World Cup '98 | PS1 | Gameplay

World Cup '98 is a football video game released in 1998 to coincide with that year's FIFA World Cup football tournament, developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts under their EA Sports label. It is the first official FIFA World Cup game developed by EA Sports after obtaining the rights from FIFA in 1997. Unlike the previous World Cup games, which were in 2D and showed a bird's-eye view, World Cup '98 used a 3D engine.

The main feature of the game is the World Cup tournament itself, where the player may use either the actual groups used in the finals, or groups composed of a random selection of the 40 included teams. Each match takes place in a recreation of the venue it was played in the actual tournament. As in the real tournament, group games do not go to extra time or a penalty shootout but knockout matches do.

At the end of each match, a caption shows the man of the match award, and if applicable a clean sheet caption. At the end of the "World Cup" game mode, captions show the winner of the Golden Boot for most goals scored during the tournament and winner of the FIFA Fair Play Award, two awards which are given in the real World Cup.

It is also possible to play friendly matches between any of the teams that are included in the game. At the end of a drawn game the player can choose to finish the match as a draw, play extra time with the golden goal rule, or take part in a penalty shootout.

1-0 | France – Youri Djorkaeff [0:55 - 1:11]
2-0 | France – Didier Deschamps [5:13 - 5:27]
3-0 | France – Stéphane Guivarc'h [6:40 - 6:54]
3-1 | Brazil – Romario [8:10 - 8:27]

Game mode | Friendly
Difficulty | Professional
Match | France - Brazil
Final score | 3-1
Stadium | Stade de France (Saint-Denis)
Console | PlayStation 1
Genre | Sports
Release date | 22 May 1998

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