Ultimate Soccer Manager '98

Ultimate Soccer Manager '98 (1999)

by Impressions Games, Sierra
Genres:Strategy, Sport, Simulator
Game modes:Single player
Story:Ultimate Soccer Manager or USM is a association football management video game serie for MS-DOS, Commodore Amiga and Windows 95, produced by Impressions and distributed by Sierra from 1995 to 1999. The game was a massive hit in Europe (except in Germany, where it was worse received due to some similarities with managers produced by local software houses such as Software 2000 and Ascaron), although it gained little support in Japan. The series was noted for its micromanagement, where the player had to do the job of the team manager and much of that of the chairman, from player training up to bank balance management. Other well-known features were to bung an opposing team for preferential market treatment, rig or betting on the outcome of the players' team matches. Interviews after the match where some answers were printed with different interpretations on the next days' newspaper (the player could reply a question about the game with "It was a game of two halves", and "He amazed us after the game by giving us an insight into the rules of football" would be printed on the newspapers).Show more
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user avatar@Incognito_Duser avatar@Incognito_D
January 30, 2025
Doing a 4-player 'hot seat' game with my brothers and my Dad which we played every weekend and kept going for many years. We still have the save file ready for another go!
user avatar@drejaniauser avatar@drejania
February 04, 2025
I was a manager in 3rd german league and I've transfered only romanian players Munteanu, Hagi, Galca, Popescu, Prunea, Stelea, Selymes, Craioveanu, Stanga and I've won everything. The price of hot dogs was very low! >D
i am looking for this incredible game , it is a great game, it is playeble for every man nomather the age, please help me find this game again, searched everywere on internet but can not find it
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