Play Fifa Soccer '97 Online

EA Sports released FIFA Soccer '97 for the Game Boy in 1996, a time when portable soccer games were still a novelty. This cartridge offered a complete football simulation you could carry in your pocket, joining a small library of sports titles on Nintendo's handheld. It was developed and published by EA Sports, bringing their established franchise to the monochrome screen.

You control a team of eleven players, moving them down the pitch to score goals against the opposing side. The main objective is to win matches across various tournaments and leagues. Signature mechanics include passing the ball between your players to set up attacks and using a dedicated button for a powerful, targeted shot on goal. The game's pacing is quite fast, with matches flowing quickly from end to end, and the difficulty can be challenging, especially when the computer seizes on a defensive mistake. It feels satisfying to string together a series of passes that ends with the ball in the back of the net.