Aleynasdad Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Yes its true.... I have played every version of FM since inception. So many many memories... whoel weekend playing a seson with my friend when no one moved from the old desktop. How many are there out there who started right at the beginning and are still going strong? Who was the ugly chap on the covers of the first and 93-94? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hluraven Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 From the original Kevin Toms cassette on the original Football Manager! There are a huge amount here who started on the Amiga. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I started off with this one: So I think that means I missed one sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleynasdad Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 I started off with this one: So I think that means I missed one sadly. TBH the 93-4 cover I remember much better than the first but as I started playing before getting divorced to my first wife (no, ıt was NOT the reason) and that went through December 93 I must have played the first one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibby123 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 From the original Kevin Toms cassette on the original Football Manager! There are a huge amount here who started on the Amiga. This for me as well. Started on zx spectrum with Kevin Toms' game, as well as 'The Boss' and 'United' (saving games was bit hit and miss ) and then moved to Amiga in about 92-94ish, but took a break from CM/FM for a year or so in 96/97. If FM type games improves as much as it has in last 20odd years in the next 20odd years it will be nuts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleynasdad Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 How sad is this?!? Guys in their mid-forties STİLL PLAYING football manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Loyalty Same... Spectrum all the way through to right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wez007 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 This for me as well. Started on zx spectrum with Kevin Toms' game, as well as 'The Boss' and 'United' (saving games was bit hit and miss ) and then moved to Amiga in about 92-94ish, but took a break from CM/FM for a year or so in 96/97.If FM type games improves as much as it has in last 20odd years in the next 20odd years it will be nuts. The boss.. quality game! I somehow always managed to lose or win 4-0 the first game. One of may favourites of all time was FOOTBALL CRAZY for the Amiga... twas immense. Best thing since FM tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVO Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 All manner of ultimately unfulfilling spectrum games (the best of which were The Double and Tracksuit Manager imho), before discovering ChampMan2 and becoming substantially less communicative for the last 17(?) years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibby123 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 The boss.. quality game! I somehow always managed to lose or win 4-0 the first game. One of may favourites of all time was FOOTBALL CRAZY for the Amiga... twas immense. Best thing since FM tbh On "The Boss" each player was given 1 attribute. A number between 1-9 I think that never changed, and that was also their price. End of. No negotiation. £100k per 'point' or something. Buy or sell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 CM2 was the first SI game I played, Football Manager was the first footie manager game. There's some people here somewhere that used to play with cardboard and stuff. Oh, and we always used to refer to CM as "minge". I have no idea why. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wez007 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Was tracksuit manager the one with vidi printer-esque result thing at the end of each game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Nicholls Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Used to enjoy Tracksuit Manager as well. My first one was the one shown above (93), so appears i have missed one as well. I remember sitting there for hours watching end of season screens updating with transfers and things ( sad or what?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert Fandel Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I used to play a game on the Amiga where Dennis Wise and Ian Wright were 18 year olds, you picked your formation by adding players and therefore could line-up 0-0-10 if you wanted, or even 1-0-0, you could be sponsored by Sammy's Sausages and the like, and whatever team you picked you went down to the bottom division with them. Bloody loved it, does anyone know what it was called? I also used to love Ultimate Soccer manager, with the betting and the bribing, shame it hasn't worked on recent operating systems didn't discover SI until CM3 (although I was also guilty of playing Premier Manager 99) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wez007 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 The Double - zx sprectrum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wez007 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Tracksuit manager... ahh a match engine at last Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I used to play a game on the Amiga where Dennis Wise and Ian Wright were 18 year olds, you picked your formation by adding players and therefore could line-up 0-0-10 if you wanted, or even 1-0-0, you could be sponsored by Sammy's Sausages and the like, and whatever team you picked you went down to the bottom division with them.Bloody loved it, does anyone know what it was called? I also used to love Ultimate Soccer manager, with the betting and the bribing, shame it hasn't worked on recent operating systems didn't discover SI until CM3 (although I was also guilty of playing Premier Manager 99) Ive got ultimate soccer manager 2 on my pc right now for windows 6... dos box ftw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert Fandel Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Ive got ultimate soccer manager 2 on my pc right now for windows 6... dos box ftw I haven't tried it for a few years but I think I used to try and run it in some kind of dos emulator, in fact I think it was dos box, but still whenever I played it full-screen I could only get 1 or 2 minutes in before the colours would go mental and it would crash. Perhaps I shall try it again with a newer dos box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uwextreme Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I started out on the Spectrum aswell, Tracksuit Manager is the game I remember most fondly but I remember playing some others like Football Manager. I seem to remember Kenny Dalglish and Emlyn Hughes games aswell as a game based around the FA Cup where I kept drawing Tamworth, not sure if they were management games or not now. My first CM was the 93 version, still remember a 4-0 thrashing in the European Cup final at the hands of Real Madrid from one of the early versions that really hurt at the time and still does a little now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hluraven Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 The Double and Football Director were the best on the Spectrum for me. Football Director (oddly a management game) was probably the one I played most of all. Then Premier Manager on the Amiga before CM really blew the market away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas78 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Started with CM back in '92, on the Amiga Before that, the original football manager (and football manager 2) and also "Soccer Supremo" on the Atari ST, which I bet a lot of folks here never heard about *grins* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I started off on Kevin Keegans Soccer Manager on the NES, then USM, before finding Champ Man, first one i would have bought would have been about 11/12 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottGooner Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Played FM on the Spectrum, started on the Amiga with the 93 version of CM. It's strange seeing the box again after all these years. Also played Treble Champions and a few other games, Tracksuit Manager was my favourite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vami Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I started off from CM Italia 94/95 version, then moved to CM 2 and CM 97/98. I was playing CM 97/98 for quite a while, as I had a very old CPU. When I upgraded my machine, I bought CM 01/02, which I have best memories about. Then the two worst versions ever - CM 4 and CM 03/04 - absolutely no atmosphere, bugs and nothing to hold on to. Then after the split-up with Eidos, I've played all the further versions. Strangely, the best ones were always the even numbers (06,08,10,12). I have to say I had serious doubts over FM 13 in the beginning, but I am more and more getting used to it. The interface really scared me, it was too cheesy and too picture-oriented instead of good old text-oriented stuff. It all looked like a candy - and if you know life then you know that things that look like candy are in fact **** wrapped in candy paper. Nevertheless, having won with my prejudice against the new interface, I started to enjoy FM 2013 a lot. Before CM/FM series, I played Ultimate Soccer Manager, Football Limited and others on PC, but my first management game was Premier on Commodore 64 (along with Kenny Dalglish Soccer Management and its namesake branded by Graeme Souness). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWR15 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I remember my CM debut. Went round a mates house after school, and saw this thing sitting on his desk. I asked him what it was and he reluctantly explained that he was 'sad' enough to play pretend footie management games and that this one was really good.... So we fired it up and he gave me a little tutorial. Even then, he'd get excited explaining little features to me, then he changed user and I was done for. At first I was in awe of this game, unbelievealy sucked in (as I have remained ever since) then I realised he'd been playing this game a couple of months without ever telling me! So hear I am, still playing, but instead of hours sitting round his house playing until his parents literally kicked me out, I wait for the other half to fall asleep, grab the laptop send him a text and fire up the network game (with the same mate) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wez007 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I I asked him what it was and he reluctantly explained that he was 'sad' enough to play pretend footie management games Ahh the days were it was so uncool to play Footie Sims. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markymufcmark Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 funnily enough LMA Manager for ps1 was what got me into management games, was epic them games..... but then oh my I discovered my older brothers copy of CM 2002/2003 I think it was that year. Used to sneak on when he was at College and later University (cause he was a tight ****) until I got my own PC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTHerringbone Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I have owned and played the whole series, but if I'm honest, my lengthy affair with Gremlin's Premier Manager 3 in the mid-nineties probably was my peak of footballling management satisfaction (until FM13....) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucic1 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I started out with this bad boy then every version since. Some great times thats for sure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleynasdad Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 I started with Kevin Toms before being Domarked. To this day I cant remember how or why but I con verted my little brother who was about nine at the time and we used to stay up all night and hes still playing too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlivierL Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 i played every version from 1992 (so that is the start ?) i loved the first one's the most and played them sometimes a whole week in a holiday period with friend(s). i bought and played everyone of them, FM10 was the one i had but didn't had much time to play.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I remember Championship Manager 96/97. I was 8 when it came out. Since the split I have been solely FM though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemeures Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 cant remember the title, but i was 6 or 7, so would of been 89 or 90, and had a dodgy game on the old accorn. you would have to start in division 4, and spend 15 years or more building finances so you didnt go broke you couldnt score more than 4 goals all your players had same repeating names and same seemingly endless potential and after you spent all your summer holiday to win the 1st division and left the game on the winning screen to show your dad, it crashed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin_trott_hoof Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Something I wrote about pre-Champ Manager / Football Manager games: http://ben-hopkins.com/2012/10/06/back-to-basics-the-pioneering-football-management-games/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted December 7, 2012 Administrators Share Posted December 7, 2012 Definitely Premier Manager was the first Football Management sim I played. Also played a bit of USM, but I think CM2 was the first I played from Sports Interactive. Sadly didn't have a PC in my house until fairly late so used to just take over friends computers and play it round their houses. Think CM3 was the first one I ever actually owned myself and have played every single one since (to varying degrees of success!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron1606 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 My first was CM 00/01, it was a free promotional copy from a newspaper that a friend of my Mum's had given to me to try out. Was hooked instantly, despite having only recently gotten into football back then (I remember being proud of 'discovering' those lesser known players Gattuso, Kluivert and Zidane!) Have since played the older ones though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave byrd Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 CM 93/94 on the Amiga was my first, using the 'support man' formation to great effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robzilla Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 My first CM was CM2: 96/97 update, and I've played every version since that. Prior to that there was a football game on the C64 but I can't remember the name of it. When the Megadrive was the thing I used to play a lot of John Madden football (American Football) and EA Hockey. And of course Sensi Soccer on the Amiga EDIT: The C64 game was Footballer of the Year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 EDIT: The C64 game was Footballer of the Year! Pfft. Take those fancy graphics away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruf Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Wow! Memories come flooding back with some of those game covers. Sir Kevin Toms football manager was the first for me, and onto CM93, God I'm old. Proud to say never bought into the "fake" Champ Manager game. There was an Obscure one (I forget what system) it may have been "The Double" that's been mentioned or something like "The League" but the transfer system was awesome, you really felt that you were bidding against other teams. The latest FM is the best IMHO, just saying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jep Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Football Director on the Amstrad CPC 464 - think I wore that tape out within months of buying it, just loved the game Also been with the Football Manager series pretty much since the start, although I am sure I missed a few versions through the years as life got in the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q.P.R Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 CM 93 was my first .. But it looks like 2013 is now going to be my last . SI are going the wr0ong way to keep me on board . Why i here u ask becuase i am one of theses folk that like to use a so called super tactic . and i am not a fan of the touch line shouts , because in order for them too work , you need to pretty much watch the hole match , and that takes up far too much time . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Lane Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Ultimate Soccer Manager 98/99 was my first - though I imagine I am a bit younger than some judging by the state of some of the screen shots here! What a market segment to be controlling like SI have done in the last 7-8 years. When you think of the varying developers and games out there early 90's to 2 to 3 serious contenders in the 00's to pretty much 1 game now in the 10's.... Amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler_bode Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I've been playing manager games since 1982. 30 yrs!!! Started with the original Football Manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply Perfect Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I can't remember the name of my first management game. It was on the Spectrum, and you started in the bottom division but could buy the likes of Lineker and Waddle... Really got in to Kevin Keegan's Player/Manager on the SNES, but my favourite, until I got into CM/FM was Super League Manager. Based on a completely false world where you started in the fourth tier with the aim of working up to England manager, and paired with Emelyn Hughes International Soccer. I remember it had an annoyingly loud telephone and a plant on the desk that, if it died, would stay dead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearcey_90 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I started off at Championship Manager 00-01 Arguably the best ever one tho Which is why it got me hooked! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkelse Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 championship manager 97- 98 i think. Always bought Tommy Svindal Larsen and Bjørn Heidenstrøm. I thins the strikers in Sampdoria was Klinsmann and Montella ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisso Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 99-00, the first game for the first PC we had as a family Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleynasdad Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Definitely Premier Manager was the first Football Management sim I played. Also played a bit of USM, but I think CM2 was the first I played from Sports Interactive. Sadly didn't have a PC in my house until fairly late so used to just take over friends computers and play it round their houses. Think CM3 was the first one I ever actually owned myself and have played every single one since (to varying degrees of success!) hehehehehe... been with the game longer than some of the sports interactive team! Thats got to be worth something! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeScotsPaul Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Mine must have been Kevin Toms' game. Then a while later, I got the first Collyer Bros CM Domark game (the one with entirely generated players in it). I remember being like the cat that got the cream when they released the next year's version with REAL PLAYERS!! Pretty much have bought every version since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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