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Football Manager

The first football management simulator, many of the hallmarks of the incredibly complex games which exist in this genre today are found in embryonic form here. Club finances, player transfers, basic tactics…

1 May 1984

Football Manager is a sport developed by Addictive Games Ltd, released 1 May 1984 on Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Atari 8-bit.

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What Football Manager is

Football Manager is a sport game developed by Addictive Games Ltd and released in 1984. It is available on Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, DOS, Dragon 32/64 and MSX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The first football management simulator, many of the hallmarks of the incredibly complex games which exist in this genre today are found in embryonic form here. Club finances, player transfers, basic tactics, and perhaps most importantly of all, excellent white noise crowd sounds when your team scored.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Football Manager come out?
Football Manager was released on 1 May 1984 for Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, DOS, Dragon 32/64 and MSX.

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