FIFA 97 (also known as FIFA Soccer 97) is a video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts based around the game of football (soccer). It was released for the PC on 24 June 1996 and versions for PlayStation, SNES, Sega Mega Drive and Sega Saturn followed.
FIFA 97 was 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 engine however received complaints for being sluggish in the PC and PlayStation versions.
David Ginola graced the cover of the game in the European market. He also was used for motion capture for the polygonal models in the game. Bebeto was featured on the cover for the Americas market.
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- FIFA 64, the first FIFA game to appear on the Nintendo 64 was based on FIFA 97