vasilli07 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2250916-12-ways-fm-2015-has-totally-transformed-from-its-distant-relation-cm9394 Take a walk down the memory lane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnan51 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Fantastic read! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriss Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Wonderful days! when it was all in your mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoiberg Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Oh! Long gone memories of the unbeatable 2-4-4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas78 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Thank you for yet another confirmation that we're getting older Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz13 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Is the Ipswich player on the background Mickey Stockwell? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Font Tomasso Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Yep, that's him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarmatian Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Fantastic trip down the memory lane. I still remember how players could get unhappy when not playing, and just selecting them and immediately deselecting in the squad screen solved the problem. Aaah, good times... And when you resign after numerous success with the club, the board bid you farewell with a short message: "We think you are a right bandit." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanjunkie Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Fantastic trip down the memory lane. I still remember how players could get unhappy when not playing, and just selecting them and immediately deselecting in the squad screen solved the problem. Aaah, good times... Now this would be a grand feature for FM15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarmatian Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Now this would be a grand feature for FM15 Yeah. You could have a perfectly content player even though he didn't play a single game in the club for over a decade . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanjunkie Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I remember the text commentary days, the little delay before it flashed up a goal and the resulting fist punching. It was great because that's all we had and it built up great tense. 2d changed everything - at the time 3d was practically laughed at for being improbable. Fact is, as good as the times were had in the older versions of this game - none of them can truly compare to the present. It's like when I talk about the days of ZX Spectrum gaming with fond memories. I've gone back to some of those games and believe you and me, I'd rather sit down and play Far Cry or Last of Us than Manic Miner and Monty Mole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavo01 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 ZX Spectrum. Now we're talking. Skool Daze and Back to School were my personal favourites on that platform. Getting back on topic I remember thinking how in depth the earlier CM's were. Compared to today they were like a baby pool. Still gave me hours and hours of fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Oh dear- we are all getting old, especially those who remember all this:( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn28 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Great memories CM 93 on the Amiga was my 1st game now I'm showing my age Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Monkey Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I remember many wasted days at uni playing just 1 more match. Great read. Also remember Revlon & Chuckie Egg fondly from my even earlier gaming days! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyoscy Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 It's not a walk down memory lane because I still play this. In some ways it is better than the FM (speed, analysing players, difficulty). The article seems to say the early CMs were easy: they were bloody not, not least because of how much tighter margins were in football back then. The European Cup was only for the winners of the best leagues. To win it, first you had to win the Premier League, then you had to go through the qualifying rounds just to get to the group stage, which was only two groups of four and ONLY THE TOP TEAM would get through to the next round - the final. So imagine how competitive and tough they were. Your little English team would be drawn in a group against 3 giants, for example Bayern Munich, PSV and Barcelona. Getting a couple of points was progress. You had to beat several juggernauts to win it. I don't even recall if I ever have (I think I finally did a few years ago). Also consider that this was just after the English ban, which castrated English quality. It's actually a good thing though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucklechuck Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Great article, thanks! I'd forgotten about looking up scores in the manual Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanjunkie Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Willie Howie. Built my Tottenham team around him. An empire. Disappeared from the game and a few years later I found out the reason why. Very sad. Had to retire after an attack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordieboy52 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I remember having to hold down 'Space' to speed up the game, but was convinced that pressing 'enter' used to make something happen in the game. HAHA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxToBox Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Interesting look into the past. I downloaded that one one time recently, or some one that was now freeware. Couldn't get my head around it, sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyLudwig Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Fantastic trip down the memory lane. I still remember how players could get unhappy when not playing, and just selecting them and immediately deselecting in the squad screen solved the problem. Aaah, good times...And when you resign after numerous success with the club, the board bid you farewell with a short message: "We think you are a right bandit." Yeah.....Got that one after winning shitloads with Luton...Great memories... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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