing this. Real nostalgic!

[@musician4776]

This was the first game I ever bought on my N64. I always remember the substitution commentary 'fresh blood is coming on', always sounded like 'Bruce Lard is coming on' when I was 9. Great game.

[@dilbertfish]

Thank you for the laugh. 😂

[@Topsey2000]

This game was not on the N64

[@pspolygons]

Great video mate. Subscribed. :)

[@RetroSamBam]

Thanks bud, really appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed the video 😁

[@pesryu5784]

I played this game three hours everyday in my childhood. Amazing game!

[@gabrielcoelho19]

This one brings back a lot of sweet memories ;)

[@dilbertfish]

Does anyone remember Adidas Power Soccer? I loved the commentary quotes such as 'Whack!' , 'there's snow on the pitch' and the classic 'he took the man not the ball'.

[@doctorvonbrown881]

Hah yes I do! The crazy power moves which were basically impossible to save. The goalie would catch the ball but still end up hopping backwards into the net. Do you recall the cheat which changed the commentary to two northern lasses? That was an amusing game, but not to be played as seriously as Pro Evo.

[@seanstevenson8409]

The manual passing and shooting on the N64 version made it a completely different game to me and set it head and shoulders above FIFA. Where the game almost dictated the through ball / pass / shot for you normally taking the manual option made the game so much more realistic (I appreciate looking at the graphics now that seems implausible 😂)

[@RetroSamBam]

I never played the N64 version, but do remember manual passing in Pro Evo. It was always fun to annoy friends with once mastered 😂 I'm guessing it was the same in this 😁

[@marksimons4223]

The N64 and PlayStation versions of ISS were actually totally different games made by different development teams, the N64 version was a little more arcade-like than ISS on the PSX. The N64 version had 3 releases 64, 98 and 2000. It got at least one game on the GameCube before being canned. The development team behind the PSX version went on to make the PS2 versions of ProEvo iirc. Kinda wild to me that Konami back then had two dev teams doing 2 different football games!

[@marksimons4223]

Oh the penalty system on the N64 versions was actually brilliant

[@makan1568]

Jesus I never play this game on N64

[@danpreston564]

The N64 version, although it looks terrible these days, was just mind blowing at the time. The extra buttons on the N64 controller made the control scheme really deep but still really accessible. The ability to juggle the ball and flick it over the heads of defenders as a way to beat a packed defence was just not seen in other games of the time. The amazing flying headers from corners were always a joy, and the brilliant scenario mode, using real life game situations was just so much fun.

[@beanoit]

Cool video man. I have an addiction to retro football games and this is defo a classic. I would love to see you cover the n64 version of this game as it is an entirely different game and engine. In fact the N64 and Ps1 games may share the same name but they are almost a different series. The n64 engine is what survived into the ps2 and gamecube ISS games Whilst PES was going too. Really strange For Konami to have two different studios making football games of the same name but play completely different on each console.

[@RetroSamBam]

Thanks Beanoit, glad you enjoyed the video 😁 someone else mentioned in the comments that the N64 version was completely different as well and I honestly had no idea. I'll add it to my list and definitely do a video of it in the near future. Really interested to see how different it is to the PS version 🤔 Also, thanks for the info, really interesting stuff 😁

[@shunglefilms]

Incredible game. Crossing and lofted through balls were amazing and the goals were really satisfying. Many a game against my brother ended with 5-4 and a huff and rage quitting.

[@dannytickner3040]

FIFA was known to be behind PES and ISS pro back in the day. Then licenses made a difference to sales. I still personally believe e football plays better than fifa. Thanks for the video. Great memories

[@chrishaswell4405]

Wow.. this takes me back ..completely forgot how great this game actually was .

[@MM-mt3rx]

Peak footy gaming there. Pure flashbacks!!!😊

[@SuperSteve101]

Everyone had their own play styles - the gameplay was that fluid.

[@jadoc3767]

Luis Enrique once said he played ISS Pro with the Spanish National Team's players. He said he preferred ISS because of its authentic gameplay.

[@wandererslegion]

The ability to dribble goalkeepers and score goals with a lob was, I believe unrivaled at the time. Didn't play FIFA back then in 98,99,2k though. Had many afternoons playing ISS Pro co op with a friend attempting to achieve a season without defeats and minimal draw matches

[@andyhughes8433]

Loved this game on PS1. Gameplay was revolutionary

[@nasagoal]

loved IsS on PS1, but on N64 ISS 64 and ISS98 were completely different games, and even better, especially graphically on a different level of course

[@Khan-im5vm]

Loving this series the faces good form or bad form so good the game was fantastic

[@jasa6732]

This looks more fun than any football game today

[@asnowman8094]

A friend and I would write down the scores which teams we were using and play at least one day of the weekend for 12 hours. (playing and drinking sessions) We'd build our own teams and bring them on our memory cards throughout the Pro Evo games. We were evenly matched with us generally being within a handful of games of each other after hitting 5k matches per version. I eventually went online won a lot of tournaments all those hours made for a strong foundation when playing other randoms online :) Ps when building a team to play my mate. I'd always sim the first five seasons then look at who's stats had improved and were still going up then sign all those players to my club team and make their stats rise even higher through playing against the computer. it was possible to go above 99 in some of the games :) (think I topped out Andy Carrol at 104 when he was a kid) XD

[@mrbuckles283]

Class, I used to make an entire custom team. hate to think how many hours I had one this with my mates.

[@LouisOrlando90]

I remember geting ISS 2 in year 6. Then getting the first PES on my ps2.. family friend used to look after me and my brother and we would just play all night. Good times. Pes 4 was a game changed when you could edit the boots to look like nike ones 😂

[@snipedotgenius]

Iss pro was the game that started my football console games career..

[@flymofoisthebest3885]

This game still looks solid they should remaster it

[@riskieguy]

Excellent game. There was a deluxe version if I remember? This game made me switch from fifa up until pro evo 3. Playing football games after that on consoles kind of came to end for me then. Great times!

[@RetroSamBam]

It really was a golden age for football games around that time! Great times indeed 😁

[@BeatsDownGaming]

Every ISS and Pro Evo football game was better than every FIFA game of that times. Wasn't even close.

[@DeanWhipper]

I always see people talk about ISS 98, which admittedly was fucking amazing, but nobody ever seems to talk about ISS2000, which as best I could tell was better in every way. It even has a good, if not kinda weird, career mode.

[@matthiaskeck7874]

Same feeling, that everyone only talks about '98. I had '64 and '00 Versions and I liked both. I even mastered the career mode with several players with the best possible stats.

[@airmax90_king93]

I'll never ever ever ever forget this game

[@serbe323]

I had a lot of fun with that game as a kid

[@millie2079]

Pro Evo 98 was CLASS!!! there was an African dude, forget his name, lightning quick. You could put him in your team and he'd outrun everyone. Used to get home from work, have a few spliffs, beers, bowl of peanuts, tunes on and play this until midnight.

[@unclem7816]

Loved this game when i was younger.

[@Rusty135uk]

Omg!!! I loved ISS pro games... My dad hated FIFA games and would only play ISS pro... I played them all back on the playstation... Even tho now I played FIFA, started playing FIFA 04... I can't shoot with cycle button... I have to change it to square... Pro Evo back then was amazing.. pro Evo 4 was the best, loved the gameplay, Aresnal had the best team

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

good video, although it wasn't on n64. A separate development team within Konami (Konami Osaka) made a completely different game to the ps1 versions. The only similarity between the two games was the ISS branding and Ravanelli on the cover art looking like he's going to nut Paul Ince

[@RetroSamBam]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video. Also, thanks for the extra info! Someone mentioned in the comments that the N64 version had manual passing as well which I don't think was on the PlayStation version.

[@expyro]

Manual passing has always been an option. And still is.. today they are called FUMA players... Full Manual

[@Krash-ix9]

First footy game I ever owned and it was awesome! This and Libero Grande 👌

[@markaldridge2552]

What a game brings back memories this

[@eddieburgin]

International Superstar Soccer was epic!! I loved that game!!

[@gerardoconnor1010]

Back then iss was heads above the rest…the R Carlos run up to a free kick and Z Zidanes bald patch..the details were top notch

[@rossjames1915]

Much better, early ISS Pro/Evo games so good. Names might not have been correct but player likenesses, through balls and general gameplay were so much better 👌🏻

[@funitoAoE]

ISS 98 on N64 was fantastic, way better than FIFA 98 and 99. Something very fun was that it got a create players mode with random attributes, so if you tried a million times you could get players once in a while with perfect or almost perfect values 😂

[@doctorvonbrown881]

Such fun times, we used to bet money on matches. My friend used to spam through balls a lot, it was annoying how successfull he was with it and how much money i lost. I loved the one on N64 also, and then obviously pro Evo on Ps2 with number 3 being my favourite. I could easily play it today and the magic would come back like that! Also loved CO OP mode and trying to win cups on the hardest difficulty setting. These days i dont play these games anymore, but still love a game of Rocket leauge. Definitely not a Fifa player.

[@richdan777]

Nostalgia overload 😂😂😂

[@The_Manc]

I loved ISS and pro evo i still cant believe how bad it is now, they were producing a better game than fifa every year i dont know if it was an engine issue or what but i had so much fun with this as a kid. Will always remember Edgar Davids and Adriano on the later editions absolute beasts and so fun to play with, me and my bro used to play the world all stars v euro all stars over and over and it never got boring.

[@jrprentice1000]

i was first introduced to the series in the summer of 94. A house party at a friends, i was 14, ISS on snes, id never played on a snes, i spent literally all night playing it against various people and had no interest in hitting on whatever girls were there. im now 43 and still love playing, although now i play pes 2020 with updated teams and kits form an ebay seller. konami have screwed up in my opinion going down the road of payed for online gimics. back in the day each new game, i would spend hours updating the teams and kits and club names as best i could, spending hour upon hour editing before id even consider playing a match. Pes is like a religion for me, but the faith is fading. one of the highlights of older games was being able to add your own chants for the crowds which was class, being a united fan and playing the game with the fans chanting, nemanja nemanja he comes from serbia, nemanja nemanja he'll f##king murder ya was hilarious. wouldn't get that in fifa!! they removed that option some years ago

[@RetroSamBam]

That's amazing to read you've been playing since as far back as the SNES! Talking about spending hours and hours editing everything has unlocked a lovely memory for me. It was truly amazing just how customizable everything was in the series. The ability to edit everything in great detail from formations to even the teams badge was huge amounts of fun and definitely gave the series a certain warm charm that was never apparent in any of the Fifa games. It's a shame they removed the chants but they were brilliant when we had them 😂

[@AffectedArea]

The two ISS games on SNES and the one on PS were awesome. And that commentator...

[@Kirk690_0]

me an my friends did the exact same !every time a new edition came out we would spend hours customising all the names an kits before we even kicked a ball! good times

[@rga1605]

I remember this was fun, I had FIFA World Cup, and I liked to play with the licensed teams, but ISS had more fluid gameplay; also ISS Deluxe for SNES became a meme in Brazil with Allejo.

[@GIBBO4182]

ISS used to be way better than FIFA up until FIFA 2010. That was the game that definitely turned me to FIFA

[@hooper1605]

brilliant game, cheers for good memories

[@jameslindsay5889]

Yeah i played this a lot back in the day. Anyone remember This is football?? Loved the freekicks in that game. Think you could dive in TIF too. Damn im getting old.

[@ReeceDee]

I've never liked football games... but Fifa 98 was the only one I absolutely loved. Crazy. It just had something about it

[@JcoolV]

Wow, can't believe how good it still looks

[@RetroSamBam]

It still feels amazing to play as well!

[@derekathomson]

I loved ISS Pro 98. Fifa was crappy button bashing whereas ISS allowed you to run past players and create opportunities. It was way more fun. I went ont to play Pro Evolutions Soccer 2 also. The legendary player, Claudio Cannigia, was an amazing player to play on the wing. He would glide past the oppostion to set up many opportunities for your strikers.

[@hmq9052]

Games with your mates were epic and thriling battles of attrition. Think you could slide tackle the keeper as well if you were losing and fancied having a meltdown

[@SweetT79]

ISS had stamped its mark 2 yrs prior and they just got better better, I was terrible at this version, I sadly struggled to score despite being very good on the previous versions. By 2007 FIFA had certainly stepped up and gradually took over

[@PatuchiGamer]

I remember endless hours playing this game.

[@adamreed3457]

I played them both , both had a good game liked them both!

[@turns2ashes]

Loved this game, I always played ISS and pro evo over fifa until PES dropped off

[@RetroSamBam]

The series really was awesome! It's such a shame that it dropped off... Thinking about it now though, I can't remember how 🤔 The rivalry between the two games was legendary

[@wrutherfordx3x]

The last version of ISS or Pro Evo on the PS1 is still one of the best football games out there. When it moved on to PS2, it was a totally different game. Felt like the players were on rails. But the PS1 version was just magic. Very fluid. Great 2 player action.

[@w1ldw1ldw1ld]

it was perfect. amazing game, that still plays a great game. wish they would re-release so playable on switch/ps5.

[@poorditor]

I was way ahead with my N64, I got the Japanese J League version of the game before the PAL release came out. Pretty sure it played a bit faster as well at 60 hz.

[@danielofee9848]

Not only was it fantastic, but it also came with a Metal Gear Solid demo. Great memories 👌