Championship Manager

Name generator

When generating random player names (for new youth players, or when you chose the 'generated players' option) the game would take one random first name and one random surname from the player's nationality. This had a couple of memorable flaws. Firstly, Efan Ekoku and Daniel Amokachi were the only Nigerian players in the game, so 'Efan Amokachi' and 'Daniel Ekoku' were almost always generated. More amusingly, the game didn't check as to whether the first name and surname were the same, e.g. Russell Russell.

Speed

1992's PCs weren't amongst the fastest compared to the ones we are used to today, so changing from one season to another could take several hours.

Awards

• Retro Gamer
  • September 2004 (Issue #8) – #91 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)

Information also contributed by Martin Smith