FIFA or International Superstar Soccer - That was the choice that most N64 owners faced when they had to decide on which football title to buy. If you’re into fictitious players and realistic soccer gameplay then International Superstar Soccer is for you but of course I knew this from playing the SNES Version. Effects such as the crowd, stadium and the weather seem to be a bit 'rushed' but this is hardly noticed as the gameplay is so good (the crowd is very flat). The players themselves have good detail and move and respond to the controls smoothly. There are several camera angles for play and many more for replays as it is possible to view every shot ...  Read the complete review

This is a superb football game for the N64 – second only to the newer version – ISS 98. The best bit about the game is its superb gameplay, and you can do any move from a 30 yard screamer, to a athletic over-head kick. It has all the best international teams, though does not concentrate on any of the leagues at all. ISS has an edge over FIFA games because, moves look and work much more realistically. Graphics are also very good. In FIFA, you press pass, and it takes 2 seconds to do so. Also when you make a pass the ball seems to be going quite fast, but then suddenly slows down for no apparent reason. This does not happen in ISS and overall its ...  Read the complete review

Here we go again the ISS series, first started out on the Snes and now it is reborn with all new graphics on the N64 and PS. If you are old enough you may remember the old game on the Snes, well get ready to have your world turned upside down. This is the football, or as American?s call, it soccer game to own. Be warned if you?re the kind of person who just wants to play as the players you like you will be disappointed because all the players in this game are not from premiership or at least not now. Also if you just want to play as your City team then be disappointed again because you can only play as countries. This is because Konami don?t have the rights to ...  Read the complete review

Then again maybe not. The great thing about this game is that it was the football game amongst my friends for a good long while, and everyone reached a good enough standard at it to provide some really close matches. It's funny how the game-play developed: in the begining it was far too easy to score goals by using the through ball button and then attacking the goal at an angle or swerving it past the keeper who more often than not would stand stock still like a proper plum muffin. However as more practice was had the defending got to a stage where the through ball goal became gradually phased out as ineffective (as it'd get cut out all ...  Read the complete review

In my opinion International Superstar Soccer is far and away the best fooball game ever. Although it has not sold as many copies as the FIFA franchise and may not have as good graphics or real player names, it is the sheer playability of this game that plays FIFA off the park. The play is much more realistic and the best goals are made using passing and crossing rather than running one player the length of the pitch and shooting as is common place in so many inferior titles. I have been playing ISS since the release of the first version on the SNES and in my opinion ISS98 is the best so far. The two player game adds to the longegivity of the title but the ...  Read the complete review