International Superstar Soccer 98 - Nintendo 64 Review - HD
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- International Superstar Soccer 98 (officially abbreviated as ISS 98 and known as Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France '98 in Japan) is a soccer video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka which was released exclusively for the Nintendo 64. It was released at the same time as International Superstar Soccer Pro 98, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (KCET) for the Playstation.
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International superstar soccer 98 / ISS 98 review on the nintendo 64. Recorded using a dazzle and on original real console hardware and game cartridge.
Best football game in history still. Best commentary, best gameplay, great music, super fun matches, player creation, etc. Just the most fun I've ever had with a football game.
It’s probably up there with my fav football games too
A clash of heads! :D
I had this and after playing FIFA 98 so much I Really struggled to score goals, it always got saved. But the gameplay was miles ahead of FIFA, at the time I was blown away, I truly was.
My friends didn't like it tho because "it didn't have the proper licences" All football fans that should of appreciated it for it's realism.
Ryan is stuck in 93 Agree one of the best football game honestly my three or 4 fav football game in order 1. FIFA 12 that’s the last great great FIFA in my opinion the defending system and all my fav football game 2. ISS 98 what a game and when u compare this to the crap that whas FIFA road to World Cup its a world difference graphics and everything just unfortunate no liecense 3. Whas the old MLS game game whit Valderamma on the cover that game too I played it so much it whas a great great game and 4.Pes 6 that whas a great great game also but anyway i feel football game didn’t yet came whit the ultimate perfect game i feel pes and FIFA should join force and why not let’s even add football manager in it to come whit something incredible that would be epic for the next generation of consoles but that’s juste me dreaming it won’t happen
Best of its era, FIFA 12 was better IMO
This was pretty much glued into the cartridge slot of my N64 during the late 90s. Only Goldeneye was played more...
Nah, just PVA... ;)
Same.. Except I didn't own goldeneye.. I loved everything about this game.. I played fifa 98 99 and 00 on pc but on N64 I hated the fifa games iss98 was the only way to do and me and my friends would play it to death
Still the best football game ever. I recently dug it out and its just as playable as 20 years ago as it was back when I was 12!
The Original Japanese version of the game titled Jikkyou World Soccer World Cup France 98 I think, actually had the 1998 FIFA World Cup license plus the FIFPro license in it.
ISS series on N64 are the BEST. WHY? 1: Always play with keeper on LEVEL 5; work for your goals! 2: Create own player, you can't copy memory card so UNIQUE TEAMS! 3: Formation and A.I. programmed to set how YOU want and do what YOU want. (not like modern PES & FIFA) You could place attackers at the corner flag if you wanted. You could place defenders next to the keeper and they would STAY.
4: Skill points for created players are awarded RANDOMLY. So if you had the time.... (it was exciting to build your army, I felt like Saruman lol)
5: CLICK-CLACK! All you had to do when visiting friends is bring your memory card and your ready. Team, formation, tactics...click-clack. (a bit more awkward on modern "hi-tech" consoles like PS3 &4, Xbox 360 & ONE) The memory cards of the N64 and PS2 were PERFECT.
5: I'll say it again, if you did not play this with the keeper on level 5....you did not know this game. And overal...the level of control over the team and A.I. made this feel very realistic. We had a lot of home tournaments. (put some money in the jar on the TV)
I only started liking PES from 2007 & 2008. But after that, Konami ruined PES again to earn money like EA. So ISS 98 and PES 2008 for me I guess. And I regret not having played ISS 2000 as much as I should.
It’s 2020 and I’m in quarantine due to the pandemic. Having a blast playing this game right now, brought back so many memories!!
I was ISS all the way, loved this game, my mate & I got so good at scoring long shots from outside the box 😂
Legend!
Playing as a kid, I misheard ‘fresh blood is coming on’ for ‘Bruce Lard is coming on’.
Haha wtf
I loved the gameplay in ISS, and I do think it aged better
But back in the day having the actual licenses made all the difference and I preferred FIFA.
World Cup 98, was the football game to own in 1998
I was a fan of both but gameplay wise iss was king. FIFA 99 was best on console for fifa fans imo
Great review Glenn!
I've always loved World Cup 98. It was the first console game that I ever played and I have a lot of memories playing it. I'll have to check this one out sometime soon.
Cool try to get iss2000 if you can!
That I will do.
one the best futbol games all time.countless hours with my brother,cousin, n friends. funniest thing was trying to get a super player with almost everything 99 in create a player.some of you will understand.
Or a 5 ft goalkeeper... :D
I made a team fill with just 99 overall players... 4 skills and tall as a NBA player... The challenge was to Beat them on tournaments playing with Liberia... Good old days
Was Much better than Fifa
Me and my cousins loved this game.... Best ever
For sure it was!!!
Just bought this game in Mint condition! Excited to play it when it arrives. Currently own fifa98 and been having a fun time playing indoor soccer mode.
Very different style but I know you’ll enjoy it!
arguably the best football game ever made. not sure if we all played it a lot because a lot of us were younger (i'm 33 now) but out of all football games this game took most of my time...esp multiplayer..there were so many learning curves that even today 2018, you could discover something else. There are so many good football games, SWOS 96/97 and Kick Off 2 on Amiga, PES 5 was also considered one of the best football games Konami ever made, and many can also argue that Winning Eleven 9 Liveware Evolution (was released in Korea 6 months after PES 5) had best offense/defense of all times... and also in mind comes PES 2013. But this ISS98 is a special , pound for pound champion of all of them. I just bought it on ebay in MINT condition along with N64 ...looking forward playing it as much as I did in my late teens.
I got FIFA world cup 98 and played it loads as I was hyped for the tournament after Euro 96 was the first one I was old enough for so by 98 I was even more into football! But then when ISS98 came out I dropped FIFA like a sack of potatoes.
still play this with my friends .
Hi Glenn. Been watching your ISS reviews for the umpteenth time! From looking at your channel it seems you've been unwell. Wishing you a speedy recovery. The N64 has a special place in my heart and your channel has for a long time been one of my favourites; and your reviews inspired me to do similar, even if it took me ages to take the plunge! Hope to see you back in the game soon. 👍
Thanks man - you know I was a huge fan of this is football on ps2 😄 I’ll be back soon hopefully
Yeah? Don't let the name fool you - I'm very much a Konami man. 😄 Especially PES/Winning Eleven on PS2. Although This Is Football has its charms. Preferred the PS1 versions though.
Look forward to having you back in action!
Pure Nostalgia. Loved this game so much
Ditto
I always play with Liberia because my favorite player George Weah. He was amazing in weak nation like Liberia and games was always fun.
I was a fifa kid but played those on pc.. This was my football game for n64 and I adored it.. It didn't have the license but I spent hours correcting the names and graphics where Stellar for the time
I absolutely adored this game back in the day. Maybe it was the OP curved long shots, the drawing penalties in multiplayer from dribbling away from goal, the sneaking close free kicks under the wall… Superb game.
El mejor juego de futbol que haya existido para la Nintendo 64. yo solo tengo el ISS64 algún día espero tener el 98 para darle duro con alma a la maquina.
The best part is the create a player option. Sadly, the number of characters you can enter is 8.
Pure nostalgia, thanks for the great video!
Thanks for watching James
Best football game ever made!
Back in the day me and my brother were actually going to the toy store to buy fifa but they didn't had it yet, so they suggested this game and man i have no regret buying it. I was the only one that actually knew that you can curve the direction of the ball after you shoot it :D had so much fun scoring from far away while my brother and friends didn't know how I did it.
Can you explain it?
Jugren Klinsnam was such a great player!
Absolute legend, love the player
Idk but to me these graphics are sooooo much better than fifa 98's. This is my favorite football game ever
El mejor juego de fútbol de la historia. Un game play que permitía hacer de todo de una forma natural y divertida.
best football game ever.
I had a game genie and boosted the players up to full power to beat this game.
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Great Analysis mate. Very well explained
Thank you
idk, i think ISS98 is wayyyy better than fifa 98
saucygyro yeah me too, although 2000 is better than 98 also its just harder to find. the best in the ISS series though for sure
+N64 Glenn Plant. como puedo conseguir un caset de mortal combat zub cero
Sathgate plays it forward to Decham, nice ball into Serigham who finds Li Zaux venturing up the left hand side, a fantasic first time ball into the middle and Shoarrer! So many great memories playing this back in the day, both on my own and with my mates.
These days there seems to be so much emphasis on licenses, graphics etc and whilst they are important, the ISS games on N64 proved that gameplay was king.
Haha back when games spent more money on making the actual game rather than licenses
I bought the original ISS (still have the receipt) but I only buy football games once every few years as they are rather Samey, so I wait for the inevetibale graphical/engine upgrade.
Did you ever play the SNES ones? Man they were ace
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Oh yes, I has a Super Wild Card for my SNES, so used to play Japanese games on disk, and I had the Japanese version, complete with over excited commentator that they unfortunately removed from the Western version.
yeah it was good old des lynham on our release if i remember correctly
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That must have been much later as the first ISS N64 game had a guy that sounded like Graham Gardner from The Goodies commentating :D
Best game ever
I had both ISS 64 and Fifa 98, and both of them were quite enjoyable. ISS 64 was more about arcade and Fifa 98 more about simulation. So depending on was you were looking for, each game had its chance to fulfill you needs. Well, I talk about ISS 64 because according to me, ISS 98 was more an upgrade/patch than a really new game.
Compared to North American version, that’s Carlos Valderrama, and German Version, is Fabrizio Ravanelli And Andreas Koepke, and the UK is Paul Ince
I loved ravanelli back in his Juve days with vialli 🥰
Great game , football was better back then too, real Ronaldo, Carlos, Cafu, Zidane
I'm unfortunately way too nostalgic for ISS64s silly commentator and menu music to rate it below 98 or 2000 because other than that, these games seem way better. Especially the character creator seems really cool.
I love the series, just takes me back to such a happy time in life
I'm only just getting into the N64 versions of this series now having played the hell out of the SNES Deluxe back in the day. Admittedly via emulation but I was hooked due to the fluidity of the gameplay and the hours sailed past despite having PES 2020 ready to go ....
Sadly I wasn't really into soccer games at the time but it does look to be a solid game great review my friend ^_^
I don’t remember the graphics being this good?!
Iss 2000 was even better visually too
I presume you played this through your pc by rom? Graphics are so clear here
@@Straightrocking1990 nope, anything on this channel is on original hardware
SWOS 96/97 is my champion, but I do like ISS 98.
Best football game on the N64, shades Fifa 99 for mine.
I loved this back in the along with the thq wrestling games this was one of my favourites. Shame these sports game don't hold up well at all these days. I can't really play it anymore. Good review didn't know there was another iss game on n64 after this so will look forward to that eventual video mate.
There's also iss2000 which is amazing!
What do you mean by "confusing shapes"?
In japanese version has a world cup licensed but in international version doesn't have it. I mean, why in international superstar soccer 98 doesn't have a fifa world cup license?
Because fifa / ea have an exclusivity deal
ISS 98 for me is the greatest football game of all time. ISS 2000 was more polished and realistic but was also a much slower game. 98 was frantic and whilst 2000 is a very good game, 98 is much more fun to play.
I miss football games like this - it took real skill to play the game well, the manual passing was superb - and the game punishes you if you rely on auto passes. Football games these days look great but rely on the auto pass: the computer basically does the work and because of this both FIFA and Pro Evo tend to fall into a generic Barca style of play. ISS 98 made you do the work yourself but in return allowed you to play whatever style of football you liked, and everyone had their own way of playing. Great contrast of styles with some people playing intricate passing, some dribbling at every opportunity, others pumping long balls and kicking lumps out of the opposition... probably the dirtiest football game of all time!
It has its flaws - it's far too easy to go round the goalkeeper and to retain the ball when dribbling. Injury time lasts almost as long as the half itself - it's not uncommon to score 3 goals in injury time at the end of the match - and a lot of goals are scrappy rebounds. None of that really matters though. The game engine is so good and it's so fast and so much fun, it all adds to the experience. I've never seen a game that has a similar effect on people emotionally, it's pretty much impossible not to get carried away playing it!
I remember having a very hard time to score goals in this game.
Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to play
any futbol/soccer games back in 98', I wasn't into
futbol/soccer back then. But I would consider
buying this and giving it a try.
Bullet Club Biggz get this or 2000 if you can afford it, they are the best on n64
@0:47 This happend a lot. Forgot the ball. 😅
best football game on the console
Prefer it over 2000?
@@n64glennplant Yeh me and my brother both agree that its the best version on the console. Its the only one we bother to play.
I rented this very often back in the day
I didn't own this at the time but picked it up in a charity shop for a couple of years ago. I did however own both fifa 98 plus world cup 98 and the three lions game.
But did you have michael Owens works league soccer!!! Ha
Rented it at the time but I recently picked up for a £1 on ebay.
Played enough Konami games on the Snes and N64 I could tell a Konami game by the in house Sound effects.
Hey Glenn, just curious if you have a ds/3ds? I'd love to see reviews of you talking about the games that got updated and ported over to the new handhelds like Super Mario 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Starfox 64, Ocarina of time and soon majoras mask. I think those could be real interesting if you went into the new features you like and don't like in each game and comparing them to the 64 originals but anyway great upload as always
I did have one but not any more - loved ocarina remake though that was great!
I never had this one due to lack of funds! Spent, like, two years' Xmas and birthday money on ISS64 and then only had enough to buy ISS2000 when it came out. I would go out and buy 98 if I were actually bothering to play games at the moment instead of sticking them in a cupboard and thinking, 'one day I will get the time to boot those up'. :D
Harry Yack hehe well 2000 is the best by far so ill get around to that next year i think
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Oooh, controversial! I challenge you to an ice cream slinging match over which is better! C'mon, Flake to Flake...
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I only played up to 98 by the time 2000 came out I was playing on my Dreamcast a lot so I skipped over 2000.
I actually loved the way the game looked much better than any PS1 football game out there graphically.
Yeah I think 2000 with expansion pack looks brilliant
I was a fan of the ISS, and while i didn't own the ISS 98, i did own the Snes version (ISS deluxe) and after, the ISS 2000. But i did play ISS 98, as my cousin did bought it. It was fun, and we sometimes played games againts each other, but certainly 98 was less refined and some mechanics were different, so most of the time i loss agains him in 98 but easily beat him in 2000. Still both games were fantastic, specially fun, i think that was kept me playing ISS for so many years, i always felt it was much more fun than Fifa series, even considering the lacking of licenses. I know is not the same game, but in ISS 2000 the american version, which i owned, lacked the career mode, the semi role playing aspect of the game. I think it was the first football game with that mode. Nowdays is quite common, but also i think you only play as your character, do not train him, like it was in the european version of ISS 2000. It was a great video, thanks for sharing it with us, it does bring some memories back.
Daniel Aguiar ISS deluxe was awesome that was my fav snes football game :)
No doubt, not only it was the best football, it was also one the few sports game that truly capture the feeling. I still have the snes cartridge, although my snes console is broken. It was so much fun, also ISS 2000 on the N64.
need this game for my 64 game collection =(
miguelx310 i hope you get it :)
How bizarre. I was looking at iss games of that generation on eBay then at that moment I got a notification of this new video!
This series is the second best 3d football games of the 1990s. Only ISS Pro 98 on the PS1 can eclipse it. Still playable today. ISS Pro Evolution 1/2 are my favourite football games of that generation and arguably of all time. Konami know how to put together a footy game.
Lord Maximus konamis footie games in the 90s were awesome, pissed all over fifa
Love the game thanks for the review. Can anyone confirm that you can save the correct names to the teams if you use a memory card? I have heard that you can only change & save European player names etc. I am about to buy a memory card but dont want to waste money if the game won't let me save the correct player names.
Yes, edit all the players!
Mundial Ronaldinho Soccer 64 got a sequel?
🤣🤣🤣
My first N64 game, played the shit out of this game
I believe Fifa 98 was the only sports game I actually ever owned from when it was new.
Thankfully you didn't get Fifa 64 like I did :-(
Glenn i was looking up the Wikipedia for this game and i got a *not to be confused with* panel about International Superstar Soccer 98 PRO on the PS1. is that the same game with more features? or something different?
great review Glenn, still cant beat ISS on the snes ;)
TootyUk yeah with good ol des lynham commentary!
I spent a better part of my college years playing this game.
the best football game
El mejor juego de futbol de toda la historia de las consolas, en world league ya no pude anotar mas goles, solo tenia para 3 digitos 999 y aun me faltaban mas de 20 partidos por jugar. Soy el mejor.
iss was much better. fifa were a bunch of suits. we live in a world where mechanics and gameplay lose to cosmetics, contracts and business bureaucracy
Amen to that!
The moves with controller
is with pad or stick?
Both
This Video Shows probably the ntsc version which obviously differs in the title screen and advertisements at the field compared to the pal versions . :D ...... I love Iss !! It's also better than Fifa 14 oder pes14!
iamturokn64 yes this is the ntsc version being shown :)
I wonder what the legal problems were especially since it didn't use a Fifa license?
I think it might have been due to wanting to release it around the time of the world cup
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Nah, it probably has to do with EA owning the rights to publish FIFA games. It's still evident today with the ISS (or PES) series.
i never ever made the jump from the 16 bit football games to anything else and that means even now
Did you play iss on snes?
***** sure did
Andrew Mckenzie
Is it true that once you play ISS games on the SNES, you never go back? If so, I have yet to play one.
"Klinsnam"? the y spelled Klinsmanns name wrong
Gallia91 yeah because they didnt have the license so they made names up :)
good times!!
Divine Sphere only got better with 2000 IMO
I played ISS 64, but Fifa 98 (PC) afterwards.
Those are the only FOOTBALL games I've ever really played. I think football games lost their touch over the years and became pretty generic. But that might have to do with becoming realistic.
0002pA yeah way too much realism and not enough effort done to improve the mechanics.
"theres a fight for ariel domination"
Better than anal domination for sure!
haha, im pretty sure thats what I heard them say. GREECE
Coming up it's ENGLAND!!! Vs germany
WhisperWanderer no bigger rivalry!
3:00 what???
Hate the N64, love this game. The only reasson to own the steaming pile of shit that is the N64.
Is this series still going ?
Ludurkris its Pro evolution soccer now :)
Make a remake Konami
ALWAYS PLAY FOOTBALL GAMES IN MULTIPLAYER!!!
bigbangbot the best way for them to be played!
That's a weird looking version of madden football you're playing. Haha
Haha boom!
Great video. Just did a father vs son on this classic game. Check it out if you have the time. Cheers.
This game is one of my favorite soccer games of all time (along with Winning Eleven 8 and 9). The Playstation version of ISS 98 is better, but I have more nostalgia for the N64 version. Oh, and FIFA 64 did suck.
I will have to get around to doing 2000 - quite likely in December
I didn't like iss 2000 tbh
How come?
@@n64glennplant just thought 98 was the more complete football game
Meh. I don't care for soccer.
Jaeger Newman certainly not for everyones tastes