A friendly match between. The lighting, saturation and weather system were improved to better resemble 's.UEFA Euro 2004 uses a tweaked and improved version of the from and introduces many new gameplay features and game modes to both the. Development made the game's development public on February 6, 2004, when it announced that it had signed an agreement with to develop, publish and distribute the official game based on championship that would begin on June 12 of that same year in Portugal.The game was developed by EA Canada, the studio behind the development of the FIFA series of video games.For the soundtrack, the developers specifically chose -based tracks due to the genre's big resurgence in Europe at the time. Reception ReceptionReview scoresPublicationScoreN/AN/A6/10N/A7.25/107.25/10N/A8.5/108.2/108.3/10N/AN/AGameZone8.2/108.5/108.4/108/108/10N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A7.9/1080%N/AN/AAggregate score76/4/100UEFA Euro 2004: Portugal received 'generally favorable reviews' on all platforms except the Xbox version, which received 'average' reviews, according to the website.
Favored its gameplay and options in comparison to and praised the Windows version in particular for the improved visuals and online multiplayer. Specially praised the sound design of the game, stating that 'the commentary is spot-on and not often repetitive, as we've come to expect.
What's really impressive, however, is the crowd noise. Country-specific chants are a nice touch, and the din of the crowd overall is synched well with the action on the field.' However, the PlayStation 2 version was criticized for its inferior graphics, issues, and lack of when compared to the and PC versions respectively. de la Fuente, Derek (April 20, 2004). Archived from on December 4, 2008.
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at. Is a division of that develops and publishes sports video games. A marketing of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to imitate real-life sports networks by calling themselves the 'EA Sports Network' with pictures or endorsements with real commentators such as, it soon grew up to become a sub-label on its own, releasing game series such as FIFA, NHL,.
Most games under this brand are developed by, the studio of Electronic Arts in as well as in; the main rival to EA Sports is 2K Sports. Notably, both companies compete over the realm of NBA games. Is its rival in association football games.
Unlike some other sports game companies, EA Sports has no special ties to a single platform, which means that all games are released for the bestselling active platforms, sometimes long after most of the other companies abandon them. For example, FIFA 98, Madden NFL 98, NBA Live 98, NHL 98 were released for the and the throughout 1997.Madden NFL 08 had and releases in 2007, was the final title released for the GameCube, with Madden NFL 09 following as the final Xbox title. Additionally, and were released not only for the 2, but for the original PlayStation as well. EA Sports brand name is used to sponsor One team F.
From the 2009–10 season onward and the in the. In 2002, EA purchased the license to for six years, ending competition from and, they lost the NASCAR license in 2009 and the NASCAR license would be owned by for the series starting with Gran Turismo 5, for series until its inception in 2015. On December 13, 2004, EA Sports signed an exclusive deal with the and its for five years. On February 12, 2008, EA Sports announced the extension of its exclusive deal until the 2012 NFL season.Less than a month after the NFL Exclusive deal, EA Sports signed a four-year exclusive deal with the. On April 11, 2005, the and EA Sports signed a deal to grant EA Sports the sole rights to produce college football games for six years.
EA lost the rights for games to 2K Sports in 2005, ending EA's MVP series. In January 2008, EA Sports decided not to renew their NCAA license while they evaluate the status of their MVP game engine. In 2005, EA Sports and signed a massive 15-year deal for ESPN to be integrated into EA Sports video games from 2K Sports. EA's use of the ESPN license has increased over the early life of the deal. EA's early usage of the ESPN license began with and a sports ticker in titles like Madden NFL, NBA Live, NCAA Baseball and Football; the ESPN integration now includes streaming podcasts, text articles, video. In 2012, EA signs a 'multi-year, multi-product' partnership with the, taking over from THQ.In June 2009, EA Sports announced that for 2010, the games Madden NFL, NCAA Football, NASCAR, NHL, NBA Live, Tiger Woods PGA Tour would not be shipped for PC platforms.
The NCAA Football series had not been released on the PC since 1998, The Tiger Woods series' last PC game was Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, the NASCAR series had not had a PC version since in 2005, the last Madden series' to be released on PC was Madden NFL 08 until; the NHL series' last PC game was. NBA Live 08 was the final PC version for NBA Live; the head of at that time, cited and the fact that the 'PC as a platform for authentic, simulation sports games has declined radically in the past three years as the next generation consoles have attracted millions of consumers.' On April 23, 2009, EA Sports released the long-awaited 'EA Sports Complex' space for the PlayStation 3's online community-based service, in the European and North American versions.In the Complex, users can play a series of mini-games, including poker, kart racing, it features a Virtual EA Shop. There are a number of advertisements for upcoming EA Sports games; each that the Complex features has a reward or rewards., a company dedicated to developing for Home, developed the EA Sports Complex for EA Sports; the Complex just featured two rooms: the EA Sports Complex and the EA Sports Complex Upstairs.
The EA Sports Complex featured racing and had a golfing range, unavailable to play; the Upstairs had four poker tables that users could play at any time. With the June 18, 2009 update, the Complex's name changed to the EA Sports Racing Complex and the Upstairs changed to the EA Sports Complex Green. Other than the name change, the update took away the golfing range and added four more for users to play Racing at and it added one red poker table to the poker room; the July 2, 2009 update added golf and another poker room making four rooms for the Complex. A game engine is a software-development environment designed for people to build video games. Developers use game engines to construct games for consoles, mobile devices, personal computers; the core functionality provided by a game engine includes a rendering engine for 2D or 3D graphics, a engine or collision detection, scripting, artificial intelligence, streaming, memory management, localization support, scene graph, may include video support for cinematics.
Implementers economize on the process of game development by reusing/adapting, in large part, the same game engine to produce different games or to aid in porting games to multiple platforms. In many cases game engines provide a suite of visual development tools in addition to reusable software components; these tools are provided in an integrated development environment to enable simplified, rapid development of games in a data-driven manner. Game engine developers attempt to 'pre-invent the wheel' by developing robust software suites which include many elements a game developer may need to build a game.Most game engine suites provide facilities that ease development, such as graphics, physics and AI functions. These game engines are sometimes called ' because, as with the business sense of the term, they provide a flexible and reusable software platform which provides all the core functionality needed, right out of the box, to develop a game application while reducing costs and time-to-market — all critical factors in the competitive video game industry; as of 2001, and were such used middleware programs. Like other types of middleware, game engines provide platform abstraction, allowing the same game to be run on various platforms including game consoles and personal computers with few, if any, changes made to the game source code. Game engines are designed with a architecture that allows specific systems in the engine to be replaced or extended with more specialized game middleware components; some game engines are designed as a series of loosely connected game middleware components that can be selectively combined to create a custom engine, instead of the more common approach of extending or customizing a flexible integrated product.However is achieved, it remains a high priority for game engines due to the wide variety of uses for which they are applied. Despite the specificity of the name, game engines are used for other kinds of interactive applications with real-time graphical needs such as marketing demos, architectural visualizations, training simulations, modeling environments; some game engines only provide real-time 3D rendering capabilities instead of the wide range of functionality needed by games.
These engines rely upon the game developer to implement the rest of this functionality or assemble it from other game middleware components; these types of engines are referred to as a 'graphics engine', 'rendering engine', or '3D engine' instead of the more encompassing term 'game engine'. This terminology is inconsistently used as many full-featured 3D game engines are referred to as '3D engines'. A few examples of graphics engines are:,.Modern game or graphics engines provide a scene graph, an representation of the 3D game world which simplifies game design and can be used for more efficient rendering of vast virtual worlds.
As technology ages, the components of an engine may become outdated or insufficient for the requirements of a given project. Since the complexity of programming an new engine may result in unwanted delays, a development team may elect to update their existing engine with newer functionality or components; such a framework is composed of a multitude of different components. The actual game logic has to be implemented by some algorithms, it is distinct from sound or input work. The rendering engine generates animated 3D graphics by any of a number of methods. Instead of being programmed and compiled to be executed on the CPU or GPU directly, most rendering engines are built upon one or multiple rendering application programming interfaces, such as, or which provide a software abstraction of the graphics processing unit.Low-level libraries such as, OpenGL are commonly used in games as they provide hardware-independent access to other computer hardware such as input devices, network cards, sound cards.
Before 3D graphics, software renderers had been used. Software rendering is still used in some modeling tools or for still-rendered images when visual accuracy is valued over real-time performance or when the computer hardware does not meet needs such as support. With the advent of hardware accelerated processing, various physics APIs such as PAL and the physics extensions of became available to provide a software abstraction of the physics processing unit of different middleware providers and console platforms.
Game engines can be written in any programming language like C, C or, though each language is structurally different and may provide different levels of access to specific functions; the audio engine is the component which consists of algorithms related to the loading and output of sound through the client's speaker system.At a minimum i. A personal computer is a multi-purpose computer whose size and price make it feasible for individual use. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or technician. Unlike large costly and, by many people at the same time is not used with personal computers. Institutional or corporate computer owners in the 1960s had to write their own programs to do any useful work with the machines. While personal computer users may develop their own applications these systems run commercial software, free-of-charge software or, provided in ready-to-run form.
Software for personal computers is developed and distributed independently from the hardware or operating system manufacturers. Many personal computer users no longer need to write their own programs to make any use of a personal computer, although end-user programming is still feasible; this contrasts with mobile systems, where software is only available through a manufacturer-supported channel, end-user program development may be discouraged by lack of support by the manufacturer.Since the early 1990s, operating systems and hardware have dominated much of the personal computer market, first with and with. Alternatives to Microsoft's Windows operating systems occupy a minority share of the industry; these include free and operating systems such as. Provides the main alternative to Intel's processors; the advent of personal computers and the have affected the lives of people in all countries. 'PC' is an for 'personal computer'. The incorporated the designation in its model name, it is sometimes useful to distinguish personal computers of the 'IBM Personal Computer' family from personal computers made by other manufacturers. For example, 'PC' is used in contrast with 'Mac', an computer.
Since none of these Apple products were mainframes or time-sharing systems, they were all 'personal computers' and not 'PC' computers.The 'brain' may one day come down to our level and help with our income-tax and calculations. But this is speculation and there is no sign of it so far. In the history of computing, early experimental machines could be operated by a single attendant. For example, which became operational in 1946 could be run by a single, albeit trained, person; this mode pre-dated the batch programming, or time-sharing modes with multiple users connected through terminals to mainframe computers. Computers intended for laboratory, instrumentation, or engineering purposes were built, could be operated by one person in an interactive fashion. Examples include such systems as the Bendix G15 and LGP-30of 1956, the Programma 101 introduced in 1964, the Soviet MIR series of computers developed from 1965 to 1969.
By the early 1970s, people in academic or research institutions had the opportunity for single-person use of a computer system in interactive mode for extended durations, although these systems would still have been too expensive to be owned by a single person.In what was to be called, SRI researcher in 1968 gave a preview of what would become the staples of daily working life in the 21st century:, word processing, video conferencing, the mouse. The demonstration required technical support staff and a mainframe time-sharing computer that were far too costly for individual business use at the time; the development of the, with widespread commercial availability starting in the mid 1970's, made computers cheap enough for small businesses and individuals to own. Early personal computers—generally called microcomputers—were sold in a kit form and in limited volumes, were of interest to hobbyists and technicians. Minimal programming was done with toggle switches to enter instructions, output was provided by front panel lamps. Practical use required adding peripherals such as, computer displays, disk drives, printers. Was the earliest commercial, non-kit based on a microprocessor, the Intel.It was built starting in 1972, few hundred units were sold. This had been preceded by the 2200 in 1970, for which the Intel 8008 had been commissioned, though not accepted for use; the CPU design implemented in the Datapoint 2200 became the basis for x86 architecture used in the original IBM PC and its descendants.
In 1973, the IBM Scientific Center developed a portable computer prototype called SCAMP based on the processor with a compact drive, small CRT, full function keyboard. SCAMP emulated an in order to run APL/1130. In 1973, APL was available only on computers, most desktop sized microcomputers such as the Wang 2200 or HP 9800 offered only BASIC; because SCAMP was the first to emulate APL/1130 performance on a portable, single user computer, in 1983 designated SCAMP a 'revolutionary concept' and 'the world's first personal computer'. This seminal, single user portable computer now resides in the, Washington, D.C. Successful demonstrations of the 1973 SCAMP prototype led to the IBM 5100 portable microcomputer launched in 1975 with the ability to be programmed in both APL and BASIC for engineers, analysts and other business problem-solvers.
In the late 1960s such a machine would have been nearly as large as two desks and would have weigh. Is an American video game company headquartered in. It is the second-largest gaming company in the Americas and by revenue and market capitalization after and ahead of and as of March 2018. Founded and incorporated on May 27, 1982, by Apple employee, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games. EA published numerous games and productivity software for personal computers and experimented on techniques to internally develop games, leading to the 1987 release of!
The company would decide in favor of abandoning their original principles and acquiring smaller companies that they see profitable, as well as annually releasing franchises to stay profitable. EA develops and publishes games including titles FIFA, NHL, UFC. Other EA established franchises includes Battlefield, Need for Speed, Command & Conquer, as well as newer franchises such as, and.Their desktop titles appear on self-developed Origin, an online gaming digital distribution platform for PCs and a direct competitor to Valve's Steam. EA owns and operates major gaming studios, in Orlando, in, in as well as Austin, DICE in.
Trip Hawkins had been an employee of Apple Inc. Since 1978, at a time when the company had only about fifty employees. Over the next four years, the market for home personal computers skyrocketed. By 1982, Apple had completed its initial public offering and become a Fortune 500 company with over one thousand employees.
In February 1982, Trip Hawkins arranged a meeting with of to discuss financing his new venture, Software. Valentine encouraged Hawkins to leave Apple, where Hawkins served as Director of, allowed Hawkins use of Sequoia Capital's spare office space to start the company. On May 27, 1982, Trip Hawkins incorporated and established the company with a personal investment of an estimated US$200,000.For more than seven months, Hawkins refined his Electronic Arts business plan. With aid from his first employee, Rich Melmon, the original plan was written by Hawkins, on an in Sequoia Capital's office in August 1982. During that time, Hawkins employed two of his former staff from Apple, and, as producers, a Stanford MBA classmate, from for international business development; the business plan was again refined in September and reissued on October 8, 1982. By November, employee headcount rose to 11, including Tim Mott, David Maynard,.
Having outgrown the office space provided by Sequoia Capital, the company relocated to a office that overlooked the landing path. Headcount rose in 1983, including, Stewart, Nancy Fong; when he incorporated the company, Hawkins chose Amazin' Software as their company name, but his other early employees of the company universally disliked the name.He scheduled an off-site meeting in the, where the company once held such off-site meetings. Hawkins had developed the ideas of treating software as an art form and calling the developers, 'software artists'. Hence, the latest version of the business plan had suggested the name 'SoftArt'; however and Melmon knew the founders of, the creators of, thought their permission should be obtained. Did not want the name used. However, the name concept was liked by all the attendees.
Hawkins had recently read a bestselling book about the film studio, liked the reputation that the company had created. Hawkins said everyone had a vote but they would lose it if they went to sleep.
Hawkins liked the word 'electronic', various employees had considered the phrases 'Electronic Artists' and '; when Gordon and others pushed for 'Electronic Artists', in tribute to the film company United Artists, Steve Hayes opposed, saying, 'We're not the artists, they are.' This statement from Hayes tilted sentiment towards Electronic Arts and the name was unanimously endorsed and adopted in 1982. He recruited his original employees from Apple, got to agree to sit on the board of directors.
Hawkins was determined to sell directly to buyers. Combined with the fact that Hawkins was pioneering new game brands, this made sales growth more challenging. Retailers wanted to buy known brands from existing distribution partners. Former CEO arrived as VP of Sales in late 1984 and helped expand the successful company; this policy of dealing directly with retailers gave EA higher margins and better market awareness, key advantages the company would leverage to its early competitors. A novel approach to giving credit to its developers was one of EA's trademarks in its early days; this characterization was further reinforced with EA's packaging of most of their games in the 'album cover' pioneered by EA because Hawkins thought that a record album style would both save costs and convey an artistic feeling.EA referred to their developers as 'artists' and gave them photo credits in their games and numerous full-page magazine ads. Their first such ad, accompanied by the slogan 'We see far. Is an American video game, consumer electronics, wireless services retailer.
The company is headquartered in, a of, operates 7,267 retail stores throughout the United States,; the company's retail stores operate under the GameStop, and brands. In addition to retail stores, GameStop owns, a video game magazine. GameStop traces its roots to Babbage's, a, Arizona-based software retailer founded in 1984 by former classmates James McCurry and; the company was named after and opened its first store in Dallas's Center with the help of, an early investor in the company. The company began to focus on video game sales for the then-dominant 2600.
Babbage's began selling games in 1987; the company went public in 1988. By 1991, video games accounted for two-thirds of Babbage's sales.Babbage's merged with Software Etc. An, Minnesota-based retailer that specialized in personal computing software, to create NeoStar Retail Group in 1994. The merger was structured as a stock swap, where shareholders of Babbage's and Software Etc. Received shares of NeoStar, a newly formed holding company. Babbage's and Software Etc. Continued to operate as independent subsidiaries of NeoStar and retained their respective senior management teams.
Babbage's founder and chairman James McCurry became chairman of NeoStar, while Babbage's president Gary Kusin and Software Etc. President Daniel DeMatteo retained their respective titles. Software Etc. Chairman became chairman of NeoStar's executive committee. Gary Kusin resigned as president of Babbage's in February 1995 to start a company. Daniel DeMatteo president of Software Etc. Assumed Kusin's duties and was promoted to president and chief operating officer of NeoStar.
NeoStar chairman James McCurry was appointed to the newly created position of NeoStar CEO.The company relocated from its headquarters in Dallas to Grapevine that year. NeoStar merged its Babbage's and Software Etc. Units into a single organization in May 1996 amid declining sales. Company president Daniel DeMatteo resigned, NeoStar chairman and CEO James McCurry assumed the title of president. In September of that year, after NeoStar was unable to secure the credit necessary to purchase inventory necessary for the holiday season, the company filed for.
With the filing, NeoStar board member became chairman and James McCurry remained company chief executive and president; the leadership changes were not enough and in November 1996 the assets of NeoStar were purchased for $58.5 million by Leonard Riggio, a founder of Software Etc. And chairman and principal stockholder of Barnes & Noble. Electronics Boutique had bid to purchase NeoStar, but the judge presiding over NeoStar's accepted Riggio's bid because it kept open 108 stores more than Electronics Boutique's bid would have.200 retail stores were not included in the transaction and were subsequently closed.
Following his purchase of NeoStar's assets, Leonard Riggio dissolved the holding company and created a new holding company named Babbage's Etc, he appointed Richard 'Dick' Fontaine Software Etc.' S chief executive during its expansion in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as Babbage Etc.' S chief executive. Daniel DeMatteo the president of both Software Etc. And NeoStar, became company president and COO. Three years in 1999, Babbage's Etc.
Launched its GameStop brand with 30 stores located in strip malls. The company launched gamestop.com, a website that allowed consumers to purchase video games online. GameStop.com was promoted in Software Etc.
Purchased Babbage's Etc. In October 1999 for $215 million. Because Babbage's Etc. Was principally owned by Leonard Riggio, Barnes & Noble's chairman and principal shareholder, a special committee of independent directors of Barnes & Noble Booksellers evaluated and signed-off on the deal.A few months in May 2000, Barnes & Noble acquired, an, Minnesota-based video game retailer, for $160 million. Babbage's Etc., operating as a direct of Barnes & Noble, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Funco. With its acquisition of Funco, Barnes & Noble acquired, a video game magazine, first published in 1991. Funco was renamed, Inc.
In December 2000 in anticipation of holding an initial public offering for the company. Barnes & Noble Booksellers took GameStop public with a February 2002 initial public offering on the. GameStop was listed under the ticker symbol GME. Barnes & Noble retained control over the newly public company with 67% of outstanding shares and 95% of voting shares. Barnes & Noble retained control over GameStop until October 2004, when it distributed its 59% stake in GameStop to stakeholders of Barnes & Noble, making it an independent company. GameStop acquired in 2005 for $1.44 billion.
The acquisition expanded GameStop's operations into, and.Two years in 2007, GameStop acquired Games from for an undisclosed amount. Rhino Video Games operated 70 video game stores throughout the. GameStop purchased Free Record Shop's Norwegian stores in April 2008; the company converted them into video game shops. Daniel DeMatteo replaced Richard Fontaine as GameStop CEO in August 2008. Was an American multiplatform video game magazine media company that published online and print content covering the video game industry, video game hardware and video game software. The magazine featured content on PC computers and mobile devices. Gamepro Media properties included their website; the company was a part of the held, a media and research technology group.
Published in 1989, GamePro magazine provided feature articles, news and reviews on various video games, video game hardware and the entertainment video gaming industry; the magazine was published monthly with October 2011 being its last issue, after over 22 years of publication. GamePro's February 2010 issue introduced a redesigned layout and a new editorial direction focused on the people and culture of its gaming. GamePro.com was launched in 1998. Updated daily, the website’s content included feature articles, previews, reviews and videos covering video games, video game hardware and the entertainment gaming industry.The website included user content such as forums and blogs. In January 2010, the website was redesigned to reflect the same new editorial changes being made in the print magazine; the website was based at Gamepro's headquarters in from 1998–2002 and in from 2002–11. Gamepro.com had international variants that have now outlasted their parent publication in countries such as,.
Gamepro was first established in late 1988 by Patrick Ferrell, his sister-in-law Leeanne McDermott, the husband-wife design team of Michael and Lynne Kavish, they worked out of their houses throughout the before leasing their first office in at the end of 1989. Lacking the cashflow to be able to sustain growth after publishing the first issue, the founding management team sought a major publisher and in 1989 found one with IDG, a New Hampshire-based division of the global giant IDG. Led by a merger and acquisition team comprising IDG Peterborough President and two other executives, Jim McBrian and Roger Strukhoff, the magazine was acquired a few months spun off as an independent business unit of IDG, under the leadership of Ferrell as president/CEO.The addition of John as publisher and Wes Nihei, as well as renowned artist Francis Mao, established Gamepro as a large, profitable magazine worldwide publication. Francis Mao, acting in his role as art director for the nascent GamePro, contracted game illustrator to create the premiere cover for the first addition of the magazine. Ericksen would go on to produce five of the first ten covers for GamePro creating eight in total, would continue a secondary role creating a number of the double page spreads for the popular monthly Pro Tips section. Over the years, the Gamepro offices have moved from Redwood City to to San Francisco and lastly Oakland.
In 1993, the company was renamed from Gamepro Inc. To World in reflection of its growing and diverse publication lines. The magazine was known for its editors using comic book-like and monikers when reviewing games; as of January 2004, Gamepro ceased to use the avatars due to a change in the overall design and layout of the magazine.Meanwhile, editorial voices carried over to the community on its online sister publication, www.gamepro.com. Gamepro was most famous for its ProTips, small pieces of gameplay tips and advice depicted with game screenshot captions, it features a special corner section known as Code Vault, where secret codes are all posted. These particular features have since vanished. Code Vault was published in print format and sold as a quarterly cheats and strategy magazine on newsstands. There was a TV show called; the show was hosted by J.
D.; the show was nationally for one year moved to cable for a second year. In 1993, Patrick Ferrell sent Debra Vernon, VP of marketing, to a meeting between the games industry and the. Realizing an opportunity, the team at the now-entitled Infotainment World launched E3, the; the industry backed Ferrell partnered with the IDSA to produce the event. It was one of the biggest trade show launches in history.Early in its lifespan, the magazine included comic book pages about the adventures of a named, a video game player from the real world brought into a dimension where video games were real to save it from creatures called the Evil Darklings. In 2003, Studios produced limited-edition action figures of some of the Gamepro editorial characters. Gamepro appeared in several international editions, including France, and; some of these publications share the North American content, while some others share only the name and logo but do feature different content.
Early in 2006, began to change internally and shift operational focus from a 'Print to Online' to 'Online to Print' publishing mentality; the first steps. Enter:, industry veteran. In February 2006, Gamepro's online video channel, launched a series of video-game related shows. The extensive online programming is geared towards an more mature audience.In August 2006, the Gamepro onli.
Release date: Developer: Electronic ArtsPublisher: Electronic ArtsUEFA EURO 2004 is a football sim in the style of the FIFA games. In EURO 2004 mode players can play as any of the 51 European nations. Players can arrange and play friendly matches against other nations or play through the tournament going from qualifying, to playoffs and into the finals.Dolby Pro Logic II, Analogue - sticks only, 2nd Multitap, Vibration Compatible, MultitapMemory size: 339 KbPlayers: 1-2 PlayersMedia: DVD. UEFA EURO 2004 is a football sim in the style of the FIFA games. In EURO 2004 mode players can play as any of the 51 European nations. Players can arrange and play friendly matches against other nations or play through the tournament going from qualifying, to playoffs and into the finals. In addition to tracking injuries and suspensions, a new dynamic morale system will track players' morale, which will fluctuate based on individual and team performances and affect player abilities on the field.Football sports game -Take your favourite European national team all the way through the UEFA tournament -New gameplay types include Home and Away, Situation, and Fantasy -Skill moves include nutmegs, diving headers, and bicycle kicks -Single player and multiplayer modes.