| Football Manager | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Sports, business simulation |
| Publisher(s) | Addictive Games |
| Creator(s) | Kevin Toms |
| Platform(s) | TRS-80, ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, VIC-20, Commodore 64, Commodore 16 & Plus/4, Oric, Amstrad CPC, Acorn Electron, Dragon 32/64, Atari 8-bit, MSX, MS-DOS, Atari ST, Amiga |
| First release | Football Manager 1982 |
| Latest release | Football Manager 3 1992 |
Football Manager is a video game series published and developed by Addictive Games, the label set up by the game's creator Kevin Toms. The first game was released in 1982.[1] The game started a whole new genre of computer game, the football management simulation. It was then ported to most home computers during the 1980s and spawned several sequels, starting with Football Manager 2 in 1988,[2] followed by Football Manager World Cup Edition in 1990,[3] and finally Football Manager 3 in 1992,[4] the first without Toms' involvement. Football Manager 3 sold poorly, and as a result the series came to an end. The series was claimed to have sold over a million copies by 1992,[5] and close to two million copies overall.[6]