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- LEAGUE SOCCER CARDS
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- ©1994 Stephen Corry
-
- A FROZEN ICE PRODUCTION
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- IMPORTANT NOTICE
- This AMOS game has been released into the SHAREWARE/POSTERWARE market!
-
- The programs and files on this disk must NOT in anyway be changed or
- altered.
-
- You may make copies of the game using programs such as X-Copy, and can give
- them to all your friends, who can thus give copies to all their friends.
-
- But if you do play the game and like it (which I really hope that you
- do), because of all the hard work I've put into its creation, if you're
- feeling generous, please spare some cash, and mail it C/- the address below,
- along with any comments about the game that you may have.
-
- I will accept the following currencies:-
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- $10 Australian £10 Eire punts £10 Northern Irish £10 English sterling
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- Any posters of Rebekah Elmaloglou or Dannii Minogue from English magazines
- (I have most of their Ozzy bits), will also be accepted.
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- Thank you very much, and enjoy the game...
- INTRODUCTION
- Welcome to LEAGUE SOCCER CARDS - the best version to date, and the
- final in the trilogy of the Soccer Cards series.
-
- First there came Soccer Cards - based on the English FA Cup championship
- (and later the role model for Tim Blacklock's Premier Picks).
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- Next came Soccer Cards US94 - a much improved version of the above game,
- this time based on the 1994 World Cup in the USA.
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- Now comes League Soccer Cards - the greatest version ever!
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- LETS BEGIN
- There have been a lot of changes made to this new version, so even
- die hard Soccer Cards fans (if any do exist!) should read on.
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- THE LEAGUE
- There are a total of 8 divisions (4 league and 4 non-league), each
- containing 6 teams each, making a total of 10 games a season.
-
- Because of the continuous changes in league sponsorship - and to avoid
- copyright hassles - the 4 non-league divisions have fictitious names,
- though they do in every way represent the existing divisions.
-
- During the game, each player will be represented by a particular
- colour.
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- The little people on the Menu screen don the correct colours for
- each player.
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- UPS AND DOWNS
- Simple really - the top team goes up, the bottom team goes down.
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- The player whose team ends the season bottom of the lowest
- non-league division (the MANDY LEAGUE) will be sacked.
-
- Here, if there is just 1 player playing the game, the game will end,
- and you will be returned to the opening MENU screen.
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- If more than 1 player has been selected, the computer will take
- control of the team whose player has been sacked.
-
-
- WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ORDER SIR/MADAM?
- Upon loading, you will be presented with a MENU featuring 3 items,
- as I will now describe...
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- 1> LOAD PREVIOUSLY SAVED GAME - Kinda speaks for itself hey!
- When you select this option, click
- on the drive that you wish to load
- from.
-
- 2> PLAYERS - The number of players currently selected to play is
- indicated by a red number. Click on the appropriate
- little person to change the player numbers.
- Up to 6 players can compete at the same time!!!
-
- 3> SELECT TEAMS - This option is described below.
-
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- SELECTING YOUR TEAMS
- On this screen you have 3 options.
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- 1> EDIT TEAM NAMES - If your favourite team isn't listed, click
- on this option.
-
- You enter a new club by clicking on the
- appropriate letters (Max 12 CHRs ONLY).
-
- The options here allow you to 'DELETE' the
- last letter, 'CANCEL' the whole operation
- (therefore restoring the previously selected
- team), and 'ENTER TEAM' which is quite
- blatantly obvious!!!
-
- 2> MENU - This (believe it or not) returns you to the menu above.
-
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- 3> PLAY GAME - Here, each player selects a club from the list, and
- then the fun really begins.
-
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- PLAYING SOME SOCCER
- You will always begin in the lowest reaches of the non-league. So
- it will take a bit of work to rise to the dizzy heights of the
- Premier League!
-
- After each player selects their club, you will be shown the fixtures
- for all 8 divisions!
-
- You will then move onto the playing screen.
-
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- THE PLAYING SCREEN
- As usual, each player takes it in turn to draw a card, but in LEAGUE
- SOCCER CARDS, there is now a big exception!
-
- In previous Soccer Cards there were only GOAL and NO GOAL cards.
-
- Now, other cards have been added to the deck, all of which I will
- now explain (quantity of cards shown in brackets)...
-
- FULL TIME (1) - For better or worse, the match ends.
-
- NO GOAL (5) - You missed a chance of scoring a goal. Your opponent
- now draws a card.
-
- GOAL (5) - You've guessed it! You have scored a goal, and you can
- now run about your room with your arms held aloft!!!
-
- After scoring a goal, you select another card.
-
- OFF SIDE (3) - If you have just scored a GOAL, and the next card
- drawn is an OFF SIDE card, your previous goal will
- now be cancelled!
-
- Play returns to your opponent.
-
- FOUL (2) - You lose a turn!
-
- PLEASE NOTE - The home team will always draw first, and will place
- their card to the left hand side of the screen.
-
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- RESULTS AND TABLES
- When all the games have been played, you will be shown the results
- from all the divisions.
-
- Just like previous versions of SOCCER CARDS, the results of the other
- games are not purely created out of random.
-
- Some teams are stronger than others, though as in the real game,
- there can still be shock results!
-
- After the results, all the league tables will be presented.
-
-
- THE LEAGUE TABLES
- In League Soccer Cards, 2 points are awarded for each win, with
- 1 point for a draw.
-
- There are 3 options on this screen...
-
- 1> SAVE - Select the disk option if you wish to save off and come
- back later.
- You have a choice of which drive you wish to save to.
-
- ***IMPORTANT NOTE*** PLEASE have a formatted disk ready and inserted
- into the drive.
-
- PLEASE ENSURE THE DISK IS WRITE ENABLED, so the data can be stored to your
- disk immediately.
-
- 2> CONTINUE - If there are further games remaining, you are shown the
- next set of fixtures to play.
-
- If the season has come to an end (10 GAMES played),
- selecting this option takes you to the End Of Season
- screen <read below>.
-
- 3> QUIT GAME - Quits the game, returning you to the Amiga DOS screen.
-
-
- END OF SEASON
- All the 'Ups and Downs' are shown here, along with any sackings or
- congratulations that may be in order.
-
- If all is well, you begin the next season - if not, it could be
- GAME OVER!
-
-
- TIT BITS!
- A really big thanks to 17-Bit software for including my games on their
- PD files, and also to all the other libraries that have followed suite.
-
- I would be very pleased to hear from anybody that has seen any of my
- programs (which are listed below), reviewed in any magazines.
-
- Please can you tell me the Name of the Magazine, and the issue that it
- featured in.
-
- These are the titles released originally through 17-Bit Software, with
- their catalogue numbers in case you wish to obtain them:-
-
- SOCCER CARDS (Disk 2090)
-
- SOCCER CARDS US94 (2946)
-
- ON THE GREEN (2677A 2677B)
-
- NOTE - ON THE GREEN is a 5½ minute animation that I created, and requires
- 1.5 Megs to run.
-
- Thank you very much.
-
-
-
- U CAN WRITE 2 ME
- I just wanna thank YOU for purchasing this game, and I really hope
- that you do enjoy playing it.
-
- Any comments will be welcome, and can be sent to me...
-
- C/- 5 Crockett Park
- Castlederg
- Co Tyrone
- BT81 7BY
- Northern Ireland (To be sure, To be sure¡¡¡¡)
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