Play FIFA International Soccer on Msdos Online

FIFA International Soccer on MS-DOS was the first in the series, and man, did it feel different from other soccer games back in '93. Instead of the usual top-down view, you got this weird isometric angle that took some getting used to—kinda awkward at first, but once you adjusted, it made the gameplay feel more dynamic. You control one player at a time (with that classic button-mash to switch), and the AI handles the rest, which led to some hilarious moments when your teammates would just stand around while you sprinted after the ball.

There’s a fun little exploit where you can just park your player in front of the goalie during a kick—he’ll boot it straight into you, and bam, easy goal. Not sure if that was intentional, but we all abused it. You’ve got a few modes: quick matches, a World Cup-style tournament (complete with group stages), and straight-to-knockout playoffs. The four-player option was chaotic in the best way, especially if you split teams and someone decided to play keep-away just to annoy everyone else.

It’s janky by today’s standards, but back then, this was the closest thing to feeling like you were on the pitch—even if the players ran like they were stuck in mud half the time.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".