Extended Play Productions

FIFA Soccer 96

FIFA Soccer 96 (also known as FIFA 96: Virtual Soccer Stadium) is a 1995 football video game developed by Extended Play Productions and released by EA Sports for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Saturn, 32X, Game Gear, PlayStation, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and MS-DOS-compatible operating systems. It is the third entry in the FIFA series "FIFA (video game series)"), its tagline being "Next Generation Soccer". It was the first in the series to feature real-time 3D graphics on the Saturn, PlayStation, 32X, and DOS versions, using technology called "Virtual Stadium". The SNES and Mega Drive/Genesis editions used the FIFA 95 engine. It is also the first in the series to use real player names and positions, with ranking, transfer and team customisation tools. The game's budget was $3 million.FIFA 96 was the first game in the series to use the Virtual Stadium game engine. The game was a bestseller in the UK.