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- The Ultimate Manager - By Craig Smith
- -------------------------------------
-
- Introduction
- ============
- The Ultimate Manager is a realistic football management game with
- a unique results system. You get to see all the other results and
- scorers during your game. The match happens is real-time so you can
- make changes when you think they are necessary. You can also view how
- a rival team may be getting on. This budget priced football management
- game is merely a launch pad for a new football management game which
- will be based on The Ultimate Manager. This game is aimed to beat all
- other football management games on the Amiga. Currently, The Ultimate
- Manager is aimed to be the most enjoyable and exciting football
- management game. Enjoy!
-
- Menu
- ====
- Upon loading the game you will be presented with a title screen,
- simply click the left mouse button to advance, choosing to either
- continue or start a new game. The left and right mouse buttons are
- the buttons which are used to go in and out of screens. The menu
- displays a host of options (represented as icons). In the top corner
- is the date and the week number. Clicking on any of the options will
- take you into that section.
-
- Bank
- ====
- You can view your accounts at the bank and get or repay a loan.
- Simply click on the icons depending on what you want to do. A bank
- loan will usually be repaid back in ten weeks (this repayment includes
- interest). A brief run down on payments for the month is listed in a
- box.
-
- Next Day
- ========
- This advances a day in which you can be either playing a match,
- watching some other matches or training the team. News on the team
- will be displayed here. If you are playing or watching matches then
- the fixtures will be displayed. The matches will then start ticking
- through the ninety minutes (extra time & sudden death - if in certain
- cup matches). You can click on the panel of icons below to change the
- team/tactics etc.. If you click on a match then details of the game's
- scorers/times will be displayed, from this screen you are able to view
- the players and formations. If the number of matches is quite large
- then you will need to swap between two pages by clicking on the 'page'
- icon.
-
- View
- ====
- You can view either cup fixtures, league table, last matches or the
- season calendar by selecting the relevant icon from thee menu.
-
- The league table is colour coded, therefore the bottom three teams in
- the league will be hi-lited in a different colour because they are in
- the relegation zone (at the end of the season the three teams in the
- relegation zone will be dropped into the division below and replaced
- by the three teams in the promotion zone from the division below).
- The promotion zone is also colour coded, the top three teams are shown
- in a different colour. There is no promotion from the top division
- and no relegation from the bottom division. The team that you are
- managing will be hi-lited in yellow.
-
- The calendar shows the week and has two columns the first shows the
- fixtures for Saturday and the second for fixtures during the week.
- Two screens allow you to see the first half of the seasons fixtures
- and the second page shows the final half of the season.
-
- Formation/Tactics
- =================
- Your formation can be selected by simply clicking on the icon with the
- formation that you wish to play. Your tactics are selected by
- clicking on options to adjust the tactics.
-
- The formation varies, the formation positions players in either more
- attacking or defensive positions. You are able to place your best
- players against the opposition's best players. You don't want to be
- playing a very attacking formation against a team who are very strong
- in attack as you will leave your defence weak. However, two attacking
- teams does provide exciting football.
-
- The tactics can be changed depending on how you wish to play against
- the opposition. The most effective way is to study the opposition
- using the league table of view team facilities available to you. You
- can find out what type of team you are playing against and decided how
- you are going to combat the team. An aggressive team can give
- interesting results but will make players more vulnerable to injury.
- You can place a player on the transfer market, making you more likely
- to get offers from other clubs.
-
- Team
- ====
- The team can be changed by clicking on a player and then the player
- who you wish to swap the player with. Numbers 1-11 indicate the
- players in the squad. You may want to recall a player from the
- 'reserve' team or drop a player to the 'reserve' team if he isn't good
- enough. Using the icons you are able to click on a player and then
- click 'drop' (moving him into reserves), the opposite is 'recall' to
- bring somebody from reserves. Remember, the club will stop you from
- moving certain players into the reserves.
-
- A player's average rating will be displayed on this screen along with
- the player's total appearances, appearances for the season and goals
- scored for the season. The confidence and happiness of a player is
- shown on the team selection screen. A players gains confidence with
- good results and good fortune but loses it with bad results. A
- players is kept happy by playing him in the team, this is difficult.
- If you have loads of good players then the ones who don't get into the
- team will start getting unhappy thus effecting their play. During a
- match, you can substitute players, a player which has been substituted
- can't come on again (a star will be next to his name). You can only
- make two substitutions during a match.
-
- Game Stats
- ==========
- Statistics for the match are shown by selecting 'TABLE' form the in-
- game menu. This allows you to view statistics on the opposition
- including ratings out of 10 for each player's performance (excluding
- goalkeeper).
-
- Physio
- ======
- The physio will estimate how long a player is going to be out of
- action for. The number of weeks the player is due back can change, if
- the player gets a late blow then the number of weeks can be put back
- further.
-
- Stadia
- ======
- The stadium can be increased in size which will take a number of weeks
- to work on and costs money. If the seats are required then it is
- necessary to build more seats. You can select which stand you wish
- to work on (north,east,south & west). The number of seats in each
- stand is shown on this screen.
-
- Takings
- =======
- Your takings can be viewed on this screen. It lists the money that is
- made and spent on things like transfers, gates and stadium work.
- Minor costs such as electricity and groundsmen are paid for by a
- separate account.
-
- Training
- ========
- You can select your training methods from this screen. Remember not
- to over train the team as this can be damaging for the players.
- Intense training can be effective but should only be used when it is
- absolutely necessary. You can serious damage your players, if you are
- going well then you should try to avoid training players too hard.
-
- Bid
- ===
- You can select a team to bid for a player. The relevant club will
- respond to your bid. It is likely that a big club won't except an
- offer for one of their star players.
-
- Trainer Employment
- ==================
- Three trainers can be employed to your club, the better the trainer,
- the more expensive he is. Selecting a good set of trainers makes
- training more worthwhile. It all costs money though!
-
- View Results
- ============
- You can view the results or your team from the season. Select which
- page you wish to view. An average season will only take up two pages,
- clicking on the responding item will take you to the respective page.
-
- Transfer History
- ================
- The history of transfers since you have been in control of the club
- will be displayed on this page. This will detail the date, transfer
- fee and clubs involved. The transfers are viewed in the same way that
- results are viewed.
-
- Season Honours
- ==============
- The honours for the season are displayed on this screen. You can vary
- the different statistics by clicking on the icons below. You can view
- cup and league success for the club or all the teams involved. Your
- history since taking over the club can also be viewed.
-
- Newspaper
- =========
- A selection of various newspaper headlines is displayed usually after
- matches. Selected headlines allow you to see how other teams have
- done.
-
-
- Save Game
- =========
- You may save a game at any time. It can be loaded from the option on
- the first screen of the game - 'Continue Existing Game'.
-
-
- Ease of Use
- ===========
- This game is very easy to use. It is a case of using the mouse to
- move the pointer and using the left and right mouse buttons along with
- the 3d icons. The rules are simple. The bottom/top three teams are
- relegated/promoted. The European/Coca Cola cup have two legs for each
- round and the FA Cup has one leg. The winner of the final match is
- the cup winner! You will be in control of the club for twenty
- seasons, see how far you can take the club. You may want to start
- from the third division and take them to the top or maybe take the top
- team to the bottom. You are in control!
-
-
- The Ultimate Football Management Game Project
- =============================================
- An improved PC version of this game is expected late '94.
- Any suggestions can be mailed to :
-
- Craig Smith
- 12 Collingwood Rise
- Camberley
- Surrey
- GU15 1NB
-