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S O C C E R ' 9 9
Version 0.4 (Jan 7th 1999)
By : Stephan Lee (liewanto@mailcity.com)
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Copyright protected.1998.All right reserved.This FAQs is written by the author.
No part of this could be reproduced without the prior writer's permission.
This Faq is allowed for individual use but not for commercial use or publishing.
No part of this FAQs could be re-edited without the writer's permission.Any
enquires or additional info about the game may contact the author through
email liewanto@mailcity.com. Fifa Soccer '99 developed by EA Sport. Reach
their page at www.easports.com.
This FAQs is original and based on the author's own experiences and
strategies. Any tips and strategies are welcomed to submit.
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Revision History
- Ver 0.4 (Jan 7th 1999) : adding some info & tips.
- Ver 0.3 (Jan 2nd 1999) : adding Fifa'99 cheat in Tips & Tricks Section.
- Ver 0.2 (Dec 30th 1998) : adding more tips & ticks, music info.
- Ver 0.1 (Dec 25th 1998) : First FAQs, General Info & Music info.
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Table of Contents
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1. Introducing the game
2. Features
3. Setting up the game
4. Game Mode
5. Team Management
6. Edit your players & teams
7. Playing the game
a. basic moves/offense
b. defense
c. heading
d. volleying
e. skills
f. goalkeeper
g. deadball position
h. penalty kick
8. Tips & tricks
9. Music
10. Acknowledgement
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1. INTRODUCING THE GAME
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Fifa Soccer '99 is one of the 1999 sport series released by EA Sports,
(the other are Nhl 99, Nascar 99, Nfl 99, Knockout Kings, Nba 99 and
PGA Tour featuring Tiger Woods)
Fifa Soccer '99 recently released for Playstation at 25th Nov 1998
This is the fifth series of Fifa Soccer released in Playstation.
I have played Fifa 96, Fifa 97, Fifa 98, World Cup 98 and i think
Fifa '99 are the best because of its feature and seems to be more
easier to be played (you can score more easily), The Graphic are
great with some lightning effect, and featured by some cool music.
At last i have nothing to say. Buy it and enjoy the spirit of
Soccer. Ciao !!
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2. FEATURES
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- Official Release Date : 25th November 1998 (PSX)
- Play as and against 250 Club teams from the greatest Leagues
in the world. Including USA, Spain,England, Brazil, Italy, France,
Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Scotland, Belgium and Netherlands Leagues.
- Players now have different heights (even not really "different")
- 19 new high class stadiums around the world. There are Kiev(Dynamo Kyiv)
Lisbon(Benfica), Liverpool(Liverpool), London(Arsenal), Madrid(Real-
Madrid or Atletico), Old Trafford(Manchester United), Milan(AC Milan or
Inter), Monaco(AS Monaco), Munich(Bayern Munich), Paris(Paris St Germain),
Rotterdam(Feyenoord), Trondheim(Rosenborg), Turin(Juventus),
Barcelona(Barcelona), Copenhagen(Brondby), Istanbul(Galatasaray),
Gottenburg(FC Gotenborg), Dortmund(Borussia Dormund), and Glasgow
(Glasgow Rangers)*The Teams the brackets is using the stadium as
their home stadium*
- New real-time lighting effects give players an unprecedented level
of realism & improved control make your player handling the ball easily.
- EA SPORTS' vision of the future-Play competition of the best club teams
in Europe. A league with the best teams in Europe consisting of
AC Milan, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Brondby,
Dortmund, Dynamo Kiev, Feyenoord, Galatasaray, Gotenborg, Rosenborg
Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool,Manchester United, Monaco,
Paris St. Germain, Rangers, Real Madrid.
- Bringing the game into life with player head-tracking, in-stadium
lighting, night games, and improved player animations.
- 1-8 players & dual shock/analog controller compatible
- Create and play in your own Cups and Leagues - select between
2 to 24 teams and apply a cup or league structure to test your
soccer skills.
- New Semi-Automatic goal keepers will allow you to tell the keeper
when to run out for the ball.
- Holland International Dennis Bergkamp will be featured in the box.
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3. SETTING UP THE GAME
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- Match Select Screen : Go to the Match Select Screen to choose a game
mode, set options, edit teams, or load a saved game.
- Options Menu : The Options Menu is comprised of 3 sections: Match
Options, Gameplay Options, and Audio/Visual Options. Select the tabs
on the right to go to the desired screen.
- Match Options : Use this screen to set your match options, including
length of half, clock options, weather conditions, and more.
- Gameplay Options : Use this screen to set the difficulty level and
set up rules on the field. Options include: Offsides, Injuries,
Referee Strictness, Substitutions, Fatigue, and more.
- Audio/Visual Options : Sets your sound and screen options.
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4. GAME MODE
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- Friendly Match : A friendly match is a single match between 2 teams
of your choice. No cards, injuries, stats, or fouls carry over between
friendly matches. You can match up any team from any league to play
against each other.
- Golden Goal Matches : Instead of being a timed affair, teams play a set
goal total (1-10 goals). The team who scores the preset number of goals
first wins.
- Training : Practice your skills in a custom, competitive area. Choose
your team then choose the drills you wish to run.
- European Dream League : Take one of 20 of Europe's top clubs and compete
throughout a whole season. Once you reach the end of the season, the top
two teams from each group advance to a home and away Semi-Final series
with the winners meeting in the Finals.
- Season Mode : Take control of a team in any one of 15 FIFA 99 league or
cup competitions. You can also create your own customized league or cup.
- League : Choose from Belgium, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy,
Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and USA.
- Cup : Choose from 3 European Cups, champions cup, Uefa cup or Winners cup.
- Custom League : Create your own league structure and choose teams.
- Custom Cup : Create your own Cup tournament and select the teams.
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5. TEAM MANAGEMENT
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- You can access the Team Management menu from the Match Select, Standings
screen, or from the in-game menu. Use the In-Game Management to change
formations, positioning, and strategies on the fly.
- Starting Lineup : to change the starting lineup or substitute players,
select the first player then select the second player and they are
automatically swapped. To toggle the pitch or field, select on the
field/table icon above.
- Transfers : Buy or exchange player from another team
- Kick Takers : Select the player name next to the type of kick that you
wish to change. Select the name of the player you want to take the
kick.
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6. EDIT YOUR PLAYERS & TEAMS
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- you can customize player appearances (hair color, skin color, etc), name
team shirts, aggresion (calm or nutter), etc.
Also you can build a player to excel at his position by changing
10 different skills or change his position, the skills are numbered 1-16
the highest number mean the greater skill of your player.
Use the Save Changes Icon to save the changes.
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7. PLAYING THE GAME
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a. Basic Moves/Offense
Shoot : O
Lob : Square
Pass : X
Acceleration : Triangle (push it rapidly)
Evade tackle/jump : L1
Through Pass : R1
Skills : L2 or R2
Change IGM : Select
b. Defense
Switch Player : X
Slide tackle : Square
Tackle : O
Intentional Foul : L1
c. Heading (ball in the air)
Header to goal : O
Head to teammate's head : Square
Head to teammate's feet : X
d. Volleying (ball in the air)
Bicycle Kick : O (2x)
Volley to teammate's head : Square (2x)
Volley to teammate's feet : X (2x)
e. Skills
Rainbow Kick : L2 + Square
Lateral Left : L2 + X
Lateral Right : R2 + X
360 Spin Left : L2 + O
360 Spin Right : R2 + O
Flick Over : R2 + Square
Step Over Nutmeg : L2 + R1
Dive/Pretend to fall : R2 + L1
Double Step Over : R2 + R1
f. Goalkeeper
Keeper Charge : R2
Pick up ball : L1
Drop the ball : Triangle
Throw : Square/X
Punt : O
g. Deadball Position
Cycle View : R1
Move target arrow : D-Pad
Ball follows arrow path : O(to shoot), X(to pass), Square(to lob)
Add ball spin left : L2
Add ball spin right : R2
h. Penalty Kick
*Player*
Target Shot : D-Pad (8 direction)
Switch kicking side : Square
Switch shooter : X
Shoot : O
*Keeper*
Move along line : D-Pad
Attempt Save : O, X, Square
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8. Tips & Tricks
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- First time you play the game maybe you'll be little confuse, hey !
Where the hell is Ronaldo ? Actually Ronaldo is named A. CALCIO in
Fifa'99 find him in Inter Milan or Brazil subtitute players
you can change his name in the player edit mode and then put him into
Inter Milan or Brazil staarting lineup. (his position is right forward)
- Juventus, Inter, Manchester United, Arsenal are the best team to
date with.
- The flick over skills is used to pass through two or more opponent's
defender
- If you try to shoot from distance, after press O (shoot) quickly
press L2 or R2, this will make the goalkeeper only block you kick
so you'll awarded corner kick. It's more easily to score from here.
- Try not to bring the ball alone, cause it's easy to tackle. Pass through
all you players, make sure that you pass to the right direction.
If you find it's hard to do, go to the practice section.
- IGM is an automatic strategy you can control during play. Press
Select to activate it. There are 3 kind of IGM. IGM 1 is the default
formation, IGM 2 is ultra defensive formation, IGM 3 is attacking
formation. So you must learn when you should use IGM 1, 2, or 3.
- Evade Sliding tackle with L1 button. Learn to do it at the right time.
- The Square button is using to slide tackle but it's kinda' risky of
beeing booked. Learn to use circle button to tackle.
- The R1 Button is use to through pass, but you can score with it
the accuracy is better than X button.
When you go one on one against the goalkeeper press R1 + D-Pad.
- If you play against the computer the best way to get the ball from them
is using tackle (not slide tackle)
- Corner Kick is the best opportunity to score, so don't miss it.
Cycle your view by pressing R1 then press X to switch players
find your main striker (ec Ronaldo in Inter Milan) then try to do
a bicycle kick, usually works.
- Until now the only Fifa' 99 cheat known was : Win the Cup session
using Brazil by setting the difficulty in professional mode. You will get
the Atlanta Attacking team (i still haven't prove it yet if anybody
has, please feel free to mail me)
- Even Fifa'99 is now compatible with analog/dual shock controller,
you can only fell the vibration when you're being tackle/slide tackle
Using analog controller is also make the game being more difficult
because it's harder to control your players (can't move as free as using
the common controller)
- Every players has skills number, the highest number he has, the greater
skills he has (it numbered between 1-16)
- Ronaldo, Alessandro Del Piero, Gabriel Batistuta, Dennis Bergkamp
are the samples of the player who has higher speed & technique.
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9. MUSIC
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Since Fifa'98 which come with Blur : Song 2 and World Cup 98 with
Thumbthumping, Fifa'99 come with more great soundtrack.
Check the music credit below or visit http://www.astralwerks.com
to listen via internet in Real Audio format.
THE ROCKAFELLER SKANK
Written by F. Slim, John Winford Terr and John Barry (c) 1998
Polygram International Publishing Ltd., Robbins Music Corp.and
Gold Forever Music Inc.administered by MCA Performed by Fatboy Slim
Recording courtesy of Astralwerks under license from Skint Records
RUDE BOY ROCK
Written by Justin Robertson Published by Reverb Music Ltd
Performed by Lion Rock (P) 1998 BMG Entertainment International
UK & Ireland Limited Taken from the album "City Delirious"
NAKED AND ASHAMED (Remix)
Written and composed by Marvin Beaver (c) 1997 Marvin Beaver
Reproduced and published by kind permission of Sherlock Holmes Music Ltd.
Performed by Dylan Rhymes(P) 1996 Junior Recordings Limited
Recording courtesy of Junior Boys Own
RAINCRY
Written and composed by Scott Hardkiss (c) 1997 Chrysalis Music Ltd.
All Publishing rights in the United States and Canada administered
by Chrysalis Music (ASCAP)International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.
Performed by God Within Recording under license from Hardkiss
GOTTA LEARN (Dub Pistols Sick Junkey Remix)
Written by Massimo Bonaddio and Dan Carey (c) Rumour Records Limited
Published by Complete Music Limited and Rumour Music Publishing
Performed by DanMass(P) 1997 Rumour Music/Complete Music
Recording under license from Rumour Records Limited
PASSION (Harley Mix)
Written by Brian Natonski (c) 1998 Astralwerks Published by Fatal Data
Performed by Gearwhore(P) 1998 Astralwerks Licensed courtesy of Astralwerk
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10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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This is my first FAQs, so i'm really sorry if there is any mistaken
Thanks to my friends Ufuk, Julianto, Benny, Frans for
teaching me how to use your skills in playing Fifa'99 to gain money.
The Big thanks is for Ea Sports who make this great game.
Can't wait Fifa 2000 !!! and also the last thanks to Gamefaqs who
always help me if i got stuck. To all Fifa'99 fans enjoy the best
soccer game ever made ! (Int'l Superstar Soccer for N64 is cool too
but the players are not licensed)
I defeat the france team using Inter Milan 7 - 1 in world class difficulty
Isn't it great or something !!
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