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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EXCLUSIVE RELEASE - NEVER SEEN ANYWHERE BEFORE! CUP MANAGER - SPECTRUM VERSION DOCS Docs and Snapshot by Andy Gibson (AGAS Productions) Digi Pic of original cover: Steve Bye Released with the consent of Steve Bye - Author/Programmer of the game `Cup Manager'. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before I start the doc to Cup Manager proper, I would like to tell you a little bit about Steve Bye. If anyone has heard of F1 Software/Licenceware/Shareware, then chances are that you already know who Steve Bye is. Both Steve and his wife Belinda are the proprietors of F1 Software and good friends of mine and really nice, honest peeps to boot. Before Steve founded F1, he used to own his own computer shop and even before that, he was a commercial programmer for some of the classic platforms of yesteryear such as the C64, Amstrad, Atari and the dear old (and much loved) Spectrum. I have written a list of all Steve's main productions to date below for you to look over and maybe you'll even have some of the original cassettes/disks listed below. (collectors items now methinx :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classic Trainer Commercial Spectrum/C64/Amstrad Classic Punter Commercial Spectrum/C64/Amstrad The Manager Commercial Spectrum/C64/Amstrad Cup Manager Commercial Spectrum/C64/Amstrad Classic Trainer 2 Commercial Spectrum/C64/Amstrad Soccer Director Commercial Spectrum/C64/Amstrad Super Fun Licenceware Atari ST Super Spell Licenceware Atari ST Dosh P.D. Atari ST Thunderbirds Episodes Licenceware Atari ST Thunderbirds Demo P.D. Atari ST Super Fun Licenceware Amiga Beginners Guide/Amos Licenceware Amiga Punter Licenceware Amiga Amoszine (disk mag) Licenceware Amiga Beginners Guide/WB 3.0 Licenceware Amiga Extractor (F1 CD) Amiga (And a few more neat titles by the time ya read this!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve kindly sent me an original cassette version of the Speccy game Soccer Director which I took a snapshot of and typed the doc up for all to share. Not only that, but I have also released a snapshot & doc of some of the other classic spectrum games by Steve Bye .... Classic Punter. Classic Trainer. Soccer Director. Here you have the original Spectrum cassette docs for Cup Manager which was released via the GTI Software label (1990) (the snapshot should also be supplied for you to play with ZXam V2) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LOADING INSTRUCTIONS Type LOAD "" and press ENTER. If using 128K Spectrum, select 48K Basic. CUP MANAGER Cup Manager is the sequel to our highly successful football management game "The Manager", extending the options available by enhancing the game play and giving players the opportunity to try their skills in the exiting sudden-death cup competition. Cup Manager can be played and enjoyed without ownership of The Manager, but we suggest that it is even more fun if you play with a team that you have built from the other game. The object of Cup Manager is quite simple - to win the cup! Your team starts as a qualifier in the 3rd round and must beat opposition from the best in the First Division to the Giant Killers of the Lower Divisions and Non-League. PLAYING THE GAME The two main menus are controlled by pressing the spacebar to change the highlighted option, and ENTER to select. On loading the game you will be asked to choose a difficulty level - we strongly suggest you start with easy (1)! If you are loading a team from The Manager, the computer will over-ride this and will automatically play at level 9. It assumes you have a good team and know what you are doing. LOAD TEAM Because Cup Manager is a relatively short game, there is no save game option, but as mentioned before, you are able to load a team from our other game "The Manager". Only select this option if you have a saved team on tape ready to load. It will load in all the player characteristics necessary to play the game. SQUAD This takes you to look at the players you have available; more of this later. PLAY This takes you to the match. prepare your team first. STATS Shows statistics for your current team in the cup so far. SQUAD SCREEN This screen shows the team currently picked; their names (which can be changed if you don't like them), playing position, (Goalkeeper, Defender, Midfielder, Attacker), age (AG), skill (SK) and fitness (F). Age does not effect performance within the game as it does in The Manager, as the cup competition is over in one season. Skill is important and can be affected by training. Fitness can be affected by both training and the use of the Physio. The overall team performance is affected by a combination of ratings, which group together to give a percentage efficiency (EEF) e.g. the formation selected, team morale, home advantage etc. The features available to help you on the squad screen are as follows: FORMATION It is very important that you ensure that your team is in the correct formation before you play a match, as once the match has kicked off, any player out of position will become disillusioned, and his skill will suffer as a result. This effect is permanent. However, a substitute brought on at half-time can be played out of position without penalty. The formations you can choose from are as follows: 4-3-3, 4-2-4, 4-4-2, 5-3-2. In order to adhere to (for example) 4-3-3, you must have a Goalkeeper in position 1, Defenders in positions 2,3,4,5, Midfielders in positions 6,7,8 and Attackers in positions 9,10,11. For other formations, always have a goalkeeper at no.1 and use the first number of the formation for defence and so on. NEXT This is followed by the week number. You have four weeks between each round of the cup (Two if your next game is a replay) and each week you can select a mode of training and call your physio in to treat injuries etc. If you use both in any week, the week number will move on automatically, but if you choose to use only one (or neither) of these during the week, then you must select NEXT to move the week on. When you have completed your work at the end of week 4, select MENU to play the game. TRAINING There are five different types of training available to you each week; the tougher you train your players, the more skill is likely to increase, but the likelihood of injury will also be greater. Remember, you only have four weeks to get your team fit for the next match! PHYSIO This chap is quite good with injured players, and can also give a welcome fitness BOOST. PENALTIES In case of a penalty being awarded, you will need to nominate a penalty taker. the computer will suggest one, but you can change as often as you wish. SWAP Allows you to move players around in the team and reserves by exchanging places of any two players at a time. EDIT If you are unhappy with our choice of player's names, you may change them with this option. Select any of these by pressing the appropriate highlighted letter. After selecting the PLAY option, you will be asked to wait for a few moments, while the draw is made, then your opponents for the next round will be shown, with their league status (division), team statistics and usual tactics. At this point you can return to the squad screen for any last minute changes, final training etc. or you can go ahead and play the match. Selecting CONTINUE puts you in the dressing room with the team, and you are able to give a "pre-match chat!"; i.e. you can select from a range of tactics. It is up to you as manager to observe the effects these tactics have on the game, and against the various tactics employed by your opponents. You are given the opportunity to change things at half-time (by selecting SQUAD) if you feel it is necessary. the match commentary should give you some idea of the sort of effect the tactics of the two teams are having, but bear in mind that other things are also taken into account, such as the skill and fitness of the players, the division they play in and even the "Giant-Killing" syndrome that so often provides shocks in real football. A draw after 90 minutes puts you in a replay situation; the venue for the game is reversed, and you are given two more weeks to prepare your team. If you have the misfortune to be knocked out of the third round (i.e. the first game), you are sportingly offered the managerial post at a club still in the tournament. This, however, is your last chance - fail with this team and you must start again in another competition. Unlike real football though, you don't have to wait a year for another try! PLEASE NOTE Features listed are for Spectrum version; some features may not be available on other versions. © GTI SOFTWARE 1990. Written by Steve Bye. Produced by Bernard Gurnard. Playtested by Daylight. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- If you want to contact Steve Bye to find out more about any of his titles listed above, or indeed any F1 Titles, then please contact:- Snail Mail: Steve Bye F1 Software 31 Wellington Rd Exeter Devon EX2 9DU Telephone: 01392-493580 E-Mail: steve@f1lw.demon.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanx for reading and enjoy the snapshot everyone. Many thanx to Steve Bye for giving myself permission to release the snapshot and dox. Andy Gibson (AGAS Productions) - September 1996 (As far as I'm aware, Cup Manager Snapshot has NEVER appeared on any other Speccy Compilation Disks/CD's - Also look out for the EXCLUSIVE snapshots & docs for `Classic Punter' `Classic Trainer' and `Soccer Director' If I can get hold of `THE MANAGER' from Steve and any of his other Spectrum titles, I shall no doubt type up the docs and release snapshots also :^) You may like to know that PUNTER is now available in an Amiga Version. If you played the Speccy snapshot (which I released during August 1996) and liked it, please get in touch with Steve at F1 for a copy of the Amiga version, which is far more superior. Quick note: ~~~~~~~~~~~ Game sampled (snapshotted!) using: Denon DRM-700 Cassette Deck Audio Engineer +2 Sampler (Imager) Spectrum Emulator V2.0 (settings set for PROSOUND! Weird!) Game should run better in ZXam Emulator on A1200. (: Happy Gaming Peeps! - Andy Gibson - AGAS Productions Aug 1996 :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes from Steve Bye Cup Manager was my sixth and final game for GTI. I did write another game with my play tester (Mike Sparks) it was a football quiz called Soccer Genius, I did the coding Mike compiled and typed the questions. GTI didn't want it so I sent it to D&H games, they had Football Director and a Soccer Quiz already and so turned it down. The 8 bit market seemed to die overnight, some beasts called the Imega, or was it Umiger? Omega? no, that's it, the Amiga, and Atari ST had wowed all the punters away from those lovely Speccys. By the way, most of my games, except my first, Classic Trainer, were written on a Spectrum + with a Micro-Drive, bloody great those were. I still have the MD cartridges somewhere. CT was written on the original rubber beer mat 48K. I never took to the 128K much, though I had one. Where was I ? Oh yes, Cup Manager was an add-on really to The Manager, I didn't have enough memory in The Manager for Cup Competions, I didn't like multi-loading for some reason? So I did the games seperately. As far as I know these two games were the first games to interact with each other. I impressed myself & others with this stunning feat of originality and deftness of code! But seriously it was quite easy to do, and quite inovative at the time. What you did was build your team up in The Manager and save your team out to be loaded into Cup Manager, if you wanted to. Sadly, it was crap and never sold very well. There are cheats in Trainer, but I can't remeber what they are. All my games have a cheat where you type in a word at an input, so don't waste your time pressing all the keys. If you suss it out let me know. If you break into the listing let me know how. I know there is away, I left a backdoor in there somewhere but I can't remember. I am getting old you see. Anyway, I would like to say big thanx to Andy for doing the Snap and the Docs cheers m8, or these games would of just rotted away in the back of my cupboard and never come back to haunt you lot :-) Steve Bye, Sept 96