FIFA Soccer '97 on the Game Boy yɛ saa bere mu capsules nketewa a ɛyɛ nwonwa no mu biako —ɛwɔ chunky pixel charm a ɛyɛ nsaano agodie agodie a edi kan no nyinaa, nanso ɔkwan bi so no EA squeezed wɔ kuw din ankasa mu ne agoru a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛyɛ nwonwa. Wonnya fluid animations anaasɛ fancy controls wɔ ha, kɛkɛ straightforward arcade-style bɔɔlbɔ a slide tackle biara te nka sɛ kyakyatow na botae biara yɛ nkonimdi ketewaa bi.

Akuw ahorow no yɛ mfitiasede (wɔn tumi krataa biara nni hɔ a ɛboro akɛse no so), na AI no nyɛ ɔkwan a wɔfa so yɛ ade ankasa, nanso biribi wɔ hɔ a ɛma abotɔyam wɔ sɛnea ɛyɛ ntɛmntɛm no ho. Simma biako na worebɔ wo ho akuturuku wɔ menus mu ne saa game boy d-pad a ɛyɛ den no, nea edi hɔ no wore spam long passes na wowɔ anidaso sɛ wo striker no mmɔ shot no. Ɛyɛ Janky, nanso saa kwan no so no, wufi ase serew basabasayɛ no mmom sen sɛ wobɛbɔ dam.

Sɛ woanya nostalgia ama saa bere yi a, ɛyɛ anigye kakra a ɛtwetwe adwene — kɛkɛ nhwɛ kwan sɛ biribi a ɛbɛn nnɛyi FIFA. Soundtrack no yɛ chiptune loop biako a ɛbɛma woayɛ hype anaasɛ ɛbɛma woabɔ dam, a egyina bere tenten a wobɔ so.