Anti Spiral Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Premier Manager 98 on PS1. Nadal and Pizzi must buys.CM 01/02 was my first CM/FM. The stars beside your best players' names Strangely this was the exact same as mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petauk Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 football manager on the atari st, loved it big time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Macklam Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Before the original SI Championship Manager I dabbled in the original Kevin Toms version of Football Manager but also remember playing games such as The Double and Tracksuit Manager to name but a few. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadPanda Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 CM3 - My interest started in the series when the parents bought a new computer and with it came a bundle of software cds. A couple were games and CM sounded interesting and from there onwards, I was hooked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
berty1978 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I remember buying CM92-93 for the Atari ST with my pocket money, only to realise it needed a meg of memory Bought an amiga from a friend just so I could play CM. I tried a 0-5-5 formation for a joke and it worked, lots of high scoring games and central striker getting 50+ goals a season, remember winning everything with Pisa on CM Italia. I used to like Football Manager 2 with the expansion pack, I just edited all my players to the max stats, at the time I enjoyed winning every game 4 or 5-0, do like a bit more of a challenge nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 The legend that is Kevin Toms - http://kevintoms.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/kevnomonitors.jpg Quite a brilliant man back in the '80s. Gotta love his watch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyMyPrettiesFly Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Possibly this on the Amstrad 464 (This was around 1991/2!) For the PC, Championship Manager 2. We had our first PC when I was 15 back in 1999. This was included with the PC package. Me and my Dad got hooked on this! I bought CM3 with some birthday money, then collected all the editions onwards. I think I lost the earlier ones when I moved back to Brum from Coventry, so they are probs in Charity shops somewhere. I have CM4 onwards, though my Dad has FM10 and 11 at his gaff. Just realised, I did buy CM01/2 and 02/3 on the Xbox for 99p each last summer. They are on a shelf in my dining room/spare living room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanukki Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 One-Nil from Wizard Games of Scotland in 1992. Advertisement in a game magazine, and they shipped me a floppy from Scotland to Canada. Basically how I learned to love football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyzer Soze Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 As i said in a early post, my first manager experience was with Multiplayer Soccer manager for ZxSpectrum. But my first PC game, was "The Manager" Just love the animations! And it was a very complete game! Finances, sponsors, stadium expand! Everything! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJoe Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Would have been on the Amiga, not sure what one but can remember playing when i was 10/11 so around 1993. Can remember a game called Football Masters. 1st really got into FM when my sister brought our 1st PC when i was 15. Think i loaded up Championship Manager before she even had a go. Have brought every season since although i've not played FM 11 as i couldn't stop my FM10 save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesandman Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 CM 93/94. Chris Bart-Williams was a bloody legend in that game, and I always, always used to buy Gazza when he came back from Lazio, even though he was normally old and shot by then, I still did it anyway...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
berty1978 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 CM 93/94. Chris Bart-Williams was a bloody legend in that game. I remember Joey Beauchamp being great on that, and of course the all time Cambridge Utd legends Ferrah Orosco and Mark Collis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Wow, I love hearing about some of these early titles that I missed out on. I played Premier Manager on the Mega Drive at about the same time as I started with CM2. The only other management game that I can really remember playing is SWOS. Once I found CM2, it was CM/FM all of the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Raver Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Football Director 2 for the 128k Spectrum was great, actually D&H Games made some fantastic spectrum management games. I still play and have them on my android phone, as I do CM93/94, nothing better than having 5 minutes to burn and playing them all on a mobile phone. Brings back great memories, and get fun. I still have Brian Clough's, Steve Nicol was a legend on it, 5 star and could play anywhere, until you picked the card that two of your players were killed in a car crash!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogi180 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Either 96-97 or 97-98: whichever had Ibrahima Bakayoko as the best player in the transfer market (in his Montpellier days)! He was pure class - I tried to sign him in every game I started! Me and a mate played for years (in-game years) as Ajax and PSV, great times! Then bought 01-02 in which Bakayoko's stats were more in line with real life, and so ended the love affair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kake3k Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I think it was CM 01/02, although it might have been 00/01 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdorf Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 There was Euro Super League on the ZX Speccy. Anyone remember it? Quite a good game to be fair. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/55/European_Superleague_Cover.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Waddle Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 My god, I'd forgotten all about that game on the BBC. Watching that brings it all back now. I also remember breaking into the program. It was written in BBC Basic and I changed it so that any offer made for one of my players was multiplied by 10. It was also good fun changing the team names and messages that showed on screen. At the time though, this game didn't get much of a look in; it was Elite all the way for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR Choke Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 started on the old ps1 with Fa Premier Manager 2000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 On PC it would be FM 2006. But before that, I had LMA Manager on the Playstation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdorf Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 My god, I'd forgotten all about that game on the BBC. Watching that brings it all back now. I also remember breaking into the program. It was written in BBC Basic and I changed it so that any offer made for one of my players was multiplied by 10. It was also good fun changing the team names and messages that showed on screen.At the time though, this game didn't get much of a look in; it was Elite all the way for me. Changing the code on games - that's old school Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewan79 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Sensible World of Soccer on the snes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Does CAPS+BREAK then GOTO 3110 mean anything to anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 PC was cm99/00 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Waddle Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Changing the code on games - that's old school What was even more old school was with my first computers. In those days your games came in the form of a magazine; you would buy a magazine, go home and type out the game yourself. I still remember the day as a 13yr old, getting the code for one of my games printed in a ZX81 magazine (this was way back in 1982). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdorf Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 What was even more old school was with my first computers. In those days your games came in the form of a magazine; you would buy a magazine, go home and type out the game yourself. I still remember the day as a 13yr old, getting the code for one of my games printed in a ZX81 magazine (this was way back in 1982). Yes remember doing that (from a book) but not having a flipping cassette deck to save them on so I spent hours typing them out to play them for a couple of hours or so then not being able to play them again unless I re-typed the code out. Still, I always got a buzz typing them knowing I had a game to play at the end of it - unless you misread a , for . and had to trawl through the whole script to see why the game wouldn't load. I remember game demos, full games and pokes being on tape on Your Sinclair. Great days! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Carraghers Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I think it was 1986, on the Commadore 64. Firstly it was Soccer Supremo, quickly followed by Mexico 86. You selected your team by entering the players initials (Eg CW for Chris Waddle) thus meaning you couldn't have two players with the same initials in your team!! No Chris Woods in goal when Chris Waddle was in the side! And people complain about FM11! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I think its time to start worrying when fm comes along and youre making your new manager and you have to change the default d.o.b down instead of up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llew_Arshavin23 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Football Manager 2009 for me After transferring from FIFA Manager, I was weirdly surprised to find that there were hardly any club logo's & no Player Faces Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Yes remember doing that (from a book) but not having a flipping cassette deck to save them on so I spent hours typing them out to play them for a couple of hours or so then not being able to play them again unless I re-typed the code out. Still, I always got a buzz typing them knowing I had a game to play at the end of it - unless you misread a , for . and had to trawl through the whole script to see why the game wouldn't load. I remember game demos, full games and pokes being on tape on Your Sinclair. Great days! The best bit was, of course, replacing all the text with swearies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RorysRocketThrow Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 This was my first ever management game - The Double on the C64. I played it for hours and hours and hours (mainly because it took hours to complete a season!). Loved it to bits and played it pretty much until I got an Amiga 1200 and CM92/93. I've bought every copy of CM/FM ever since. They don't make em' like this any more though! [video=youtube;q1_M6bQpsME] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Waddle Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I remember game demos, full games and pokes being on tape on Your Sinclair. Great days! And don't forget you could spend 15 minutes waiting for the game to load, only to find it didn't work because the volume control on the tape recorder was set wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Football Manager 2009 for me After transferring from FIFA Manager, I was weirdly surprised to find that there were hardly any club logo's & no Player Faces Football Manager doesn't need these superficial embellishments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 This was my first ever management game - The Double on the C64. I played it for hours and hours and hours (mainly because it took hours to complete a season!). Gillingham was the team to be IIRC, Tony Cascarino, Steve Bruce possibly(?), Tydeman or somebody. Strongest squad anyhow. And the most you could sign someone for was £650k for Ian Rush. Great game, you're right though, it did take hours, almost as long as the season-end update on early CMs but that was just how things went. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooter Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Player Manager on Amiga, 1990 or so.I still remember that I made a 2-5-3 tactic which was absolutely awesome. The two defenders were set to "cover" in all the 12/15(?) tactical areas, and at least three of the five midfielders were always in the centre of that square. The three strikers were set in a "stair" formation up front, so that when one of the 7 other players got the ball, he passed it to the nearest striker who passed it on to the next who then passed it on to the next who was then one-on-one with the keeper. Worker like a charm and was beautiful to watch was the best game ever made ...i played it a few weeks ago ...stil great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huney Munster Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 One of the first ones I remember playing was Soccer Boss on my Spectrum. I played loads of different ones though. Most of which I can't remember their names. Then it was Premier Manager on the Amiga until I discovered Championship Manager 93/94. I had Soccer Boss it was one of about 5 or 6 budget specy football manager games I had. I think either FM1 or FM2 on specy was first I played along with The Double, Tracksuit Manager and Football Director. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooter Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 does anyone remember the football game , where you had to be a player , and you started as a yth player in someones reserves in a game you had choices to do when the ball came to you and you got rewarded with a star rating you had to rack up stars to get better form and become a better player amazing game management wise i think i have had every single footy game since the late 80s / early 90s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 does anyone remember the football game , where you had to be a player , and you started as a yth player in someones reserves in a game you had choices to do when the ball came to you and you got rewarded with a star rating you had to rack up stars to get better form and become a better player amazing game Footballer of the Year? http://www.youtube.com/embed/IlOuTzY7FWc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooter Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Footballer of the Year?http://www.youtube.com/embed/IlOuTzY7FWc nope not that ...i have hunted everywhere for it lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 nope not that ...i have hunted everywhere for it lol Got to be this then? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003895 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Whilst looking for the above game there I found a load by E&J Software. They were superb. Generally you bought them mail order from an advert in Crash magazine (for Speccy anyway) European Champions, World Soccer League, Premier League, European Trophy amongst others. Excellent games for the Spectrum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Themer Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 does anyone remember the football game , where you had to be a player , and you started as a yth player in someones reserves in a game you had choices to do when the ball came to you and you got rewarded with a star rating you had to rack up stars to get better form and become a better player amazing game management wise i think i have had every single footy game since the late 80s / early 90s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Star_Soccer This? Was a decent game to muck around on for a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdorf Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 The best bit was, of course, replacing all the text with swearies. 10. Print "F*cking B*llocks!" Yes, those were the days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdorf Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 And don't forget you could spend 15 minutes waiting for the game to load, only to find it didn't work because the volume control on the tape recorder was set wrong. Yes. Had a few games just crash on me after taking 15 mins to load. Action Force did that to me often, still never really complained even considering the game cost £1 in the bargain bin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccio Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Good old times! I got The Manager from my friend in the early 90s and played it for a couple of years. It was a great game, but my blood was "poisoned" when Championship Manager 2 was released. I've had almost every CM->FM since. [video=youtube;eLBNhCBC6kU] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 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=3T hat's where I started. Same for me, back in 1983 on my mate's ZX Spectrum (16k) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrD Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I have always been into football all my life but I got into the gaming side of it in the year 1997 starting with FIFA then I moved onto to CM 2! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
av3ry Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 CM2 Italian version. Couldnt get a win to save my life on it. Then it was CM03/04, then FM08, now FM11. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnage94 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 My first I am disappointed to admit is FM2009. I played a couple of PS1 football manager based games but I can't remember the names. I'm too young to remember any of the older stuff, I'd only ever heard of FM at the time that FM2009 was released. :o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcleod_69_69_69 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Premier Manager 3, so it was the 94 season if I remember and FIFA 95 for my Sega Mega Drive II. But the first football game I played was World Cup Italia 90. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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