Nowadays it's very hard to get the manual of this game(if the meaning of the
stats are there, as I never even seen the manual of this game), even if you
buy it used at the most you only get the cart and sadly in-game there is no
explanation of what the stats of the players actually are, same with every
player "skills", the predecessor of the modern PES games Stars/Cards/etc, and
no way of how to do the various tricks of the players.
So I made this FAQ for everyone that still plays this game, yet can't find
the meaning of the player stats and skills, or how to do the tricks.
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Scoring: This is the ISS98 version of the Attack value of nowadays PES games,
the more scoring you have, the more likely for your player to be in a good
attack position and make good moves without the ball when attacking.
Shooting: This stat controls both the strenght and accuracy of the shoots
made with the B button.
Curve: This stats controls how much curve you can put into your shoots.
Speed: The walking top speed of the player.
Dash: The running top speed of the player.
Stamina: Controls how quick your player gets tired, low numbers means your
player gets tired very quickly, very high numbers means your player is almost
unfatigable.
Jump: How high can you jump in attack or defensive positions.
Retain: This stat controls how much can you keep the ball from being stolen,
and how close it stays to your feet when moving.
Defense: The higher this stat, the more likely for your player to be in good
defensive positions, and the easier is to steal the ball or tackle the
player.
Pass: This stat controls the speed and accuracy of your short (A button) and
long passes(C-left button).
There are at least four tricks with the ball that I know of in this game.
Roulette: A 360 turn with the ball when dashing, to do it rotate the stick.
"Bicicleta": The usual Ronaldo trick, press dash repeteadly while moving.
Standing "Bicicleta": Same as the normal bicicleta just press dash repeteadly
while not moving, this has the advantage that your player can fake the
direction of his dash when he finally moves.
Fake shot: Press dash just once while not moving, your player will move his
leg like he is going to shoot, but will stop and fake the shot.
*Unconfirmed*
It seems there is a way to "dive" just when a sliding tackle get close,
however I have never been able to do it.
