Game       : Fifa 2000
Version    : 1.1
Platform   : Play Station
Genre      : Sports , Soccer
Publishers : EA Sports
Author     : Arif Hussain
E-Mail     : ath_007@hotmail.com
Web Page   : http://communities.msn.com/faqs

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  UPDATES
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1.1 - Made some changes as website got completed. Updates on Question
      and answers section.(30/3/2001)

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~CONTENTS~
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 1) Notice.
 2) Review.
 3) About the Author.
 4) About the Game.
 5) Intro.(of the game)
 6) Game Functions.
  6.1) Game Controls.
  6.2) Pause Menu.
  6.3) Option Menu.
 7)The different Difficulty levels.
 8) Kinds Of Matches.
  8.1) Friendly.
  8.2) Cup.
  8.3) League/Season.
  8.4) Training.
  8.5) Custom Cup and League.
 9) Teams in Detail.
10) Questions and Answers.
11) Tips and Tricks.
12) Special Thanks.
13) Special Notice
13) Legal Notice.

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                                  NOTICE.

  This is a Faq made by Arif Hussain for the game Fifa 2000.This Faq should
  be only found in the sites given below:
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  Any kind of illegal copying,selling,Or editing will be ...the guy who
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  If you want to paste this on your webpage you will have to send an
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                              ~Review~

EA Sports has rocked the chart again by their new game Fifa 2000.The game
is improving with each of its version coming. It has become one of the best
selling soccer games of the year 2000.With this game, more and more
Americans are coming into the big gaming screens. This game has improved
a lot from the game Fifa'99.The graphics, the game play everything has
changed even the Player Models ,for example: You can make your own Team,
You can change the colour of Rivaldo,you can add hair to Zidane(he is bald)
. The animations are also very cool. But the commentatory is a bit boring,
as it is repetitive.

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                          About the Author.
Name        :Arif Hussain
Email       :ath_007@hotmail.com
Webpage     :http://communities.msn.com/faqs
Place       :Saudi Arabia
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                          About the Game.
Version           : 1.1
PlatForm          : Playstation
Genre             : EA Sports
Memory card       : Yes
No.of players     : 1-8 players(Multi Tap compatible)
Kind of Game      : Sports
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                          Intro (of the game)
EA sports has done it again.The game Fifa 2000 became the best seller
of the year.Many kinds of improvement took place within a span of time.
Robbie Williams shows his skills in the game also,his song"Its only us"
is very good.The other rock bands takes their roll also.The songs are too
good that we may spend time listening to them other than playing.
There are also new Player editing techniques in this game.For more information
you can go to the site
http://www.fifa2000.com
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                           Game Functions.

Now lets come to the game without wasting any more time.First, lets see
about the game functions and lets look through the stats.

Gameplay : It is a little outta shape.(you should know what i mean).
so i have to give it 3.5/5(not too good, not too bad)

Graphics : Graphics are cool. When you do a very rough tackle a movie comes
in which you will get a card.See how the players move like in real life.
So, i can give it a 4.5/5

Music    : Music is AWESOME.The songs like 'Its only us' is excellent.
So, it is 5/5

Commentatory : Commentatory is like ....y'know...weak.I can't say it is very
good,Because it is repetetive.At first it will seem good but after a few
weeks of playing, it will be boring. So it is like a 3/5

Overall:is a 7.5/10

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Game Controls.

Movement Of Player - D-Pad.
X         - Pass
O         - Shoot
[]        - Lob
Triangle  - Sprint
L1        - Pass it front
L2        - Side the ball/Hurdle
R1        - Protect the ball from been stolen
R2        - Flick the ball/360 spin
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In the Main Menu,

X         - Select
Triangle  - Help Menu
Select    - Go Backward
Start     - Go Forward.
O         - Choose Icon at the Bottom of the screen.
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When ball is not in possession,

X         - Switch the player
O         - Conservative Tackle
[]        - Slide
L2        - An icon comes in the down corner of the screen(i dont know its use
            so readers help needed)
R2        - An icon comes in the down corner of the screen(i dont know its use
            so readers help needed)
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When the ball is with the Goal Keeper,

X         - Shoot High
O         - Shoot High
[]        - Throw
L1        - Drop Ball/Take ball in the hands/Pass it away.
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When Shooting Penalties,

X         - Change the player
O         - Shoot
[]        - Change the Side
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When Shooting Free kicks,

X         - Raise The ball in the air.
O         - Shoot
L1        - Pass
L2        - Spin the Ball left
R2        - Spin the Ball Right.
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When Ball is in the air,

X         - Volley Pass
O         - Vooley Shot
O*2       - Scissor kick
[]        - Diving Header
Triangle  - A very WEAK heading.
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                           6.2)Pause Menu
In the pause menu ,you can see the following:

Continue       : Continue with the current game.
Instant Replay : See the replay of the game or shot which occured about
                 ten seconds (or so) ago.
Cameras        : Toggles between the cameras you want
                a) Tele cam
                b) Tower cam
                c) End to End
                d) Action cam
                e) Customise - Adjusts the cam for default settings.
Team management:a)Substitution : Allows you to Substitue a player
                b)IGM(In Game Management): Allows you to set the type
                  of arrangement your team has.This can be done also by
                  pressing Select during the game.
                c)Kick Takers  : Allows you to set the players in the
                  different kinds of situations,like penalty,free kick etc
Side Select    : Allows you to take the team,which you want to control.
Option Menu    : See option menu (6.3)
Match Facts    : Makes you to know the stats of the match
                 The total no.of shots
                 The no.of shots on target
                 Corners
                 Bookings
                 % of possession.
Score Summary  : The players who have scored and the no.of goals scored.
Booking Summary: The players who have been booked.
Restart Match  : Restarting the current match.Be careful 'cause once you
                 tap on it,they wont ask "Are You Sure?"
Exit Match     : Quit the current match
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                       6.3)Option Menu

The Option menu consists of 4 categories,which are
1)Match
2)Gameplay
3)Visual
4)Audio
       Now,lets see everything in brief.
1)Match
1.1) Length of the half:Toggles between the time you want to have in one
                        half.2-4-8-10-20-45 mins.
1.2) Language          :The language you want to have.The languages consist
                        of:English , American , Dutch , Spanish etc.There are
                        still two or three more languages that i cant figure
                        out.So readers help needed.
1.3) Weather           :The weather in which you want to play the match.
                        The weather consists of:
                        Clear climate,Rain,Hot Climate,Snow,Sleet or random
                        (in which the game will select the climate).You cannot
                        Select the weather between the game.
1.4) Substitutions     :Toggles between the no.of substitutions you want.
                        3,5 or UnLimited.
1.5) Fatigue           :Toggles between on/off.
1.6) Clock Type        :Toggles between Out Of Play/Continuous.
1.7) Day/Night         :Toggles between the Day/Night.
1.8) Kit Clashing      :Toggles between On/Off.

2)Gameplay
2.1)Difficulty Level   :Toggles between Amateur/Professional/World Class
2.2)Game Speed         :The speed at which you wanna play the game:Normal,
                        Fast,Faster,Fastest.The fastest is very annoying.
2.3)Referee Strictness :Toggles Between Random/Defined.The defined looks like
                        this ======|=== .
2.4)Bookings           :Toggles Between On/Off.
2.5)Offsides           :Toggles Between On/Off.
2.6)Injuries           :Toggles Between On/Off.
2.7)Vibration          :Toggles Between On/Off.

3)Visual
3.1)Cameras            :Toggles Between Tele,Tower,End to End,Action.
3.2)Auto Replay        :Toggles Between On/Off
3.3)Out of Play Cinemas:Toggles Between On/Off.
3.4)Time Display       :Toggles Between On/Off.
3.5)Score Display      :Toggles Between On/Off.
3.6)Visual Indicators  :Toggles Between On/Off.
3.7)Player Numbers     :Toggles Between On/Off.

4)Audio
4.1)Music Volume       :Off-1-100%
4.2)Commentary Volume  :Off-1-100%
4.3)Game SFX Volume    :Off-1-100%
4.4)Menu SFX Volume    :Off-1-100%

Now thats for the Game and its Functions.

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                    8) The Different Kinds Of Difficulty
                                   Levels.
There are Three difficulty levels in the game.They are:
a)Amateur.
b)Professional.
c)World Class.
So,Lets look at each in detail.

a)Amateur
This level is for the beginners. The scoring trick is soooo easy. An Expert can
shoot about 20 goals in about 10 mins.(I do that).This level is like a training
Ground.The tips for shooting in this level are:
 * When you start the match and you are taking the centre,run with the ball
down to the enemies defense area.
 * Run and dribble the ball very fast,otherwise the ball will go out of
possession.
 * Even you can run towards the corner area and lob the ball into the box
and do a bicycle shot into the net.
 * You can even run towards the goal keeper and hurdle and tap the ball
in to the net.This picture might make it clear.
   _ _  net    goallie                   player with the ball "YOU".
  /  | /    O /                    O   /
 /   |/    /|\         <--------  /|\ /
|    |      |  ---------->         |
|____|_    / \                   0/ \


   _ _                          /The way you will go
  /  |      O                  /
 /   |     /|\   <------<-----\
|    |      |   /      /       \
|__0-|-----/ \ / \\___O/ -----> <--------to hurdle press L1(game controls)
           /          \
          /            \Goallie trying to steal the ball by sliding.
       "YOU"

 * Another trick is that when you near the goalkeeper alone without any
opponent near you ,the goallie will charge towards you.When that happens
quickly change your track in which you are running,this is an easy method
to score.

Professional

This is the place of the game which starts to be tough.It will be a little
hard to move away from the opponents,so take care so that you wont lose
the ball.If you lose the ball,then it will take some time for gettimg it
back.You should not use any kind of aggressive tackle,so that you wont
get a card.Tips same as that of amateur but dont try to be fast.You can
be fast but slow down near the penalty box.But dont slow down that much
that the opponents could reach you .You will push him away but that wont
help much,so be fast enough.And to deal with the goallie,dont shoot from
far away 'cause the goallie can catch it very easily.And dont come too
close too 'cause the goallie can come sliding too fast that you can not
use the trick showed in the amateur section.If you are lucky,you can
score.

World Class

This is the toughest level of all.If you lose the ball and dont try to
get it back ,then it is a sure goal.And if you try to use aggressive
tackle then,Out comes the card,in goes the player.In this stage you should
be very fast(very very fast) so that the opponents cant reach you(which
never will happen).But in penalties the goalies are not so hard.But dont
think of that too much,'cause you will never get the chances to shoot
penalties.I have never scored in this level,because the opponents are too
strong.No tips in this stage because you know the cause.So readers help needed
If any person helps me in figuring it out then I will put his name in
the special thanks section.

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                    8) The Different kinds Of matches

There are about 6 kinds of matches in this game,they are:
8.1)Friendly
8.2)Cups
8.3)League Or The Season
8.4)Training
8.5)Custom Cup
8.6)Custom League.
    Lets go thru each in detail.

8.1)Friendly
Here you can play a friendly game with any country you want.There is
nothing much to tell you ,so you can just play the game.

8.2)Cups
Here you have to choose between the three cups you wanna play.
a)World Cup -which comprises of all the international teams .
b)EFA Trophy-which comprises of all the clubs.
c)ECC trophy-which again comprises of all the clubs.

8.3)Season
Choose the country you want and play the mini mini clubs they will have,(not like Man Utd or Arsenal)

8.4)Training
Choose the international team you want and play a ...
  ...Training Match-Train yourself for the big game.
  ...Penalties     -Train yourself to kicks the(cheap)Penalties
  ...Set Pieces    -This contains
                    a)Free Kicks
                    b)Corners
                    c)Throw ins
  ...Keeper        -On/Off

8.5)Custom Cup and League.
Contains the following:
Cup name...           Put the Name u want
Cup Format...         League/K.O or K.O
Types of Teams...     Club/International
No.of Teams...
No.of Groups...
Mathes v Each group team...
Teams advancing from each group...
Legs v Opponent...
Legs v Opponents in final...
Month to begin cup
     League
League name
Types of teams..
No.of Teams...
Matches v Each team
Month to begin League.
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                       Questions and Answers
1)How do u head the ball into the net from a cross or in particular corner
kicks?
      -Lewis
A)Well this is a very rare chance of heading the ball into the net.But dont
worry ...The thing u should do is ,when the ball comes flying over
head...see that it falls correctly to where u r standing.Then more backwards
(little-max 3 steps)then charge
forwards by pressing the shoot button...it will result in a diving
header.BUT,this is a very tough attempt as we may be attacked by an
opponent.

2)How can you score direct without passing on a free kick [direct kick]?
      -Lewis
A)I have never tried this ...But this also is a very rare chance
.All i can say is keep the shot low.Please let me know if u have
more answers on this question
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                       Special Thanks
You will see ur name being put in this section if u help me out or give
some tips.I would also like to thank the sites for posting this Faq.
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                              Legal Notice

  This is a Faq made by Arif for the game Fifa 2000.This Faq should
  be only found in the sites given below:
  Any kind of illegal copying,selling,Or editing will be ...the guy who
  does it will know what will happen.This faq can be used for personel
  purposes like Printing,BUT do not sell it.You cannot paste it in your
  webpage without my permission.You cannot even edit it and make this
  faq as your contribution.
  If you want to paste this on your webpage you will have to send an
  Email to arif@popstar.com ,asking me nicely about what you wanna do
  with it.

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