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FIFA 08Ī young Wayne Rooney screamed out from the cover of FIFA 08, while Ronaldinho, at the height of his powers with Barcelona, cracked jokes with someone off-box.įIFA 08 was the first one to include Be a Pro mode, which gave you control of just one play during a match – a bit like an interactive version of Sky Sports’s Player Cam. Extra kudos was awarded if you could recreate Ronaldinho’s famous(ly faked) crossbar challenge YouTube video – the first one ever to reach a million views. FIFA 07įIFA 07 was the first to feature the warm-up area, which allowed you to fire potshots at a goalkeeper on a practice ground while the game loaded. Wayne Rooney and Ronaldinho teamed up for the first of many FIFA covers, while a chemistry system in the game’s revamped Manager Mode planted the seeds for Ultimate Team.Ī special Road to FIFA World Cup edition was also released, which only allowed you to play a qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. John Motson also made his final appearance as commentator, with Clive Tyldesley and Andy Gray taking over. The last FIFA game to actually feature the word ‘football’ in the title, PES was at the height of its powers when FIFA Football 2005 was released, and not even Patrick Viera, Fernando Morientes and Andrei Shevchenko could do anything about it. It was the first one to include lower-league teams, back when League 2 was known as the Third Division and it included Swansea City and Premier League new boys Huddersfield Town. FIFA Football 2004Ī fearsome trio of Thierry Henry, Alessandro Del Piero and Ronaldinho look like they’re running for a bus on the cover of FIFA Football 2004. Meanwhile, Roberto Carlos, Ryan Giggs and former Barnet boss Edgar Davids all gave disapproving looks from the front cover. That all started with FIFA 2003, which was the first one to get broadcast-style highlights at half-time and after the final whistle.
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FIFA Football 2003įIFA’s famous these days for its uncanny recreation of televised footy, full of slow-mo replays and whizzy menus. Thierry Henry took centre stage (the last player to appear alone on the cover until FIFA 17’s Marco Reus) on the front of a game that introduced power bars for passing, giving you more control of your build-up play and marking the point where EA started to take FIFA in a less arcadey direction. Paul Scholes featured on the UK cover but it’s a total coincidence that there was also a button for making bad tackles. FIFA 2001įIFA 2001 was the first to include online play (although only on PC), the first to get player likenesses, and the first to get a power bar for shooting, so you could choose between calmly slotting home or trying to tear the net off. While the UK got Sol Campbell on the cover of FIFA 2000, Italy got Vincenzo Montella, Spain had Pep Guardiola, and American soccer fans picked up copies graced by Eddie Pope.Īs well as over 40 classic teams full of legends from the past, it included Major League Soccer for the first time, when even fewer people cared about it than they do now.
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Goalkeepers were more realistic, though, and you could choose to bring them out to dive at the feet of an advancing striker.
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With the Premier League’s greatest ever player on the cover (that’s Dennis Bergkamp, not Kasey Keller, who appeared on the front of the American version), FIFA 99 had a lot to live up to. RTWC 98 included all 172 national teams and was the first FIFA game to properly implement the offside rule.
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FIFA: Road to World Cup 98Ĭonsidering his status in world football it’s amazing that D-Beck only appeared on the cover of one FIFA game, but he chose a cracker to lend his face to, even if he came back from France ‘98 with a slightly dented reputation. The Frenchman also took on motion capture duties for the game, which was the first to include an indoor mode, something that many people still long for a return of. Newcastle’s David Ginola was the cover star for all European versions of FIFA 97, while Brazilian striker Bebeto was chosen for the rest of the world. It was the first FIFA game to have real player names, although the Brazilian league was out of date and the American teams were entirely made up. The cover of FIFA 96 featured future (short-lived) Crystal Palace manager Frank De Boer, pictured in happier times playing for the Netherlands against a dandruff-free Jason McAteer, the face of Wash & Go shampoo.