Pre-Owned FIFA 99 Playstation Loose

Product descriptionAll the clubs leagues and cups Over 250 club teams Twleve leagues USA Spain Brazil Italy England France Germany Sweden Scotland Portugal Belgium and the Netherlands Custom Cups and Leagues - play your way European Dream League mode - challenge the best of the best New slide shots new semi-auto goalkeepers dazzling skill moves new lifelike head tracking new traps and tacklesFrom the ManufacturerFIFA 99 is the ultimate soccer game for PlayStation Building upon the great FIFA franchise and developed by the geniuses at EA Sports FIFA 99 offers all the features youve come to expect like tournaments national teams and play-by-play along with all new features Semi-automatic goalkeepers make play easier Over 200 clubs for great fantasy matchups And the ability to set up your own Cups and Leagues make FIFA 99 the soccer game to beat this yearReviewWhen the soccer-on-the-brain Brits at GameSpot UK gave the PC version of FIFA 99 a score of 11 - out of 10 - it surely caused many gamers to set high expectations for the console ports of EA Sports venerable franchise While it cant match the PC in terms of graphics the PlayStation version of FIFA 99 stands out as a soccer game that plays fast and looks good doing itThe FIFA series on the PlayStation has made continuous strides to improve frame rate and game speed FIFA 99 seems to have made the greatest leaps in this category The default speed is very easy on the eyes and when the gameplay speed is cranked to fastest it still runs smoothly Bottom line no choppy animation no sluggish player control no complaints Its a far cry from the PlayStations FIFA days of (relative) old Visually the game has its slight drawbacks Up close players look somewhat blocky and reveal the occasional polygon flicker In some far-away camera views the field textures show cracks Fortunately these cosmetic blemishes are hardly noticeable thanks to the very realistic and eye-pleasing player animations such as when goals are missed or scored Like earlier FIFA titles this game comes fully loaded with options It boasts all the key international soccer leagues teams and players along with the ability to customize anything from cup tournaments to the colors on a players sock This games in-depth team strategies remain intact for players keen on coaching as well as playing FIFA 99 also introduces two smart playing modes that will surely appeal to soccer fans The first is a European dream league mode that pits the best teams from the various leagues against each other The second is a golden goal mode that sets a goal limit between two teams The latter option is a surprisingly great multiplayer mode since it kills the clock - its odd no one thought of this before Once again EA Sports tapped into the alt-rock realm to spruce up a soccer game this time recruiting Fatboy Slims Rockafeller Skank as the games theme song The various song tracks along with accurately timed two-person play-by-play commentary make FIFA 99 an enjoyable listening experience FIFA 99s main shortcomings are for the most part fixable thanks to the games wealth of options The most glaring hole (at least for US gamers) will likely be the fake US league play with non-Major League Soccer teams and players Granted EA Sports doesnt own the rights to MLS but it seems awfully cheesy when generic US teams have to duke it out in Istanbul or Paris Fortunately theres a partial fix for die-hard MLS fans Use the team and player edit modes to rename the teams and players and change their uniform colors Another small blemish is the default difficulty which seems a shade too easy even for beginners You should set the difficulty to professional to get the most realistic feel in terms of AI Another AI gripe is that computer teammates usually play conservatively to a fault Dont expect them to chase after loose balls or foul hard on t