Description ISS returns to the N64 with improvements to the six previous game modes found in ISS64. The teams are still not licensed, although they have their original home, away and goalkeeper kits with emblems and logos resembling their official emblems.
However, like in ISS Pro 98, player names are misspelled, but most of them sound right while being pronounced, such as Nigel Martynbeing known in the game as "Martin" (the unlicensed name has the same pronunciation as the real name). © 1999-2019 Neo Era Media Inc. All rights reserved. In this version the one-two-pass system has been highly developed, becoming one of the greatest threats to the opponent and dribbling including trick-shooting has been introduced as a new trick in gameplay. Every team which participated in the tournament has home, away and goalkeeper official kits featuring manufacturer logos and national emblems used in qualifications. During promotion following taglines have been used: "The King of football returns" and "This really IS football!".
The teams are still not licensed, although they have their original home, away and goalkeeper kits with emblems and logos resembling their official emblems. However the players' names are misspelled, though they have their actual numbers, appearance, age, weight, height and abilities. The engine has been recreated providing new player movements, animations and improved graphics. International Superstar Soccer 98, or ISS 98 (Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France 1998 in Japan) was developed by Konami which was released exclusively for the Nintendo 64. The replays could be stored on the memory card as well as won trophies and unlocked bonuses. Nonetheless, some players have their r… In successive versions of the series, throughout many modifications and improvements, the later versions of the Master League differ a lot from the original Master League used in Beside many flattering reviews the game also won the ECTS Interactive Entertainment Award in 1999.
It was released at the same time as International Superstar Soccer Pro 98, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (KCET) for the PlayStation. 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. Due to the date of release, the game focuses on 1998 World Cup and includes each qualifed team plus more. Teams that did not qualify have line-ups from the qualifiers. The game was precise in every detail and aspect of the game, such as the fact that the team captain could be selected with the captain's badge on arm and the colour of players' shoes could also be individualized. The new version featured updated player rosters, extended amount of game modes, teams (including club teams for the very first time), stadiums and settings providing highly developed player editor not as long limited only to name edition.
However, like in The Master League game mode is present in every subsequent version in the ISS and PES series. Although it lacked FIFPro licence, it featured Italian striker Fabrizio Ravanelli along with German goalkeeper Andreas Koepke (on German release) and English midfielder Paul Ince (on British release) on the cover. The number of international teams has been increased from the previous release. The number of international teams has been increased from the previous release.
The squads are in accordance with official 1998 FIFA World Cup squads as well (rosters from the European version of the game are more tournament-accurate for the 32 participating teams).