Championship Manager 01/02

Advantages: The greatest managerial game ever!
Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!

...When the Premiership was born back in 1992, it soon became one of the biggest leagues in the world?then all of a sudden, it gave birth, theoretically, to one of the biggest computer games in the world?that being of course, Championship Manager. Being a student with plenty of time on his hands!! I recently brushed the dirt of this version of the game from the 2001/2002 season from Sports Interactive's Championship Manager series for the PC - argued by many as being one of the best versions, despite it's lack of graphical improvement from the previous season?this time round though the gameplay seems to be better. First off, and something that affects the game most of all, is that Championship Manager 01/02 implements the new regulated EU transfer system, that comes into play about a month after you begin - meaning basically that...

carl.mcqueen 16.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Championship Manager 01/02 (PC)

Championship manager 5 was completely ruined by a few bugs.

Advantages: Easy to navigate around the game.
Disadvantages: lots of bugs in the game ruins the enjoyment

...Totally blew my mind for like the first 3 months as i was glued to my pc, however as soon as 1 problem occured it was quickly followed by several more which (in my opinion) made it impossible to play. I am a huge fan of Football management games but championship manager 5 was a huge disappointment for me and a few of my freinds who also purchased the game. The problem with the game is that it is full of 'bugs' by which i mean faults such as after 1 season of winning the treble with Arsenal my fans all hated me and wanted me gone, then when i went to play ac milan in a cup match all my players were for some reason ineligible to play and so the game drafted up players who werent part of my squad to play for me (i lost). For these reasons i felt this game was a let down however do not let this put you off the other games in...

Tooney66 02.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Championship Manager 5 (PC)

Championship Manager

Advantages: Good game, fun, good value
Disadvantages: Boring after a while

...The Championship Manager series have been by far the best football management games and have provided hours of amusement for footie fans everywhere. Championship Manager 00/01 is very similar to the original Championship Manager though the manager has more control. You can interact with the media, fine players, hire coaches and physios and use many more functions. So if you think you can do better than you’re teams current manager Championship Manager is for you. Championship Manager is very realistic and for wanabee football managers this is the closest they will get to the real thing. You can do all the things club managers can do, buy and loan players, beg the board for more money, apply for different jobs at different clubs and even complain about the ref! Championship Manager 00/01 needs a lot more skill than...

Disillusioned 22.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Championship Manager Season 00/01 (PC)

Championship Manager

Advantages: Great game, lots of detail, quicky than other CM's to play
Disadvantages: lack of natural sunlight and real graphics

...For people who do not know, Championship Manager is a football management simulation. I'll try to tell you what the game is like in my review. ---What is CM2?--- Championship manager is a management simulation of many different football teams, leagues and players, including the Spanish, French, Dutch and English and Scottish leagues. You can also manage international teams but you must prove that you are worthy first. You must control aspects such as the transfers, some elements of financial business, tactics, team selection, watching the match and organising friendlies. CM2 has been around now for about 5-6 years so it is quite old so you will see Gascoigne playing for Rangers and England, and Owen as just a young player for the under 21 England side. ---Graphics--- The graphics on this game are good. That is because there aren...

jonty68 19.05.2003 · Read review
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Review of Championship Manager 2 (PC)

Championship Manager is a real winner

Advantages: Great sense of realism, terrific database size,
Disadvantages: None

...My first championship manager experience came when by chance, i saw championship manager 3 and fell in love immediately, for a couple of years i was addicted to the game. I came across championship manager 03/04 and bought it straight away. The details and database is simply amazing, not to mention the ease of using the menu's, the options, the realism and the overall feel of managing a football club, albeit on your very own PC. Champ Man 03/04 offers a humungous choice of countrys to manage in, from South Africa to South Korea, Scotland to Serbia, Israel to Indonesia, you will never find enough time to manage in each league. Championship manager is the ultimate football managing experience, the transfer system is spot on, with transfer windows, deadlines, negotiations, wheeling, dealing and stealing. Champ Man 03/04 also offers...

coates187 27.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Championship Manager: Season 03-04 (PC)

The true Champion of Championship Managers

Advantages: Addictive, Realistic, how long have you got
Disadvantages: Needs so much from the poor computer and can suffer slowdown.

....98% of people then read on!!! The game itself is rather pricey at the moment costing around £30 from GAME, VIRGIN and all other good computer stores. I would say that this price is likely to come down in the coming months, but the disadvantage with leaving it that long is that the data rapidly becomes out of date with this type of game. As many of you might know, this game was due for release a few months ago, but the developers, along with EIDOS decided to hold the game back to make the necessary changes that occurred during the new winter transfer window. As a result, 99.9% of all of the data is accurate as of now, which really does make a big difference as I was playing the old Championship Manager 3 which is at least 5 years out of date. One huge problem for alot of people with this game will be the system requirements. It requires about...

pumfster 21.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Championship Manager 4 (PC)

Championship Manager 2001

Advantages: Fantastic new features.
Disadvantages: Boring match screen.

...Championship Manager 2000/2001 is a fantastic update from the 1999/2000 version. I have heard many people say that Eidos, who created this classic game, are making easy money by just reusing the same game layout but just updating the players. This maybe true but personally I don't really care. The game is loved by everyone who plays it and it is very addictive. The idea of the game is simply the same idea of a manager in real life. You take charge of your favourite team from one of the 26 leagues featured on the game, then choose your starting team and tactics, then compete to win the league and cup competitions. The game features a realistic transfer system and your club's bank statement so you can purchase new players to build up your squad. The actual match layout is quite boring though. It is simply flashing text commentary...

Ian2001 16.06.2001 · Read review
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Review of Championship Manager Season 00/01 (PC)

Championship manager game

Advantages: Great Varity of players,leagues,etc
Disadvantages: takes a while to start a game.

...Championhip Manager 00/01 is the most complete football simulation game to date.After buying the last 4 in the series I couldn't wait to get my hands on this, and the wait was certainly worth it. The game has 26 leagues which are as followed- Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Croatia Denmark English Finland France Germany Greece Holland Ireland Italian Japan United States Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Russia Scotland Spain Sweden Turkey Wales The system requirments are:- Win 95/98 Pentium 133/Amd 166 16mb ram 4x Speed CD Rom Direct X 7 On the game you can manage the team of your dream and get them to the top of the league or even further by taking them to Europe.You can choose you backroom staff and they can provide infomation on your squad and your...

Iva_Biggin 10.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of Championship Manager Season 00/01 (PC)

Championship Manager 01 02 - The Demo

Advantages: Better by far than any other management game I've ever come across. There just is no rival to the CM franchise.
Disadvantages: No graphical representation of matches - just wait though because CM4 will put this right.

...Well, it's that time of year again. The Collyer brothers (Paul and Oliver) have done it once more. Where other companies try and fail year in, year out, they have produced the most accurate football management game on the market. This is my review of the demo which has been freely available from their site for a couple of weeks now. The full game is being released on October 12th, just a few days away now, so I thought I could whet everybodies appetites with an early review. For those in the know, this latest version of the Championship Manager is built on the CM3 engine of about 3 years ago. This means it looks fairly similar to the CM 00/01 game. But again as anybody who knows the games will tell you, looks can be deceiving. The key features are: Twenty-six concurrent leagues are playable (providing your PC is up to it...

nick.pennick 08.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Championship Manager 01/02 (PC)

Championship Manager 2

Advantages: Addictive; Nostalgic; Ahead of its time.
Disadvantages: Not fully compatible with XP or Vista.

...If you want an accurate, absorbing and realistic football management simulation, you need look no further than the Championship Manager series. All of the titles in the series are good but CM 2, in my opinion, is the best of the bunch. Ok, so the game is 12 years old, but time has been a good servant to CM2, and it remains as playable today as it was upon its release. Like the more recent games in the Championship Manager series, the player gets the whole immersive experience of being a football manager, from selecting which English or Scottish league club to manage through trading players on the transfer market to overseeing the club's finances. However, you would be forgiven for thinking that a game released more than a decade ago would pale in comparison to more modern offerings such as Football Manager 2007, and of course in...

corkoz 28.07.2007 · Read review
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