Championship Manager: Season 97/98

aka: L'Entraîneur: Saison 97/98, Scudetto 97/98

Moby ID: 1940

Released

October 31st, 1997 on DOS

Credits

183 people

Publishers

Eidos Interactive Limited

Developers

Sports Interactive Limited

Moby Score

7.1

#11,130 of 23.6K

Critics

72% (5)

Players

(11)

Ranking

#820 on DOS

Collected By

21 players

Genre: Simulation
Sports
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Gameplay: Managerial / business simulation
Interface: Menu structures
Sport: Football (European) / Soccer

ELSPA Rating: 3+

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: CD-ROM
Input Devices Supported: Keyboard, Mouse
Number of Offline Players: 1-8 Players

Description

This was the final update to Championship Manager 2, and it was fully debugged and had the AI tidied up in several areas. The team and player data was updated for the 97/98 season, meaning that Michael Owen has emerged at Liverpool and Emmanuel Petit has joined Arsenal, for example. Nine different leagues are included, and up to 3 of these can be played at once on 16 Megabyte machines. As a result of this, more teams and players are included in the game system than ever, making for a more realistic player-signing challenge. A full data editor is included for the first time.

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Credits (DOS version)

183 People · View all

Other	Darren Hedges
Championship Manager 97-98 was developed by	Sports Interactive Ltd between September 1994 and September 1997
With All Design and Programming by	Paul Collyer Oliver Collyer
Research into almost 20,000 players and 2,500 teams worldwide was conducted by	Mark Woodger
The main researchers were	Steven De Wispelaere (Belgium) Jesper Krogsgaard (Denmark) Christophe Romero (France) Ferhat Atabey (Germany) Arno Bakker (Holland) Christian Scarpellini (Italy) Rune Berg (Norway) Francisco Leitão (Portugal) Iván Abella Villar (Spain)
General research was undertaken by	Graham Miles James Elkington
Playtesting was done by	Marc Vaughan Hugh Barnett Alexander Deacon Patrick McCarthy Kris Hall Jeremy Miles Mind Compression Team CM2 CIX Conference Members and the Eidos testing team
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 72% (based on 5 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 11 ratings with 1 reviews)

The definitive update to the greatest football management game ever

The Good
It was an update to the already brilliant CM2, but it was the most important update yet. The game itself didn't really change, but the 2 years since CM2 had seen some major changes in football.

Most importantly was the introduction of the Bosman ruling, which we can thank/blame (delete as appropriate) for the state the game is in today. Luckily, my team have thrived in the post-Bosman era, others have not been so fortunate.

There were a few other rule updates which brought the game up to date. Plus, of course, the usual changes in players - transfers, retirements, debuts, etc.

The Bad
Once again, a perfect game is improved.

The Bottom Line
If you're not into football management then you'll hate this game. You'll just look at it and wonder what the point is. For the rest of us, nothing can touch this game. It may have the weakest graphics (ie: none) and the lamest sound of any game released this decade, but it is still quite simply the best.

DOS · by Steve Hall (329) · 2000