Dave Billingham
Got this game for my Commodore VIC20 after saving for months to get the 6K RAM Pack! My dad would send me to bed "after one more match" but would be kind enough to put the computer away for me once I'd gone - a process that could take several more hours each night! 😉 He's too ill now to use technology of any kind, MS has taken away a lot of his old life, but we still talk about Football Manager with fond memories! As others have suggested, 8 bit fonts!
4 people found this review helpful
David Pender
In the 80's, I watched my late father play Football Manager on the C64. He was eternally glued to the game almost every waking hour. I only ever got to play it now and again. Now I'm the same age as he was back then, I see why he was addicted. Faithfully recreated, the masterpiece that launched an entire genre is as good as ever! Despite playing more complex games through the years, most have never been this good! Its quick-fire simplicity and one more game loop is impossible to put down!
26 people found this review helpful
A Google user
Purchased this on my Spectrum, then my C64, my iPad, and now, on my Android phone. This is, without a doubt, one of the GREATEST GAMES ever written, and has spawned an entire industry by itself. No ads, no distractions, no excel sheets to manage your players, just the pure choice of balancing player skill and fitness levels. Simple. Effective. Astoundingly addictive. I have only two small gripes with the game when playing on a phone. The players are barely visible. Perhaps they are too small. The other is more of a nostalgia thing. 8-bit chunky fonts please! Other than these small (personal) options, there is nothing to add. Superb.
9 people found this review helpful
8 bit fonts eh! Hmmm. Thank you so much for your comments Chris. I am very happy I kept the feel and gameplay of my original. It was fun writing it too.