Football Manager series (original)
- Football Manager series (original)
Football Manager is a video game that was originally developed by Kevin Toms for the ZX Spectrum in 1982. The game was to start a whole new genre of computer game, the football management simulation. The game was a huge success and was ported to a wide range of systems [ [http://www.mobygames.com/game/cpc/football-manager Football Manager] at mobygames.com] including the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, BBC Micro and Commodore Amiga - the Amiga version memorably using the machine's speech function to read out match results. Most of the programming involved in converting Kevin Toms original code to different formats was done by Jean Frost who worked on the Vic 20, Commodore 64 and the Amstrad CPC464 versions and Peter Lunn who worked on the BBC B version, both worked for Addictive Games at the time. Jean Frost also coded it for the French market.
Due to the success of the game it was followed by several sequels: "Football Manager 2" (1988) [ [http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/footballmanagerii.htm Football Manager 2] at ysrnry.uk] and "Football Manager World Cup Edition" [ [http://hol.abime.net/598 Football Manager World Cup Edition] at HOL Amiga Database] (1990), both written by Kevin Toms, and finally "Football Manager 3" [ [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Football+Manager+3$&pub=^Addictive+Games+Ltd$&loadpics=1 Football Manager 3] at worldofspectrum.org] (1993), without Toms' involvement. "Football Manager 3" was poorly received, and as a result the series came to an end.
Paul Robson developed a remake of the original game. [ [http://freshmeat.net/projects/footballmanager/ freshmeat.net: Project details for Football Manager ] ] This remake has since been ported to the GP2X by Jonn Blanchard. [ [http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,36,1856 gp2x File Archive - File Info - Home:gp2x - Games:Games - Freeware:Sport Games ] ]
The Football Manager brand name was revived in 2005 by Sports Interactive as a continuation for their Championship Manager series after they lost the naming rights following a split with their publishers Eidos Interactive
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