- #Championship Manager 99 00 Full Game install#
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For example, many players have hidden statistics, some which can be determined by listening to the crowd. The sound effects aren't merely aesthetic either, they have a functional purpose as well. Play at home, and you have the roar of the crowd behind you, play away, especially to an opponent with a large, packed, stadium and you really feel up against it. The implemented sound may appear simplistic but the effect is astounding, turn up the volume and close your eyes and you'll swear your sitting in the Kop End at Anfield. The crowd also reacts to, goals (obviously), bad fouls, near misses, good passes, and they also sing several songs/chants specific to the teams playing.
As play moves back and forth the volume on the appropriate side increases. The left speaker represents the home fans, while the right speaker represents the minority of away fans. Rather than having a commentator describe the game aurally, Sports Interactive decided to use dynamic crowd sounds that reflect the state of play. The only form of sound effects come during the actual matches and these are done excellently. For those of you who've never played a Championship Manager game and are perhaps shaking your heads in skepticism, I'll explain the true genius of the game/commentary engine later in the review.Ĭhampionship Manager Season 99/00 features no music whatsoever, but in all honesty it doesn't need any background music, as most of the time while playing you're concentrating on analyzing statistics and various other forms of information. Match commentary comes in the form of flashing text which describes the majority of action occurring on the field almost as if transcribing a radio broadcast.
#Championship Manager 99 00 Full Game install#
There are options to load only half or a third of the shots, but if you have the hard drive space you really should install them all as they add an incredible amount of atmosphere to the game. The only minus point is that the excellent visuals come at a cost, the screenshots alone require several hundred megs of space. The game can be played windowed or full-screen, but since the game is a resource hog most people will probably choose the latter. However, all of the major clubs, and even many of the smaller ones, especially those in England, have shots of their stadiums and/or their players. Not every single team has pictures - with about 1200 different teams, and more than 30,000 different real-life players and staff (I kid you not), it would take a DVD to store all the shots. There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures in the game. During actual matches the background will be a picture of the stadium the game is being played in, or action pictures featuring one or both of teams playing. For example, if you click on Liverpool's team sheet, then you'll see one of several shots of Liverpool players in action, click on Michael Owen, and an action picture of the boy wonder will be the background, click on club information and an aerial shot of Anfield will come up. These shots don't appear randomly either, they're all context specific. The shots range from pictures of real life stars in action, stadia, club chairmen, fans, even shots of the various trophies are present. However, the best part of the graphics are the hundreds of high quality crisp 800圆00 soccer photographs that serve as the background to the 'pages'. On every screen the various statistics and news are clearly visible and the entire layout promotes user-friendliness. As you can see from the screenshots all the menus are layed out beautifully, much like internet web pages. Simply put, CM 99/00 is one heck of a sweet looking package. However, for those of you who shudder at the words 'text-based' and associate that with memories of Zork and other early DOS text RPGs, you couldn't be more wrong when it comes to CM 99/00. It's an intriguing task to assign a score for graphics in a text-based soccer simulation, as there is no real graphical engine to view the games. This is a incredible shame, as I believe that Championship Manager Season 99/00 is quite possibly the most engrossing, entertaining and addictive sports game ever made.
#Championship Manager 99 00 Full Game Pc#
Despite being the best selling PC game in Britain earlier this year and one of the top sellers throughout Europe, Eidos has yet again decided not to distribute the game in North America.
#Championship Manager 99 00 Full Game update#
The most recent incarnation in the series, Championship Manager Season 99/00 (CM 99/00) is an update to the excellent, and hugely successful, Championship Manager 3. The creators, Paul and Oliver Collyer and their programming team, Sports Interactive, have a reputation for excellence that is unsurpassed.
#Championship Manager 99 00 Full Game series#
The Championship Manager Series of text-based soccer management games has a rich history starting with the original title that was released for the PC in the early 90s. The Sports Gaming Network - Championship Manager Season 99/00 (PC) ReviewĬhampionship Manager Season 99/00 (PC) Review