FIFA 97, also known as FIFA Soccer 97, is an Electronic Arts football game developed by EA Canada. The PC version arrived in June 1996, followed by PlayStation, SNES, Mega Drive, and Sega Saturn versions.
FIFA 97 is the fourth game in the FIFA series and the second to use the Virtual Stadium engine. Unlike the first game to use the engine, FIFA 97 features polygonal players as opposed to the 2D sprites used in FIFA Soccer 96. The MS-DOS, Windows, and PlayStation versions were criticized for being sluggish.
Frenchman David Ginola (then a Newcastle United player) was pictured on the cover of the game in the European market. He was also used for motion capture for the polygonal models in the game, while Brazilian Bebeto was on the cover for the Americas and Asia-Pacific markets.
FIFA 97 is abandonware and no longer sold or supported by its publishers. Files are archived here for these platforms:
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