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For PC
S O C C E R ' 9 9
Version 0.3 (Jan 12th 1999)
By : Stephan Lee ([email protected])
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Copyright protected.1998.All right reserved.This FAQs is written by the author.
No part of this could be reproduced without the prior writer's permission.
This Faq is allowed for individual use but not for commercial use or publishing.
No part of this FAQs could be re-edited without the writer's permission.Any
enquires or additional info about the game may contact the author through
email [email protected]. Fifa Soccer '99 developed by EA Sport. Reach
their page at www.easports.com.
This FAQs is original and based on the author's own experiences and
strategies. Any tips and strategies are welcomed to submit.

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Table of Contents
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1. System Requirements
2. Features
3. Setting up the game
4. Game Mode
5. Team Management
6. Edit your players & teams
7. Playing the game
a. keyboard
b. gravis grip controller
8. Tips & Tricks
9. Music Information
10. Acknowledgement

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1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Minimum : Pentium 100, 16MB Ram, keyboard/mouse, CD Rom 4x,
Modem 22,8 kbps, Windows 95, Compatible sound card.

Recommended : Pentium 200 or better, 32MB Ram, 6 button gamepad,
CD Rom 12x, Modem 56 kbps, Windows 98, 3Dfx Card
64 megs sound card.

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2. FEATURES
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- Play as and against 250 Club teams from the greatest Leagues
in the world. Including USA, Spain,England, Brazil, Italy, France,
Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Scotland, Belgium and Netherlands Leagues.

- Players now have different heights (even not really "different")

- 19 new high class stadiums around the world. There are Kiev(Dynamo Kyiv)
Lisbon(Benfica), Liverpool(Liverpool), London(Arsenal), Madrid(Real-
Madrid or Atletico), Old Trafford(Manchester United), Milan(AC Milan or
Inter), Monaco(AS Monaco), Munich(Bayern Munich), Paris(Paris St Germain),
Rotterdam(Feyenoord), Trondheim(Rosenborg), Turin(Juventus),
Barcelona(Barcelona), Copenhagen(Brondby), Istanbul(Galatasaray),
Gottenburg(FC Gotenborg), Dortmund(Borussia Dormund), and Glasgow
(Glasgow Rangers)
*The Teams the brackets is using the stadium as their home stadium*

- New real-time lighting effects give players an unprecedented level
of realism & improved control make your player handling the ball easily.

- Game's artificial intelligence delivers better support for more
realistic wing play and more responsive tackling.

- EA SPORTS' vision of the future-Play competition of the best club teams
in Europe. A league with the best teams in Europe consisting of
AC Milan, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Brondby,
Dortmund, Dynamo Kiev, Feyenoord, Galatasaray, Gotenborg, Rosenborg
Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool,Manchester United, Monaco,
Paris St. Germain, Rangers, Real Madrid.

- Bringing the game into life with player head-tracking, in-stadium
lighting, night games, and improved player animations.

- Multiplayer Network via modem/internet.(1-20 players)

- Create and play in your own Cups and Leagues - select between
2 to 24 teams and apply a cup or league structure to test your
soccer skills.

- New Semi-Automatic goal keepers will allow you to tell the keeper
when to run out for the ball.

- Holland International Dennis Bergkamp will be featured in the box.

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3. SETTING UP THE GAME
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- Match Select Screen : Go to the Match Select Screen to choose a game
mode, set options, edit teams, or load a saved game.

- Options Menu : The Options Menu is comprised of 3 sections: Match
Options, Gameplay Options, and Audio/Visual Options. Click the tabs
on the right to go to the desired screen.

- Match Options : Use this screen to set your match options, including
length of half, clock options, weather conditions, and more.

- Gameplay Options : Use this screen to set the difficulty level and
set up rules on the field. Options include: Offsides, Injuries,
Referee Strictness, Substitutions, Fatigue, and more.

- Audio/Visual Options : Sets your sound and screen options.

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4. GAME MODE
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- Friendly Match : A friendly match is a single match between 2 teams
of your choice. No cards, injuries, stats, or fouls carry over between
friendly matches. You can match up any team from any league to play
against each other.

- Golden Goal Matches : Instead of being a timed affair, teams play a set
goal total (1-10 goals). The team who scores the preset number of goals
first wins.

- Training : Practice your skills in a custom, competitive area. Choose
your team then choose the drills you wish to run.

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Training Scenario Attack side Defend side
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* Penalty Shootout try to score try to catch the ball
(as a kick taker) (as a goal keeper)

* Free Kick try to score try to clears the ball
from any directions from your area

* Corners try to score try to clears the ball
can use volleying from your area
or bicycle kick

* Training Match try to score try to clears the danger
as usually & score

* See the Movement List in playing the game section.

- European Dream League : Take one of 20 of Europe's top clubs and compete
throughout a whole season. Once you reach the end of the season, the top
two teams from each group advance to a home and away Semi-Final series
with the winners meeting in the Finals.

- Season Mode : Take control of a team in any one of 15 FIFA 99 league or
cup competitions. You can also create your own customized league or cup.

- League : Choose from Belgium, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy,
Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and USA.

- Cup : Choose from 3 European Cups, champions cup, Uefa cup or Winners cup.

- Custom League : Create your own league structure and choose teams.

- Custom Cup : Create your own Cup tournament and select the teams.

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5. TEAM MANAGEMENT
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- You can access the Team Management menu from the Match Select, Standings
screen, or from the in-game menu. Use the In-Game Management to change
formations, positioning, and strategies on the fly.

- Starting Lineup : to change the starting lineup or substitute players,
select the first player then select the second player and they are
automatically swapped. To toggle the pitch or field, click on the
field/table icon above.

- Transfers : Buy or exchange player from another team

- Kick Takers : Click the player name next to the type of kick that you
wish to change. Click on the name of the player you want to take the
kick.

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6. EDIT YOUR PLAYERS & TEAMS
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- you can customize player appearances (hair color, skin color, etc), name
team shirts, aggresion (calm or nutter), etc.
Also you can build a player to excel at his position by changing
10 different skills or change his position, the skills are numbered 1-16
the highest number mean the greater skill of your player.
Click the Save Changes Icon to save the changes.

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7. PLAYING THE GAME
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a. Keyboard

BASIC MOVES/OFFENSE

Movement : Arrow Keys
Pass : S
Shoot : D
Acceleration : W
Lob : A
Evade Tackle : Q
Shimmy to Left : CTRL or CTRL + S
Shimmy to Right : ALT or ALT + S
360 degrees Spin to Left : CTRL (x2) or CTRL + D
360 degrees Spin to Right : ALT (x2) or ALT + D
Flick over : ALT + A
Various Fakes : CTRL + Arrow Keys
Double Step Over : ALT + E
Rainbow Kick : CTRL + A
Dive/pretend to fall : CTRL + Q or ALT + Q
Step Over Nutmeg : CTRL + E
Back Wingers Move Up : Z
Center Move Forward Up : X
Change IGM : Space

OUT OF BALL/DEFENSE

Movement : Arrow Keys
Tackle : D
Sliding Tackle : A
Intentional Foul : Q
Acceleration : W
Activate Manual Golie : ALT
Try Offside Trap : C
Attack Pressure : V
Change IGM : Space

BALL IN AIR

Movement : Arrow Keys
Powerful Header to Goal : D
Low Header Pass : S
High Header Pass : A
Bicycle Kick : D (x2)
Low Special Kick Pass : S (x2)
High Special Kick Pass : A (x2)
Intentional Foul : Q
Acceleration : W
Activate Manual Goalkeeper : ALT
Change IGM : Space

DEAD BALL POSITION

Move Target/Arrow : Arrow Keys
Curve to Right : ALT
Curve to Left : CTRL
Change Kick Mode : W
Take Shoot : D or S or A
Change IGM : Space

GENERAL CONTROLS

Controller Menu : 1
Team Management : 2
Options : 3
Instant Replay : 4
Match Statistics : 5
Scoring Summary : 6
Bookings Summary : 7
Toggle Radar : 8
Toggle Sound : 0
Tele Cam : F1
Sideline Cam : F2
Action Cam : F3
Goal Cam : F4
Stadium Cam : F5
Shoulder Cam : F6
Ball Cam : F7
Tower Cam : F8
Chat (Network/Modem Only) : F9
Quit Match : F10
Hangup (Network/Modem Only) : F11
Quit to Windows : F12
Pause : Esc
Toggle Field Textures (Software Rendering Only) : Y
Toggle Stadium Textures (Software Rendering Only) : T
Increase Screen Size (Software Rendering Only) : -
Decrease Screen Size (Software Rendering Only) : +

b. Gravis grip controller

BASIC MOVES/OFFENCE

Pass : B
Lob : A
Shoot : C
Acceleration : Y
Evade Tackle : X
Through Pass : Z
Skill Mode : L/R

OUT OF BALL/DEFENSE

Switch Player : B
Slide Tackle : A
Tackle : C
Acceleration : Y
Intentional Foul : X

BALL IN AIR - HEADING

Header to Goal : C
Head to Teammate's Head : A
Head to Teammate's Feet : B

BALL IN AIR - VOLLEYING

Volley or Bicycle Kick Shot : C(2X)
Volley to Teammate's Head : A(2X)
Volley to Teammate's Feet : B(2X)

SKILLS

Rainbow Kick : L + A
Lateral Left : L + B
360 Spin Left : L + C
Step Over Nutmeg : L + Z
Dive/pretend to fall : L/R + X
Flick Over : R + A
Lateral Right : R + B
360 Spin Right : R + C
Double Step Over : R + Z

GOALKEEPER

Keeper Charge : R
Pick up the ball : X
Drop the ball : Y
Throw : A/B
Punt : C

DEAD BALL POSITION

Cycle View : Z
Move Target Arrow : D-Pad
Ball Follows Arrow Path : A / B / C
Add Ball Spin Left : L
Add Ball Spin Right : R

PENALTY KICKS - SHOOTER

Target Shot : D-Pad
Switch Kicking Side : A
Switch Shooter : B
Shoot : C

PENALTY KICKS - GOALKEEPER

Move Along Line : D-Pad
Attempt Save : A / B / C

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8. TIPS & TRICKS
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- For the first time it'll be hard to find Ronaldo, the Brazilian superstar
Actually Ronaldo is named G.SILVA in Fifa'99 for PC, find him in
Inter Milan or Brazil subtitute players you can change his name
in the player edit mode and then put him into Inter Milan or Brazil
Starting Lineup. (usually his position is right forward)

- Juventus, Inter, Manchester United, Arsenal are the best team to
date with.

- The full instalation is the best option for best peformance of Fifa'99.

- Try not to bring the ball alone, cause it's easy to tackle. Pass through
all you players, make sure that you pass to the right direction.
If you find it's hard to do, go to the practice section.

- Use the flick over skills to pass through 2 or more opponent's defender.

- IGM is an automatic strategy you can control during play. Press
Space to activate it. There are 3 kind of IGM. IGM 1 is the default
formation, IGM 2 is ultra defensive formation, IGM 3 is attacking
formation. So you must learn when you should use IGM 1, 2, or 3.

- Evade Sliding tackle with Q (Keyboard) / X (Gravis) button.
Learn to do it at the right time.

- The Z (Gravis) Button is use to through pass, but you can score with it
the accuracy is better than B button.
When you go one on one against the goalkeeper press Z + D-Pad.

- If you play against the computer the best way to get the ball from them
is using tackle (not slide tackle)

- Corner Kick is the best opportunity to score, so don't miss it.
Cycle your view and then switch players until you find your main
striker (ec Ronaldo in Inter Milan) then try to do a bicycle kick,
usually works.

- Every players has skills number, the highest number he has, the greater
skills he has (it numbered between 1-16)

- Ronaldo, Alessandro Del Piero, Gabriel Batistuta, Dennis Bergkamp
are the samples of the player who has higher speed & technique.

- The other cool features is the free camera, it requires your mouse.
Choose free cam option from camera view option, to zoom in on a replay,
move the cursor to the top of the screen then right click the mouse, to
zoom out on a replay, move the cursor to the bottom of the screen then
right click the mouse, to raise the camera, move the cursor to the top of the
screen, then left click the mouse, to lower the camera, move the cursor
to the bottom of the screen, then left click the mouse, to rotate the
camera left/right, move the cursor to the left or right edge of the
screen, then left click the mouse.

- I find that there are so much patch files for Fifa'99 in the Internet.
It's kinda fun to have/add more cool features in our PC Fifa'99 game.
To find it try the search engine like Yahoo with the keyword "fifa'99"
Have fun.

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9. MUSIC INFORMATION
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FIFA'99 featuring some cool music you can even listen it via internet
in Real Audio format, visit http://www.astralwerks.com

THE ROCKAFELLER SKANK
Written by F. Slim, John Winford Terr and John Barry (c) 1998
Polygram International Publishing Ltd., Robbins Music Corp.and
Gold Forever Music Inc.administered by MCA Performed by Fatboy Slim
Recording courtesy of Astralwerks under license from Skint Records

RUDE BOY ROCK
Written by Justin Robertson Published by Reverb Music Ltd
Performed by Lion Rock (P) 1998 BMG Entertainment International
UK & Ireland Limited Taken from the album "City Delirious"

NAKED AND ASHAMED (Remix)
Written and composed by Marvin Beaver (c) 1997 Marvin Beaver
Reproduced and published by kind permission of Sherlock Holmes Music Ltd.
Performed by Dylan Rhymes(P) 1996 Junior Recordings Limited
Recording courtesy of Junior Boys Own

RAINCRY
Written and composed by Scott Hardkiss (c) 1997 Chrysalis Music Ltd.
All Publishing rights in the United States and Canada administered
by Chrysalis Music (ASCAP)International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.
Performed by God Within Recording under license from Hardkiss

GOTTA LEARN (Dub Pistols Sick Junkey Remix)
Written by Massimo Bonaddio and Dan Carey (c) Rumour Records Limited
Published by Complete Music Limited and Rumour Music Publishing
Performed by DanMass(P) 1997 Rumour Music/Complete Music
Recording under license from Rumour Records Limited

PASSION (Harley Mix)
Written by Brian Natonski (c) 1998 Astralwerks Published by Fatal Data
Performed by Gearwhore(P) 1998 Astralwerks Licensed courtesy of Astralwerk

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10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Thanks to anyone who helped my finished this Fifa'99 FAQs for PC.
Also thanks to Gamefaqs for keeping this FAQs. Great Site, no doubt !
This time i work alone, but please if you have new idea or critics
don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks again to EA Sports, you really
care about our need of great soccer games. "Rockafeller Skank" is kick
ass!!!!

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* Stephan Lee ([email protected]) *
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