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The game sold well, with the Mega Drive version becoming the best-selling home video game of 1993 in the United Kingdom.
In the United Kingdom, the game sold 400,000 copies in the last two weeks of December, becoming the fifth best-selling home video game of 1993 in the United Kingdom.
Reviewing the original Mega Drive version, Edge magazine praised the way the crowd sounds reacted to the play on the field as well as the visual detail of the players and their animations with the isometric view.
The magazine stated that "In no other game can you achieve such a high degree of pinpoint accuracy when passing", and praised players executing offensive or defensive stance depending on location.
They also praised the graphics, animation, digitized crowd chants, and accessibility to players of all skill levels.
They especially praised the highly detailed graphics, multiple views, realistic gameplay, and six-player support.
They praised the isometric graphics that gave the game more realistic and better animated visuals and praised the sound effects.
Mean Machines Sega described the game as the "greatest soccer game yet seen", praising the "superlative presentation" and the "utterly amazing" animation.
Computer Gaming World in June 1994 said "this is stunning.
The magazine stated that "In no other game can you achieve such a high degree of pinpoint accuracy when passing", and praised players executing offensive or defensive stance depending on location.
Next Generation reviewed the Super NES version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "FIFA International Soccer for the Super NES is a great game.
Amiga Format said of hitting the button in an attempt to shoot at the goal, "occasionally the ball flies into the onion bag; other times it seems you are just passing the ball to the keeper.
In 1996, Next Generation listed the Genesis and 3DO versions as number 71 on their "Top 100 Games of All Time", saying it "put 3DO on the map after a year of disappointing titles for the system, and ... breathed life into EA's flagging sports line-up.
In 1995, Flux magazine rated the 3DO version 53rd on its Top 100 Video Games writing: "Player Controllable camera angles help make FIFA 3DO, without a doubt, the most advanced sports title to date."
Electronic Arts (EA) had first ventured in the sports games market in 1988 with an American football title, John Madden Football.
In the United Kingdom, the game sold 400,000 copies in the last two weeks of December, becoming the fifth best-selling home video game of 1993 in the United Kingdom.
In the United Kingdom, the game sold 400,000 copies in the last two weeks of December, becoming the fifth best-selling home video game of 1993 in the United Kingdom.
The series passed 100 million total sales in 2010, and EA's licence to use the FIFA title runs through to 2022.
In June 1995, Atari Corporation struck a deal with EA to bring select titles from their catalog to the Atari Jaguar CD, with FIFA International Soccer being among them, however, this version was never released due to the commercial and critical failure of the Atari Jaguar platform.
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