and this was the Romario one:
Mike's Sheep Draft
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I thought Gullit would be blocked for sure.. I thought he was the forward that @Enigma_87 was talking about..
I barely researched.. Searched football video games and this wiki link had everything
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_association_football_video_games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_(video_game_series)the 99 FIFA had alternative covers for different markets:
Here are some more from that year:
Those below are listed, yes. Batistuta is not listed there and i can't see a single Batistuta cover when doing various google searches. Your pic is also missing the FIFA water mark top right on the cover. Also, there's a lot of white background on the games but not on Batistutas. Yeah.
Not exactly a cover but just a digital marketing one, but the EA copyright at the end helped convince Mikey
That is 100% not a cover though, you can find the same for most of the icons in fifa
Mobygames? Sound legit
I know, but you always have a round like this that just ends up being controversial.
For a first time draft mod, been a brilliant spotlessly run draft till then, so we can let this pass.
Well this is what I’ve verified before making the pick and looks genuine to me. Why would anyone make a knock off fifa PlayStation cover in 99?
Souness cover:
I enquired about this one for Maradona but was rightly knocked back
Cutting edge graphics from that game:
I enquired about this one for Maradona but was rightly knocked back
Cutting edge graphics from that game:
No idea. I do have an idea why someone would do it in 2020 though. You're pretty good with photoshop, right? You know it's funny, if you google "Batistuta celebration", that picture on that cover is the first picture that pops up. Probably a coincidence though..
Yea that Batistuta one is definitely a fake.
That picture and jersey is from 1998-99 season and Fifa 99 released before the start of the 98-99 season (10 June 1998). So impossible for it to make it there.
Also, Fiorentina's shirt sponsor was Nintendo and its highly unlikely that playstation would put a player with Nintendo jersey on the cover
Do we have the link where the Batistuta image was found? I did a reverse engine search and its not there anywhere. Such a high quality picture is easily found on reverse search
Edit: Example, Souness picture above rightly lead me here
https://www.mobygames.com/game/graeme-souness-soccer-manager/cover-art/gameCoverId,149440/
Edit: Example, Souness picture above rightly lead me here
https://www.mobygames.com/game/graeme-souness-soccer-manager/cover-art/gameCoverId,149440/
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Mobygames running wild. We've taken over the draft. 
You're the guy behind this whole conspiracy aint you? Should have known.Mobygames running wild. We've taken over the draft.
I might be the only one in this round who went with a straight forward popular game cover!I did too! Both Vieira and Mendieta were on variations of FIFA covers.
Anyway, sorry for the outrage y'all, it's just a fecking internet game after all
I'll pick some weird team and get knocked out in the first round.I’m not that good mate.
Mike can verify that was the very first image I sent to him as soon as we got the criteria asking if it is legit and then found a Romario one.
That Batistuta is funnily fake. Surely you think so too @Enigma_87 !!?? How can you not
I know it’s an internet game but to spend time picking genuine Picks only to be shafted is crap. I’ve never made it through a first round of a draft so clearly don’t care too much or play too within the rules of a draft, or just rubbish at it. Any or all
I know it’s an internet game but to spend time picking genuine Picks only to be shafted is crap. I’ve never made it through a first round of a draft so clearly don’t care too much or play too within the rules of a draft, or just rubbish at it. Any or all
Mind sharing where you found it mate?
Quite obvious Photoshop inconsistency there missing a curve
I googled fifa cover images from 96 till 2020 and found different images for different markets, found Romario one alongside Batistuta and couple of others and asked if it is ok. Needed a forward so didn’t really put any more effort in it and send it as picks.Mind sharing where you found it mate?
Quite obvious Photoshop inconsistency there missing a curve
So you don’t think it’s fake?
That Batistuta is funnily fake. Surely you think so too @Enigma_87 !!?? How can you not
I know it’s an internet game but to spend time picking genuine Picks only to be shafted is crap. I’ve never made it through a first round of a draft so clearly don’t care too much or play too within the rules of a draft, or just rubbish at it. Any or all
To be honest I really hate rounds like these because it ends up in controversy - tashes, chest hairs, thighs and so on.
This is why I asked if it is ok or not.
Well I thought it is obviously.So you don’t think it’s fake?
Chill, I know you didn't Photoshop it, but it's obviously a fake. Here's the proof and origin
You fecked up @Michaelf7777777
Sorry, @Enigma_87 Thought i was Sherlock Holmes for a second there.The Valderrama one is also fake? Can you paste the link also to that?Chill, I know you didn't Photoshop it, but it's obviously a fake. Here's the proof and origin
You fecked up @Michaelf7777777
No worries, mate I thought it was a great find and a fantastic cover, would be a shame not to be real.
Also thought scrappy and others will find it too that’s why I said we would probably block each other till round 3
I was never in for a striker. So many good strikers left in the pool to pick later. I knew no one would go Cruyff, so got cocky leaving him for round 2. But then as I said before, letting you pick Romario would have ended the draft as a competition and a block was necessary considering everyone else had a striker.
Here.... Although, it's already accepted.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Polistil-V...974894?hash=item34119fa66e:g:CvcAAOSwKF1dX8xj
It is clearly Franz Beckenbauer in his German shirt wearing number 5 with a captain's armband. It is Handheld electronic game from feckin 1979. Handhold electronic game is a very small, portable device for playing interactive electronic game, a miniaturized version of video game.
I would find him even if I had to do my own video game. Now, leave me be.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Polistil-V...974894?hash=item34119fa66e:g:CvcAAOSwKF1dX8xj
It is clearly Franz Beckenbauer in his German shirt wearing number 5 with a captain's armband. It is Handheld electronic game from feckin 1979. Handhold electronic game is a very small, portable device for playing interactive electronic game, a miniaturized version of video game.
I would find him even if I had to do my own video game. Now, leave me be.
Here.... Although, it's already accepted.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Polistil-V...974894?hash=item34119fa66e:g:CvcAAOSwKF1dX8xj
It is clearly Franz Beckenbauer in his German shirt wearing number 5 with a captain's armband. It is Handheld electronic game from feckin 1979. Handhold electronic game is a very small, portable device for playing interactive electronic games, a miniaturized versions of video games.
I would find him even if I had to do my own video game. Now, leave me be.
That's an awesome find.
Sold.Appreciated it, I bled for this one.
This round takes 10 mins to research. Sent.
One from me as well
https://www.konami.com/wepes/2019/as/en-sg/topic/datapack_03
Technically it’s a product, video game, and official from Konami - data pack 3 - you can buy as a separate product.
I don’t care but that’s surely not a game cover ffsI actually might buy one.
Sent my next pick also...
Yep, it's not.
Hmm...an expansion pack isn't a video game.
And, no - that clearly can't be called a "cover".
Oh well - got away with it, case closed.
And, no - that clearly can't be called a "cover".
Oh well - got away with it, case closed.
Here.... Although, it's already accepted.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Polistil-V...974894?hash=item34119fa66e:g:CvcAAOSwKF1dX8xj
It is clearly Franz Beckenbauer in his German shirt wearing number 5 with a captain's armband. It is Handheld electronic game from feckin 1979. Handhold electronic game is a very small, portable device for playing interactive electronic game, a miniaturized version of video game.
I would find him even if I had to do my own video game. Now, leave me be.
That's a genius bit of research. Also, that dodgy Batistuta pick never would have stood in our well-oiled machine of a draft