International Superstar Soccer 98

Not to be confused with International Superstar Soccer Pro 98.
International Superstar Soccer 98

North American Nintendo 64 cover art
Developer(s) Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka
Publisher(s) Konami
Director(s) Yasuo Okuda
Producer(s) Katsuya Nagae
Platform(s) Nintendo 64
Release date(s)
  • JP June 4, 1998
  • EU September 1, 1998
  • NA September 15, 1998
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

International Superstar Soccer 98 (officially abbreviated as ISS 98 and known as Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France '98 in Japan) is a football video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka which was released exclusively for the Nintendo 64. Alongside International Superstar Soccer Pro 98 developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (KCET), the games were released at the same time.

Although it lacked FIFPro licence, it featured Italian striker Fabrizio Ravanelli along with German goalkeeper Andreas Koepke (on German release) and Paul Ince (on British release) on the cover. The cover of the North American version featured Colombian player Carlos Valderrama, and the game featured licence from Reebok to use their logos in adboards and the Chilean kits.

The PlayStation version was called International Superstar Soccer Pro 98, and was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo as a completely different game.

Features

Content

Due to the date of release, the game focuses on 1998 FIFA World Cup and includes each qualified team plus more. Every team which participated in tournament has home, away and goalkeeper World Cup official kits featuring manufacturer logos and national emblems and the rest has those used in qualifications. In the European version, the squads are in accordance with official 1998 FIFA World Cup squads as well. Teams that did not qualify have line-ups from the qualifiers (in the North American version, all teams have lineups from the qualifiers). However the players' names are misspelled due to the lack of a FIFPro license, though they have their actual numbers, appearance, age, height, weight and abilities. In the European version, the game has more sponsors other than Reebok, such as Apple and Continental AG, which appear in adboards.

The Japanese version was an officially licensed World Cup product and included accurate player names, though stylised with Japanese text.

Game modes

International Superstar Soccer 98 featured 6 different game modes:

Teams

52 national teams are featured in the game, in addition to six All-Star teams, only accessible through a cheat code.

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