
EA Sports’ offerings, on the other hand, have generally felt a little more arcadelike than realistic, but the games have always looked extremely sharp and they let you take control of real teams comprised of real players wearing real uniforms.

Traditionally, Konami’s offerings have boasted more realistic gameplay, but have faltered in the areas concerned with presentation, specifically the lack of licensed team and player names.

Like rival soccer teams eager to show off their newly acquired players at the start of a new season, these two series show up with a host of new features every 12 months in the hope that they’ll finally score a convincing victory over the other. In the world of soccer games there are really only two serious contenders for the championship title at this point: Konami’s Winning Eleven games (Pro Evolution Soccer in Europe), and EA Sports’ FIFA Soccer series. For example, FIFA 98, Madden NFL 98, NBA Live 98, and NHL 98 were released for the Sega Genesis and the Super NES throughout 1997 Madden NFL 2005 and FIFA.
