May '99

>> 3:29 p.m.
SOCCER GAMING have posted three new articles. I strongly recommend checking SOCCER GAMING daily, as it is always updated.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> Xavier from the very popular FIFA Latin America let me know of their latest patch called the Copa Mustang. Here's an awesome screen shot and info on what it includes:

- English/Spanish compatibility
- The 16 teams from the Mustang Cup 99' (Colombian League)
- 6 stadiums (Santa Fé de Bogotá, Deportivo Cali, Medellín and Baranquilla).
- Menus (main one, waiting screens..)
- Correct team kits Libertadores Cup (the best teams from Latin America)
- Setup Program Option to play as custom league or as a personalized one for incredible realism colombian addboards.

>> An international Modem League is being built at www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Chip/7101.

>> More people are still needed in the UK Modem League at http://welcome.to/fifafanatics.

>> There is a new patch known as the Spain-Italy Cup being made at http://spain-italy.jogos.net/.

>> A guy known as Mac has set up an IRC channel for FIFA 99 fans at Dalnet known as #fifa99.

>> There is a Danish Modem League kicking off soon at http://fifa.spilcentret.dk/.

>> 8:35 p.m.
The all new Soccer Forum has opened at SOCCER GAMING. Post anything you want about "real" soccer.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> Tomorrow I will be looking to update the page with all the news I have received in my mailbox in the past week, including screen shots from the various new add-ons at FIFA Latin America.

>> 6:04 p.m.
News, news and more news, now at SOCCER GAMING.

>> 7:39 a.m.
The 5th version of Marassi Stadium with really cool sideline benches is available at FIFA Mania.

>> The English Super patch official update, known as ESPY2K, will be uploaded later tonight.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> Chris posted some exclusive news on the new ESP Y2K update at SOCCER GAMING. Included is a groovy screen shot.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 10:17 p.m.
Rimo from FIFA Mania has let me know of some VERY GOOD NEWS! They have successfully placed benches on the sidelines in their latest FIFA 99 Stadium. The Genova (4th Version) can be seen in the screen shot to the left. The next few version will involve far more detailed and realistic benches.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 10:30 p.m.
Alex has put together a great update of new files tonight in the Downloads section. Included is 20 new English Club Kits along with a number of new kits and other goodies.

>> 7:22 p.m.
SOCCER GAMING has posted their FA Cup Wrap Up.

>> Alex Harris will be doing quite a large update of the Downloads page very soon. Stay tuned. He'd also like to let you all know, that the long awaited Kit Requests section will be opening in mid-June, as most of the designers have important exams currently.

>> 9:55 a.m.
The official German FIFA 99 Add-on site has gone live. It also has an English version. Check out the page today for large amount of new screenshots from this exciting patch.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 10:57 p.m.
Here are three new pics of Leumit 99 (the Hebrew super patch).

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 10:45 p.m.
I thought I'd post a bit of the news I have stashed away in my Inbox today...

>> Sahar has sent in new shots of Leumit 99, the huge Israeli super patch from www.fifa.co.il. Check out these 3 screen shots. A new collection of shots will be posted tomorrow.

>> Spanish FIFA 99 Online has moved to a new location on the Soccer Gaming network. They can now be found at www.fifala.com. They also has a new site name: FIFA LATION AMERICA plus a cool new design.

>> Special thanks to Ric Brienza who has kindly donated his time to maintain the messages on the Forums. Hopefully this will mean no more flooding or abusive language.

>> A very good new Cyprus Modem League has kicked off at http://come.to/cyprusfifa99/.

>> A Portuguese Modem League is underway at http://fifa99coimbra.freehosting.net/.

>> Yet another Cyprus Modem League is taking place at www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/2672.

>> The first Hungarian Modem League can be found at www.extra.hu/fifaleague.

>> A USA Modem League is going off at http://crushem.net/fifa.

>> Also for you Americans is a FIFA 99 Ladder at www.gti.net/mmejido/ladder/gameladder.html.

>> A new FIFA 99 site has opened at http://start.at/fc known as FIFA CM Gaming.

>> Check out http://users.arsenalfc.net/d-bergkamp if you are from the UK and wish to join a Modem League.

>> There's a new Championship Manager site at www.cmgaming.com.

>> Send in your best replays to the new replays page at www.fifamania.it/replay. (Italian)

>> A new Ottawa, Canada Modem League has opened at http://fifaleague.8m.com/.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 11:36 p.m.
Two awesome and totally new stadiums have been posted at FIFA Mania.

>> A very large update has been posted at SOCCER GAMING.

>> 10:36 p.m.
Alex has posted the latest Bayern Munich, AEK Athens, Palermo, Atalanta and Galatasary kits to the Downloads section.

>> 7:29 a.m.
SOCCER GAMING has news about Microsoft's new International Football 2000 game, which is set to be a beauty!

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 7:34 a.m.
Alex uploaded Dortmund, FC Groningen, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Galatasary and Fenerbache kits plus some Turkish Adboards to the Downloads section last night.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 10:27 p.m.
There isn't any FIFA 99 news to post today. But make sure you check out SOCCER GAMING regularly.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 12:21 p.m.
EA Sports' have updated their Official FIFA 99 Site. You can now download an awesome interactive screen saverFIFA 99 Screensaver(2.5 mb) Make sure you move your mouse around the screen saver and clikc on the icons for a lot of fun! Also new is a set of cool Quick Time Video Highlights from FIFA 99 and a very useful Tips page.

>> 8:38 a.m.
Here is some good news for our Hebrew FIFA 99 fans. Sahar Ben-Attar and Yaniv Aharon from www.fifa.co.il (the big Israeli FIFA site) have sent me news on a huge Israeli super patch known as Leumit 99. Here's part of the letter I received from Sahar:

The name of the biggest patch ever made for a computer game is "Leumit 99".
The size of the patch is 200 Mb (released on CD in Israel only) - and the internet version 60 Mb (with installation program (on the Hard Disk it takes 150 Mb)

Leumit 99 includes :

- Leumit League (First Israeli league)
- Artzit League (Seconed Israeli League)
- Classic League (14 Israeli Teams that won the Champion)
- "Plus" League (League with 8 team from europe that one or more israeli player play in there)
- All Correct rosters for the rest of the European teams France, Spain,England, Holland, Italy, Germany
- All Jerseys for the leagues above
- New stadiums (Teddy, Beer-Sheva, Blumfiled, Kiryat Eliezer, ramat-gan, Petach tikva)
- New Adidas Ball
- New Menus
- New Backgrounds for all Menus
- New Stadiums Pictures for Stadium Select Screen
- New Hebrew Fonts (Big Thanks for Chau Le)
- New Music (Champion songs) and many more new futures

Screen Shots:

Check out www.fifa.co.il for further information. They also have a new look design.

>> As you have all probably noticed, the leading soccer games site, SOCCER GAMING, is currently down. The network main are currently having a great time in E3 (gggrrr! ;-) so it might be a few hours before it goes back up.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 11:00 p.m.
I have received two new screen shots from The Ultimate Dutch Update (TUDU). The first shows the new menu screen, while the second is a non-3dfx screen shot of the Amsterdam Arena (do not fear, it will be compatible with 3dfx).

>> Mark Murphy informed me that a new UK Modem League will be kicking off on June 15th at http://homepages.tesco.net/~mark.murphy/fifafanatics.htm.

>> Mostafa Ashour has been nice enough to put together a text file full of useful Tips for FIFA 99. Check it out HERE.

>> Yet another new UK Modem League can be found at http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/stands/1646.

>> A new Greek Modem League has begun at http://www.homestead.com/soulimiotis/fifa99.html.

>> The SF99 League is a Modem League currently under-way in Singapore. Check it out if you are interested.

>> A Dutch Modem League is happening at http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/hgerits/fifa.

>> 5:51 p.m.
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>> 5:06 p.m.
Alex Harris added two new Stadiums to the Downloads page.

Alex has recently got himself a full time job so is looking for an experienced web page designer who can take over the updating of the Kits section. If you are interested, contact Alex at files@fifa99.net.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 3:54 p.m.
Check out the big preview of FIFA 2000 at SOCCER GAMING. It surely will interest you all.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 9:58 p.m.
I've added three new FIFA 99 Menu Songs to the Music section. The Offspring's "Come out and Play" (I wonder who my favourite band is?! ;-) along with two songs that Olivier Van Wolput notified me of. Stay tuned for a stack of new music soon!

>> There's a new Costa Rican Modem League at http://fifacr.webjump.com/index.htm.

>> Stefan has sent me some new German FIFA 99 Add-on screen shots. Check them out below the letter that was enclosed with the shots.

The official GFA-Homepage will opening soon on German FIFA99 Online. The page will appear in German-language and in English-language.
We are currently working on the data. We're still ready with the 1st and the 2nd Bundesliga, so we are currently working on the Regionalliga (the 3rd German league). We are not sure, but we suspect, that we have to postpone the GFA, cause it's impossible to edit 6 leagues (Regionalliga North, South, Southwest,North-east, Oberliga, Swiss National-league and the Austrian Bundesliga) till May 22nd (official Release-Date). So, it will be released (maybe) on May 29th , but nothing is sure ...-;)) We are also looking for a few international server who would be interested in uploading the patch for us.

Stefen Munstedt

Check out German FIFA 99 Online for more info and screen shots.

>> A USA Modem League Cup is kicking off on June 12th at http://soccer99.hypermart.net. Registration is open now.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 10:03 p.m.
Sorry guys about the lack of updates. I'm totally busy with other commitments. Check out SOCCER GAMING for the latest FIFA news. It's updated all day, every day!

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 8:23 p.m.
The first ever new song for FIFA 99 has been released. Thanks to Tony Willen's incredible Sound View. Visit the FIFA 99 Music section to download Sound View and The Offpring's "Self Esteem" which will replace the Fatboy Slim song, The Rockerfella Shank" in the FIFA 99 Menu Music.

Please DO NOT send me your music add-ons for FIFA 99. If you have added your favourite song to FIFA 99 please contact me and tell me which song it is, then I will tell you where it can be uploaded to. Thanx.

>> 7:12 p.m.
BIG NEWS!
I have figured out how to change the music in FIFA 99. We can now have completely new and different music in the background of the FIFA 99 Menus. The first new song, The Offspring's "Self Esteem" will be released in a couple of hours. Stay tuned.

>> 11:40 a.m.
Chris Davies has uploaded the first ESP Update.
It updates the teams with all the latest rosters as well as removing a number of bugs. Be warned, the server may be busy.

>> The Newcastle ESP Menu Theme has been released at the ESP Downloads section.

>> If you are having problems with the ESP, please read the FAQ before emailing Chris.

>> Brazilian FIFA 99 Online has begun making a Champions League 99 Patch.

>> A Mexican Modem League is beginning at http://members.xoom.com/Arachnotron.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 11:03 p.m.
Tom has been posting a lot of interesting news stories at SOCCER GAMING. SG is updated many times, every day!

>> FIFAMania has posted a two very cool totally new stadiums.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 11:03 p.m.
The Arsenal ESP Menu Theme has been uploaded to the ESP Downloads page.

>> 8:03 a.m.
Sorry, I posted the wrong link to the ESP Music Add-ons. They are fixed now.

>> Alex added a bunch of new Stadiums and Ad-boards to the Downloads section last night.

>> Soccer Gaming has posted news on FIFA 2000 as well as a link to four FIFA 2000 screen shots.

>> 8:03 p.m.
Liverpool fans, or anyone interested, can now download the Liverpool ESP Menu Theme from the ESP Downloads page. Tomorrow the Arsenal ESP Menu Theme will be released. Stay tuned to the site because later tonight I will be adding to new versions of the ESP Menu Music. It's a collection of the best music from FIFA 97, FIFA 98, WC98 and FIFA 99 by Chris Davies.

>> Don't forget to check out the king of soccer gaming sites, SOCCER GAMING! It is being updated every hour or so with news from all around the soccer gaming world. Today's big story: FIFA 2000 cancelled for N64.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 10:03 p.m.
As promised, the new ESP Music Add-ons have been uploaded. These ones actually work :)

>> 8:03 p.m.
Liverpool fans, or anyone interested, can now download the Liverpool ESP Menu Theme from the ESP Downloads page. Tomorrow the Arsenal ESP Menu Theme will be released. Stay tuned to the site because later tonight I will be adding to new versions of the ESP Menu Music. It's a collection of the best music from FIFA 97, FIFA 98, WC98 and FIFA 99 by Chris Davies.

>> Don't forget to check out the king of soccer gaming sites, SOCCER GAMING! It is being updated every hour or so with news from all around the soccer gaming world. Today's big story: FIFA 2000 cancelled for N64.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 12:00 p.m.
The world of Soccer Gaming as we know it will never be the same! Ok, I may be over reacting, but I am very excited. SOCCER GAMING has gone live! Visit the new look site today and be amazed. The site will be forever growing! Thanx to everyone who helped out in the design!

>> *Mental Note*: "Matt, when uploading news about a new file, make sure you upload the damn file as well!" ;-) As you may have all noticed, the link to the Chelsea ESP Menu Theme was not working before, however I have now fixed it.

>> 10:23 p.m.
The Chelsea Menu Theme has been uploaded to the ESP Downloads section. Check out a screen shot of it to the left of this text. Tomorrow I will release the Liverpool ESP Menu Theme.

>> Xavier has uploaded a new version of the Argentinean League at Spanish FIFA 99 Online.

>> Please support FIFA 99 Online's sponsors and download @Backup.

>> 10:14 a.m.
Having trouble with the ESP? Chris Davies has put together an ESP Bug Report. View it here.

>> I added a new UK server to download the ESP from on the ESP Download section. On top of this a copy of the ESP Readme has been added.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 10:14 p.m.
The first of the ESP Menu Themes has been added to the ESP Download page (Manchester United). Tomorrow I will add Chelsea.

>> The new Norway FIFA 99 Online has just opened. Check it out today if you speak Norwegian.

>> 9:04 p.m.
Alex has been busy. Earlier today he posted 24 brand new club kits to the Downloads section. He also broke the European Club Kits section up into countries, for easier browsing.

>> Stay tuned, as later tonight (before I sit down to watch the Formula 1 race) I will add the Manchester United Menu Theme for the ESP.

>> 3:47 p.m.
Check our what I found today while browsing 3DFILES.COM

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Click here to download the demo (36.8 mb) sheesh!

>> 10:52 a.m.
I have managed to add a couple of new servers for you all to download the ESP from. Visit the ESP Download section if you are still yet to get your hands on this magnificent add-on.

>> Check out the ESP Official Site for screen shots, and info on what the ESP has to offer.

>> Chris Davies, the man who bought a new modem so that he could upload the ESP for all you people, created the ESP and would like your feedback. If you ha have any compliments, suggestions or problems email Chris at john@davies22.freeserve.co.uk.

Posted by Matt Holme

>> 12:31 p.m.
THE ESP IS OUT!
Click here to download the full English Super Patch (without new music). 9.4 mb.
Click here to download the ESP Music Add-on (highly recommended). 4.3mb.

If you are experiencing difficulties downloading the ESP, please be patient as it will soon be uploaded to a number of international servers. I will post a lot more news about what the ESP has to offer later today. For now, I'll be downloading the ESP for myself and having a sleep (big night last night :)

>> 11:31 a.m.
The moment you have all been waiting for is only 1 hour away. That's right, in exactly 1 hour, the English Super Patch will be released right here!

Posted by Matt Holme

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