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World Football 98

World Football 98 is a soccer game, released just before the 1998 Football World Cup. It featured Kiko Narváez, the Spanish national team striker, prominently in the Kiko World Football version. The game was…

31 December 1998

World Football 98 is a sport, released 31 December 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What World Football 98 is

World Football 98 was released in 1998. It was published by Ubi Soft Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

World Football 98 is a soccer game, released just before the 1998 Football World Cup. It featured Kiko Narváez, the Spanish national team striker, prominently in the Kiko World Football version. The game was also later distributed as a gift when buying Danone yogurts under the name of Danone World Football where it was an ad game, as in the break between halves advertisements are shown.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

World Football 98 launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Quick answers

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When did World Football 98 come out?
World Football 98 was released on 31 December 1998 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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