As the 1986 FIFA World Cup was coming closer, U.S. Gold decided to acquire the rights of an older game, World Cup Football by Artic, re-fit it with the properly licensed items, and market it as a new title, but this late effort was received with criticism from gamers, retailers and reviewers alike.
Virgin Mastertronic released the official home computer game of the 1990 World Cup for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, IBM PC compatibles, and ZX Spectrum.
The Master System version was another game, also released as Super Futebol II in Brazil.
A number of unofficial games were also released including Italy 1990 by previous license holders U.S. Gold.
The game built on the previously released FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 engine, although it features some minor gameplay improvements such as in-game strategy changes and more tactically accurate player positioning.
As in the FIFA series, World Cup 98 features a song in the menu: "Tubthumping", by Chumbawamba.
The national team kits are accurate along with player likeness and the stadia of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Created by EA Sports and released during the last two weeks of April 2006, this game features not only the World Cup finals themselves, but the six regional qualification rounds.
Released in April 2010, the game contains 199 of the 204 national teams that took part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process.
Additionally, the game does not feature Brunei, Laos, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines who did not participate in World Cup qualifying.
The game contains all of the 203 national teams that took part in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification process.
The national teams of Bhutan, Brunei, Guam, Mauritania and South Sudan, all of which did not participate in World Cup qualifying, and Mauritius, that withdrew before playing any match, are not featured in the game.
There's also an EA-licensed collectible card game for Android and iOS: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil World-class Soccer.