FIFA 07

Published by EA Ltd.
Developed by EA Canada
Released 2006
Genre Sports

Description :

Enhancing the engine debuted with the and official 2006 world cup game, FIFA Soccer 07 includes enhanced ball and player collision physics and more player animations adding to the 16 trick moves and first touch ball reception introduced to the game engine with the previous games in the series. Players can choose between 2 and 10 minutes halves in three different game speeds and four different difficulty levels. 17 countries are included, along a "Rest of the World" for the best teams in championships left outside the game and international teams. Spain, England (with two), France, Germany and Italy also feature second divisions. Players can also create two clubs, customizing their badge, kits and home stadium, selecting players from anywhere in the game, along the starting budget in manager mode. The player creation tool remains mostly unchanged, with the ability to customize everything, from faces (with a complete set of options, from jaw width to eyebrow shape) to the appearance and playing abilities.

While the focus of this yearly update was on the game engine, the Manager mode was also enhanced: players now also improve their playing ability from being active members of the squad, forcing the player to choose between keeping his celebrated stars near retirement in the starting eleven, or give the benefits of the youth system a chance to shine. Another new feature, in what is now the primary mode of the series, is the ability to watch the game in a simplified text mode, with the ability to jump into action to turn the events still available. The points system was replaced by a less abstract currency model (with the ability to choose between Pounds, Euros or Dollars). Other game modes include Tournaments (including the creation of custom tournaments) and Challenges.

By completing challenges (similar to the Global Challenges mode in world cup 2006) the player can spend points in the Fanshop with items such as new teams, a special overhead camera, new balls from adidas (including all original World Cup balls from 1974 to 2002), stadiums, third kits and special celebrations for created players.

Finally, online gaming received a new mode: Interactive Leagues. These are online-only leagues based on the fixtures of their real counterparts (English Premier League, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga and Mexican 1st division). Then, online players go head -to-head with their favourite teams with a victory counting one vote for their favourite team. Once the week is over, the team with more votes is declared the winner of the week, getting three points. The number of weekly matches a player can do in this mode is unlimited.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1-8
Online Players 2
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Hint: Easy goals:
If you have the ball and are outside the area but not on your half, you can check on the map how far the keeper is off his line. Normally he is about two meters. You can lob him easily if you get the power correct.

Hint: Easy unlockable points:
Advance through the game modes and select Tournament mode. Select any cup tournament, as they tend to be shorter. Select the highest rated team or replace a team in the tournament with a highly rated team from another league. Advance to Tournament Central and quick sim all the games until you have won the tournament. You will be awarded unlockable points to spend.

Hint: Easy money:
No matter what team you are in Manager mode, buy the best free agents in the transfer market. Sell them during the same transfer market window so you do not have to pay the high salary. Because they are free to you, once you sell them you can get the added millions to your bank account.

Hint: Preview unlockables:
Purchase unlockable items without saving your profile. After testing items, simply reload your profile to re-acquire the unlockable points. By using this technique you can unlock and test all the unlockables in the game.

Hint: Finding Giovanni Dos Santos:
You can find Giovanni Dos Santos in Barcelona's reserve list. Even though he is only 69 overall you can edit his stats and make him as good as Ronaldinho. You will then have two of the best midfielder's in the game.

Hint: Cheaper players:
This trick works in Manager mode when you are changing teams at the end of a season. At the end of the season when you are asked whether or not to renew certain players' contracts, choose not to renew the contracts of your favorite or best players (the ones you want on your new team). When you arrive at the new team and the transfer period starts, the players will be free agents, allowing you to transfer them without paying millions in fees and allowing you to re-negotiate the contract to fit your new team.

Hint: Easy win:
Play with the 3-4-3 combination. You will hardly lose any matches, even if you quicksim them.

Hint: Manager mode:
When starting a new Manager mode, select Arsenal. Remove some of the players that you think will not play in your lineup. You will always succeed. Always refresh the contract with a salary much lower than he gets. Do not to go too low or the deal between you and the player will fail.

Try the following team in 4-4-2 formation.

GK: Cech
RB: Daniel Alves
CB: John Terry
CB: Ledley King
LB: Gihel Clichy
RM: Shaun Wright Philips
CM: Kim Kallstrom
CM: Frank Lampard
LM: Stuart Downing
CF: Shevchenko
CF: Sammy Eto'o

Substitutes
GK: Shay Given
DF: Steven Taylor
CM: Joe Cole
CM: Freddy Adu
CF: Peter Crouch

Try the following team in 4-4-2 formation.

GK: Dida
RB: Rio Ferdinand
CB: Allesandro Nesta
CB: Carles Puyol
LB: Roberto Carlos
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo
CM: Michael Ballack
CM: Deco
LM: Ronaldinho
CF: Hernan Crespo
CF: Wayne Rooney

Substitutes
DF: Fabio Cannavaro
CM: Kaka
CM: Beckham
CF: Shevchenko

Try signing the following players.

Yohann Gourcuff (Milan)
Marek Jankulovski (Milan)
Kris Boyd (Rangers)

In Manager mode the best defenders to buy are Sergio Ramos and Richards . The best midfielders to buy are Fabregas, Vincente, Robben or Ronaldo. The best strikers to buy are Walcott, Bojinov, Messi, Rooney and Kalou. The best goalkeepers to buy is Casillas and Frison.

GK-Casillas (91 ovr)
LB: Gaêl Clichy (86 ovr)
CB: Sergio Ramos (93 ovr)
CB: Phillipe Senderos (92 ovr)
RB: Micah Richards (85 ovr)
LM: Vincente (93 ovr)
CM: Cesc Fabregas (93 ovr)
CM: Nuri Sahin (84 ovr)
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo (93 ovr)
ST: Valeri Bojinov (92 ovr)
ST: Lional Messi (93 ovr)

Substitutes
GK: Alberto Frison (84 ovr)
DF: Steven Taylor (85 ovr)
DF: Johan Djourou (84 ovr)
MF: Arjen Robben (92 ovr)
MF: John Obi Mikel (82 ovr)
ST: Theo Walcott (85 ovr)
ST: Wayne Rooney (95 ovr)

Try this team in Manager mode with a 3-4-2-1 formation.

GK: Victor Valdes (Barcelona)
RCB: Gary Neville (Manchester United)
CB: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
LCB: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
RWM: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
CDM: Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
CAM: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
LWM: Vicente (Valencia)
RF: Carlos Tevez (Corinthians)
LF: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
ST: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

Substitues
Guissepe Rossi (Man United)
Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
Freddy Adu (DC United)
Solouman Kalou (Chelsea)

Use the following players in a 4-1-2-1-2 formation.

GK: Buffon (Juventus)

Defense
J. Terry (Chelsea) (Captain)
R. Marquez (Barcelona)
Puyol (Barcelona)
Roberto Carlos (R. Madrid)

Midfielders
C. Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Kaka (AC Milan)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
Deco (Barcelona)

Attackers
Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)
V. Nistelrooy (R. Madrid

Substitutes
O. Kahn (B. Munich)
H.Crespo (Inter Milan)
S. Eto'o (Barcelona)
Requelme (Valencia)
Pirlo (AC Milan)

This is good team with low cash requirements. Many players come from Portugal but they are good players and not very expensive with the exemption of Anderson Polga.

GK: Pedro Roma
LB: Melchiot
CB: Anderson Polga
CB: Miguel Veloso
RB: Léo
LM: Karyaka
CM: Rodrigo Fabri
CM: Mineiro
RM: Kerlon
ST: Zoko
ST: Simon Yeo

Although these players stats are low in season one, their player growth goes up to 90+ and will be some of the best players in the world after three or four seasons.

LB: Gareth Bale (Southhampton)
RB: Micah Richards (Manchester City)
CB: Gerard (Pique )
CB: Juarez Valdez (Barcelona)
CAM: Giovanni Dos Santos (Barcelona)
ST: Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
ST: Sturridge (Manchester City)

In Manager mode, there is a very good player named Goeke who can be a very rare find. He is German and his overall is 99 from the third season. He also lasts the entire 15 years and stays at 99. If you get Theo Walcott and are lucky enough to have Goeke, you will have the two best strikers on the game who last to the end. However Walcott gets to 99 usually about Season 10. Although this is awhile to wait, he can still score from anywhere and is also quick.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07

Published by EA Sports
Developed by EA Redwood Shores
Released 2006
Genre Sports

Description :

Feel the pressure of competing against the top golfers in the world's best tournaments in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 07. All-new universal facial capture or UCAP technology brings realism and emotion to the golf course like never before, while players see and hear the crowds around them with enhanced playing environments.

Course content doubles in this year's version of the world's best selling golf game franchise. Compete for The FedEx Cup, the new PGA TOUR championship playoff system against the world's best golfers, including newly added Luke Donald, Michael Campbell, Steve Elkington, and Annika Sorenstam.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Windows XP
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVD ROM
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Players 2-8
2.5GB Hard Drive Space
8 SPEED Video Card
64MB Sound Card

Supported Chipsets:
NVIDIA GeForce3 or greater
ATI Radeon 8500 or greater.

Cheats :
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Cricket 2004

Published by EA
Developed by HB Studios
Released March 2004
Genre Sports

Description :

Cricket 2004 has full licenses from the English, Australian, New Zealand, and the South African Cricket Boards, and the ICC. The game has 56 teams with over 1200 players, domestic & international. Create your very own cricket legend with the Full Player Editor. The game has a TV style to it, with full action replays, the third umpire & more.

Cheats :

Hint: Easy scoring:
Select "Team Management" and from there, "Copy Base". Next, select a team and a player from there. After doing so. the player can be seen in "Create A Player" mode. Then increase all his batting and bowling abilities to 100, and then go to "Add To Data Base" mode and replace the player you selected with the original player. Repeat the same process with all other players on the same team to create a team which will be virtually invincible. By doing so, you will be able to hit 6s and 4s easily, and thus score a lot of runs and take a lot of wickets.

When bowling with a fast or medium fast bowler, do not use the "movement marker" to make the ball seam off the pitch. Instead, leave it where it is in the center of the ball. This will cause the ball to swing to the off side of the right handed batsman, although the amount of swing will depend on the conditions. Even in poor bowling conditions, the ball will swing enough to cause the batsmen problems, and you will get wickets fairly regularly if you keep the ball in the correct areas (about two thirds of the way down the pitch, and heading towards around about off stump).

When playing in a World Series or any game with fast bowlers, put in your tail batsmen and try to cover drive all the balls down offside. It should be edged through the gaps for a four to two runs. This is very helpful if you are in a bit of trouble and need quick runs.

Hint: Take wickets easily:
On a normal, green, damp, or wet pitch, get a fast, medium fast, or medium pace bowler. Pitch the ball outside the batsman's off stump very short and use the slow ball. Stop the pace meter before it even appears. Put the ball angling in to the batsman. This works very well for a right hander. For a left hander, pitch the ball in line with leg stump. Pitch the ball back at them so it straightens, again with a slower ball and before the pace meter appears. However, make sure it is as short as possible. You may need to have a short stop -- if the batsman misses it, you will have runs scored because the wicket keeper cannot take the ball.

Use a medium pacer and pitch the ball short to the maximum so that it angles towards the stumps. Cut the pace totally. You should get him out bowled or lbw. This trick works well under the easy difficulty, but is somewhat unstable under the medium and the hard settings -- be accurate.

Hint: Easy run outs:
Use the "Take wickets easily" trick. Keep a shortstop (one who is directly behind the keeper). Angle the ball just outside the off-stump. The batsman will miss, and so will the keeper. The batsman will go for a run and the shortstop will get the ball and throw it to the keeper, resulting in a run-out. This works on all modes. Be patient, as the batsmen will not run sometimes.

Hint: Winning tournaments in a short time:
Use the "Easy scoring" hint, then enter a tournament of your choice. After doing so, when you win a toss, take bowling first. Then, without bowling a bowl, select "Autoplay". Usually most of the time the target will be small, like 50 or 60. Sometimes it can be a big one but will not exceed 130. You can reach the total within 5 overs by hitting 6s. Doing so will have you win matches and thereby finish tournaments in a very short time. If you do not win a toss, put into batting first. Then, score about 80 runs in 4 overs then use "Autoplay". If you do not lose any wicket before autoplay, you will be successful in giving a reasonable target. After that, give autoplay when you go to ball. Your opponents will not be able to reach your target and you will get easy wins.