Smurf Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Inspired by this thread http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/249586-Youngest-fm-er I thought I'd share this http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekplay.cgi?title=Football+Manager&pub=Addictive+Games+Ltd&year=1982&id=0001823&game=/games/f/FootballManager.tzx.zip&emu=3&aspect=3 Although it's supposed to work in all browsers it loaded up much quicker in IE7 than in Firefox 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezza Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 You're my new best friend I spent many hours playing that - ahh the memories. To be authentic, it should give this message the first 3 or 4 times though "R Tape Loading Error" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Ha yeh - lol that brings back memories! I can't remember if I had to turn over the tape mid load or not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretended Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Wow, that's just the best way to give up on football and start collecting dried butterflies. (thanks though) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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underwater sunlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 i doubt i could get into that but its brilliant to see a classic game such as this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Probably best to put on a hand-knitted jumper, some brown chords, horn rimmed glasses, a casio calculator watch, turn up the contrast in your room, buy a 10 inch monitor, plus a 233m wide keyboard. Then you're all set. I think it's great that it's playable online. What a relic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMatt7 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Probably best to put on a hand-knitted jumper, some brown chords, horn rimmed glasses, a casio calculator watch, turn up the contrast in your room, buy a 10 inch monitor, plus a 233m wide keyboard.Then you're all set. I think it's great that it's playable online. What a relic. My first game I just dropped a 2-0 lead at home to Blackpool and drew 2-2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hey I did the exact same thing? Blackpool came back from 2-0 down. It was a good game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezza Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 i doubt i could get into that but its brilliant to see a classic game such as this Back then, when football management games were unheard of, this was fantastic. Obviously looks VERY dated now (which it is), but was just as addictive to us then as anything could be. I don't recall anyone moaning about the 3D match engine either ...and it had one a whopping 27 years before the technology was introduced into the FM we know and love today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 HA I was thinking the same about the 3D. LMAO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goonerDeclan Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I was also 2 down to Blackpool... Hmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Is there going to be a patch for this? When is out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezza Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 well the good news is I lost 3:1 so no patch required. the bad news is I lost 3:1 so I must be rubbish even after all these years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
santy001 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I too was 2 up against blackpool and drew 2-2 lol. Back in the days when FM really was rigged eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretended Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Haytaz gunna haytz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Raver Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 On the same site get Football Director 128, thats brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ommerson Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Haha, fantastic. My first managergame was this one on the commodore64. Tracksuit Manager, 1986 or 87 I believe. Played it untill the tape got tangled up in the machine... I dont remember what I did in the years between, but this one (Ultimate Soccer Manager) got me managing again. A bit childish one would think now, but then I thought building up the stadium was great, not for a manager really, but I thought it was brilliant anyway. And a nice detail was that te stadium behind the director in the boardroom actually looked like the one you built over the years. Maybe thats why it irritates me the stadiums in the current 3d-view are rubbish, and not like the real thing at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I still have this on my Spectrum, set up in my lounge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
panachaiki Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 lol I also had the same score as most people here, 2-2 the other team coming back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightSoul Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 No player interaction?? No touchline shout?? The substitute is broken!!!! And my defenders are defending like puppets!!!!!!! lol jk :-D it was fun :) Good to know where the origin of FM comes from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbrethe Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hehe, I won 3-1 against Blackpool. oooooh yeah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf12 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 liverpool-blackpool, gate receipts 5000 at least i won Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 I still have this on my Spectrum, set up in my lounge. I'd love to see that setup lol - fair play. I don't know where my old spectrum is. It would be fun to dig it out. It's prolly in the attic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flohrinho Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Lol I was two years when this game was released. Awesome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 how do you save your gave? i typed keep ingame and it flipped out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony1977 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 wow, that was one of the 1st games i ever played on the old speccy (with the rubber keys), what a blast from the past. does anyone from the the original FM work on the current version? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dar2000 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 1 up on Blackpool and they scored a last minute goal. Looked offside though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraow Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Anyone remember PCLeague? With 4 English divisions in the season 93/94, players skill from 0-400. Red screen in the beginning, that was classic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny7 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 wow my first match man utd 1-1 blackpool the game is good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senna Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 C64 version was better Most Football Management games on C64 were better Btw not related at all to this game serie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 NOOOO was having an awesome game with orient and hit the back button on my mouse fail really need to know how to save the game :\ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 anyone know how to? really need to be able to save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
man_utd_fan Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I don't think you can, how far are you on the game Deadfncat? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 had a game for a few seasons last night. its like the arcade version of FM quick and nasty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I'd love to see that setup lol - fair play. I don't know where my old spectrum is. It would be fun to dig it out. It's prolly in the attic. My lounge is currently my Spectrum, Atari 2600, NES, N64, Megadrive, PS2, Wii, X360, PS3. I also have a Dragon 32 (when I can source a tape machine for it), a Vectrex (when I can find the games to make it worthwhile setting up) and a GameGear (which I'm including in here because if it isn't kept plugged in, the batteries only last 2 hours) waiting to be set up alongside them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogotte Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 well FM has not changed much...... Amazing to be back in tilme with this game. So fun ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempo Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 The earliest management game I remember playing was football Italia on the amiga 500+ being 26 years old this was before I was born, I never knew they had footy management games out at this time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
o JaY Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Lol I was two years when this game was released. Awesome. I wasn't even born! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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