_ __ _ /_\ |__\ | / \ | \ |__| '96 TEAM FAQ by SolidSam This FAQ is found only at www.GAMEFAQS.com Version 0.1 10/9/01- This is JUST a starter version. When I get used to doing the format (and I get the cd back from my friend), I will them put in the PLAYER NAMES for some BIG TEAMS. In the game and more details in the team. Version 0.2 15/10/01- I've reviewed more of the teams, it's still not completed. I'm getting back the game very soon. Version 0.8 24/10/01- This FAQ is almost completed now and starting to get bigger. I've got the game back now so I can work on it, and I keep saying 'OHH YEH HOW COULD I FORGET THEM' when I search through team. Also, there's finally more than two teams in the EUROPE section. All the teams are completed and no longer have to be put up from memory. ============== Requirements ============== 211MB free hard drive space 2D Card or better 32MB RAM Windows 95/98/98'millienium/ Pentium (possibly 2 or better) = = = = = = = = Contact Me = = = = = = = = My email is: ranaldo@hotmail.com ICQ number: 102669415 Yahoo: ranaldo_69 Please, no pranks cause I don't want my time wasted for nothing. - - - - - - - - - - - Legal issues - - - - - - - - - - - This FAQ was MADE all single handed by ME. It's under Copyright laws as everyone knows like every other FAQ. This document Is a Copyright product of SolidSam at Gamefaqs.com. It may not distributed in any way, or used for profit marketing. I permit putting this on your site, ASLONG as MY NAME is on there and NO-ONE else. = = = = = = = = = = Table Of contents = = = = = = = = = = 1. About this FAQ 2. THE TEAMS 3. Team WoRk 4. TEAM STATS 5. Conclusion 6. Special thanks 7. Finishing Up =================== About this FAQ =================== This FAQ is an Add-on to my other one. It will be better to make a sperate one instead to put this into the first one (thus making the size bigger, and harder information navigation). For easier reading, just head over to the team you reguarly choose to know how to get better with them. Eventually I'll have all the teams eventually. I DO have school, with school sport teams and gradual assignments, I'll have to work piece by piece. =================== THE TEAMS =================== There are a variety of teams to choose from in Arl '96. I'll finish the list here real soon. ( " " = Same as above) Parramatta Eels Cronulla Sharks Canterbery Bulldogs Manly Sea-Eagles *Now the NORTHERN Eagles* North Sydney Bears * " " * Balmain Tigers *Now West Tigers* Western Suburbs * " " * Brisbane Broncos Newcastle Knights Canberra Raiders Illawarra Stealers * Now St. George Illawarra * St George Dragons * " " * Sounth Sydney Rabbitohs (coming back to NRL in 2002) Sydney City Roosters Western Reds South Queensland Crushers STATE OF ORIGIN New South Wales (cockroaches) Queensland (Kain toads) INTERNATIONAL Australia Western Samoa England Fiji Britain New Zealand South Africa Tonga Wales ENGLAND Wigan Bradford Leeds Castleford Halifax Paris Oldham St. Helens London Workington Warrington ** List - Now completed ** _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Team work _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TEAM WORK is the best thing you can use to win ANY game. In Arl '96, without cheating or changing a team's or player's stats. It's impossible to win the game just by using one man. By passing and kicking you'll win ALMOST any game. However...sometimes no matter how much effort you put in, you're just going to lose (eg. Parramatta vs. Australia) Check my Other Faq for passing tips and tricks to regaining the ball very quick after you've lost it. I'll put a brief description up here: PASSING - By passing to one other while you've JUST been tackled is called OFFLOADING. This is THE most helpful thing. When you offload right, the player coming to tackle you will TACKLE and stay down on you, allowing the reciever of the ball to run past. This is really helpful when used on the last 2 men right near the side line. KICKING - Usually on the last tackle you'll be tempted to Kick the ball out of range to the other team to begin a new set of 6. The best way to score is to KICK through the gaps you see in the formation of the opposite team for success. BOMBING the ball (the ball makes BIG AIR) Is not really good at all, the other team always has enough time to get around you, and if you get the ball you are tackled IMMEDIATELEY. GRUBBERS (small bouncy kicks) are very good for speedy runners. TACKLING *new* - Some Teams have very big forwards that do some heavy running. So I suggest when going on with teams such as Tonga or Brisbane that you take an extra man. Depending on one man puts a lot of pressure on and it's a try or close to one if your player doesn't succeed in completeing the tackle. * Well that's it for now, now onto the teams * ****************** TEAM STATS ****************** This section contains the teams in the game, and their ratings I've given them. The teams i support do not earn any extra points (in other words I do it fairly). ========= Australia ========= Parramatta Eels - 3.6/10 * The eels were very bad that year. Not a good choice to pick from for starters, I use them for challenges though, like against harder teams. Try them if you wanna suffer to get better. A good pick for players that want to get better. Cronulla Sharks - 5.5/10 * The sharks are a really good team. They're an ALL ROUNDER team. Ok speed, Ok tackling, pretty good for starters. Canterbery Bulldogs - 5.3/10 * The Bulldogs are another good team to play with. Some players are acceptionally fast and good tacklers. Brisbane Broncos - 5.6/10 * The Broncos are a good team handle. They have good defense and a really good player is Blackstone. I didn't notice until I kept getting tries from him. Manly Sea-Eagles - 6/10 * Manly were a VERY good team in 1996. They hold good speed and excellent defense. A really good pick (they won the Grand Final that year). North Sydney Bears - 4.1/10 * The Bears are an average team. They lack some running skills, but a good choice for starters. They have an overall of just about average. Sydney City Roosters - 5.1/10 * The roosters are a team above average. They're good all around. Brad Fittler is an excellent *star* player to play around with. They have good tackling aswell, and most players are light. Canberra Raiders - 5.2/10 * The Canberra Raiders are a strong team. They posess good charging and tackling abilities. It's best to use them against weaker teams. They don't have very light playes, most are a bit heavy, so most wins might not be high scoring (but a win is a win). Western Suburbs - 3.4/10 * Like Parramatta, the western suburbs (magpies) aren't a strong team. They do have a bit better than Parramatta, however it's easier to win against The magpies than most teams. Not a BAD pick but an 80% chance of losing one. Illawarra Steelers - 4.1/10 * The steelers are a tick off the average mark. They can be fustrating to play as sometimes. Mostly it's because some runners are the only ones that can run. They don't exist anymore. St. George Dragons - 4.2/10 * The Dragons, like the Steelers don't exist anymore. They are now ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA, but fans still call them The Dragons. Their flag has a knight and Dragon on it though. The team is a bit off steady in tackling. Their running is great. They have good kicking aswell. Auckland Warriors - 4.1/10 * The Warriors have not emerged with any team but are now called NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS. They have heavy men in their team. They don't run very well, but their tackling is good. They get hard to put down mostly with heaps of teams as some are big and have good stamina. Western Reds - 3.4/10 * The Western Reds no longer exist. They don't have much of a strong team. Some players are ok runners, they do lack some tackling some times. I like their kicks though, cause some players with speed have good kicks and make themself useful. South Queensland Crushers - 3.4/10 * The Crushers No longer exist. They aren't a good team by my point of view. Not a popular team aswell. They don't have much running capibilities, and I don't like their main kicker. This team lacks tackling, most people run straight past the players on the team. It could be fustrating. =============== STATE OF ORIGIN =============== New South Wales - 7.5/10 * Both State if Origin are VERY strong teams. They have the best players from the the Rugby league teams. N.S.W and Queensland and both equally good. N.S.W has a really good running scheme and pattern. They're faster than Queensland, but lack the tackling ability that Queensland are superior for. They still can tackle, but again Queensland have the better defense. Queensland - 7.5/10 * Queensland are a bigger bunch. They have the almighty defense of the two teams. Their speed however is a bit slower than N.S.W. Beware though, New south wales can easiely run around you then you can do so around them. I think on Kick off, with both teams you should quikly tap the kick button twice very fast so it goes close. Then speed after the ball straight away and you'll hopefully get it. This is easier done than said! N.S.W do this easier, as they posess more speed. ============= INTERNATIONAL ============= Australia - 9.9/10 * Australia I think is the BEST team in Rugby League TODAY and in the game. However, they could've got a 10/10, except that they aren't impossible to beat. They have VERY strong defense and PERFECT running. ^_^ New Zealand - 9.5/10 * New Zealand are another good bunch of blokes that have good skills. They aren't as strong as Australia, They're still pretty good. They have god speed and EXCELLENT defense. However Australia still beats them. They aren't a bad team, they're GOOD. It's in the top 3 teams of the game. Great Britain - 9.4/10 * Great Britain and England are mostly the same teams. They both have good defense, but like many big teams they like running abilities. They have good kickers aswell, but the Aussie's still beat them. A good international Team. England - 9.4/10 * Like Great Britain, They both have good defense. They have a big bunch of forwards which pose threats to most teams! It's easiest to run around and charge down rather than run head on against them. They're big, which means less speed. South Africa - 8.9/10 * The south African team are a big group. Amazingly this is one team that kind of lacks speed but has one of the BEST kicking and tackling. When playing against them pass around till you see a gap in the center, this is one of the best chances to make good breaks. Wales - 9.0/10 * Wales is very similar to England and Great Britain but a weaker side. They're an OK team with average players everywhere. They don't posess extra kicking ability, tackling nor speed. I don't play as them much. Tonga - 9.2/10 * Almost impossible to withstand in running. They have heavy people. The best thing I can say is when they're running on the sidelines NEVER depend on one guy to tackle. The running is a bit slow but they can take down heaps of men. ====== EUROPE ====== Wigan - 5.9/10 * Wigan is a very good team. They're pretty big, and good running capabilities. They are the best in Europe. They're good runners. Again just run around them in a challenge, it's the best for most teams. Some players are slow though, because they're too heavy. Castleford - Halifax - London - Oldham - Paris - St. Helens - Warrington - Sheffield - Workington - * Europe will be completed aswell as some new things when I update to version 1.0 * *********** Conclusion *********** All I can really say now is HAVE FUN. Well I'm waiting for an NRL game on the Ps2. Maybe sometime EA will make another GOOD GAME. I think ARL was good because it was original. If some other company like Konami or Capcom made it then we'd have much more. = = = = = = = = = = Special thanks = = = = = = = = = = I'd like to thank: Jess- Cause without him, I'd never play the game! Coung-Who gave the game to Jess Coung's cousin- Who gave the game to Cuong Michael my brother-For letting me use the Computer and take control (Ha!) EA-for finally deciding to release a Rugby league game. Gamefaqs- For all gaming needs *************** 8.Finishing Up *************** Well, I hope atleast something is learned, good or bad. I hope to write FAQS in the future when I'm bored so I don't waste my life (and I can build up Literature skills) Anyway, it's been as much fun writing as it's been .........well you get the idea. Thanks for reading. @Copyright 2001 _____________________________________________________________________________________