
Look at all of that list in total, and it’s obvious that FIFA 99 is not a game with revolutionary changes in mind. Not mentioned but also newly present is a button to dive. The controller vibrating whenever a heavy tackle is made does help them to feel even more robust and make some back-and-forth with the ball a bit more exciting. The box also cites a faster framerate and support for the DualShock controller. This is one more feature that is still in FIFA today. While defending you can now hold a button to have your goalkeeper charge madly out, ready to flatten anyone in their path, Ederson-style.

That’s what I was planning on calling the feature but I guess it’s also the official name.

These include a European Super League, which bears no resemblance to a real competition, and semi-automatic goalkeepers. The back of the box gives a list of features with “NEW” next to some.

Even if it was barely any direction at all. By FIFA 99, after all the success of both FIFA 98 and World Cup 98, the ascendancy of EA’s FIFA series in the world of football games was becoming clear, There were still a range of rivals at that point, though, and it was not yet completely secure.
