One of the first games in the genre developed for Microsoft Windows, FSM included five playable leagues ( England, Scotland, Italy, Germany and France) and all UEFA competitions, including around 7500 players.įSM was also known for a complete stadium builder, where combining 300 different pieces (stands and roofs) allowed the creation of stadiums with over 300,000 seats (a figure which is still double the highest stadium capacity in the world). An update for the game is freely available from Electronic Arts' FTP. It was followed by The FA Premier League Football Manager and the Total Club Manager series. įIFA Soccer Manager (or simply FSM) is a 1997 football managing computer game developed and published by Electronic Arts by their EA Sports label. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game were developed for EA Canada by Budcat Creations. While the TCM series has been released for Windows, Xbox and PlayStation 2, the FIFAM series is only available for Windows. European Champion with former FC Porto and Chelsea manager José Mourinho was selected for the main cover. Criticized by a confusing interface, EA reworked it for TCM 2005, with a more sleek design.
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill appeared on the cover of TCM 2004. Some fans managed to control games in TCM 2003 by hacking the configuration files, but data loss and corruption was frequent. This feature, only present on other games with limited geographical distribution, the Spanish PC Fútbol, was included for buyers of both TCM 2004 and FIFA 2004, which could use the Football Fusion function.
Although it could be played as a stand-alone game, it only reached the full potential when used with the manager game. One of the key features of Anstoss 3 was the ability to actually play the games after Anstoss Action was released. The game had positive reception, and a year later Total Club Manager 2003 was released, with Bobby Robson on the cover (for the second time, after FIFA Soccer Manager). However, by 2001, several employees of German developer Ascaron moved to EA, and the first game, Fussball Manager 2002, was released in Germany only, as a test for a potential series.
Before FIFA Manager and Total Club Manager, EA Sports released FIFA Soccer Manager (1997) and The FA Premier League Football Manager 99, 2000, 20, but while the first managed to attract some attention, the latter were released when the managing games market for non- Championship Manager titles was close to non-existent, and after two unsuccessful titles, it was dropped.
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