Anyone with a passing interest in football or politics is probably familiar with the make-up of FIFA and the headlines made by the organisation over the past few years. In an alternate universe this is possibly what FIFA 12 would be dealing with, rather than the uninteresting kick-a-ball parts of the modern game.

If you’re curious as to what that would look like in game format – 16-bit game format, no less – then we can direct you to James Offer’s brilliant post on codehesive.com which deals with exactly that. Is it wrong that we actually want to play this game?