Play Neo-Geo Cup '98 - The Road to the Victory Online

Neo-Geo Cup '98 flips the script on the usual arcade soccer formula—instead of the standard top-down view, you're playing on a side-scrolling field, which makes everything feel way more dynamic. You've got 73 national teams to pick from, and honestly, half the fun is just scrolling through them all before settling on one.

The controls are simple but take a second to get used to: one button for shots and low passes, another for high passes and tackles, and a third to switch players. It's based on Super Sidekicks 3, so if you've played that, the animations will look familiar—just with a fresh coat of '98 World Cup hype.

Matches are fast, chaotic, and exactly what you'd want from an arcade soccer game. You control the whole team at once, which means you'll occasionally pass to the wrong guy or slide tackle at the worst possible moment. But when you pull off a perfect cross into a bicycle kick? Pure arcade bliss.