Championship Manager 97/98 - PC

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Championship Manager 97/98 (PC)
Viewed: 2D Side-on, Static screen Genre:
Sport: Football - Soccer
Strategy: Management
Media: CD Arcade origin:No
Developer: Sports Interactive Soft. Co.: Sports Interactive
Publishers: Sold Out (GB)
Eidos (GB/GB/US/JP)
Released: 27 Jul 2001 (GB)
Unknown (US/JP)
Ratings: 3+

Summary

For all of you budding Alex Fergusons out there, the Championship Manager series of games is for you. Championship Manager puts you in the hot seat and in charge of the critical decisions that could spell success or disaster for your team.

The chairman will be crying for your resignation if you’re losing, but if you can keep things in control, you can feel the satisfaction of being top of the division.

Football management games are designed for gamers that prefer to make use of their minds instead of their manual reactions. You start off with a modest budget and you must make all financial and tactical decisions concerning your club. You can buy, sell or trade players and even negotiate contracts. Then it’s time to decide on what formation to use and face up to the best teams in the league.

From a graphics point of view, Championship Manager 97/98 is functional. When the teams play, text appears conveying every action in the game from injuries to goals. Adapting to the other teams tactics in real-time is all part of the challenge of being a successful manager.

Championship Manager 97/98 is an involving game and once you get into it you will find how extremely addictive it is. It has also been re-released on the Sold Out label so is now better value for money.