bullock@cnetlu.UUCP (BULLOCK Paul) (01/24/89)
Imagine the scene:
A floodlight stadium, packed with screaming fans (mostly French :-)):
There's only five minutes to go.....you're 2-1 up in a very closely fought
World Cup Semi Final with France, when the unthinkable happens:
BUTCHER IS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND STRETCHERED OFF.........
What do you do ???????.
Do you risk not making a substitution ?.(You have one left)
Do you go defensive, in the hope of clinging on to what you've got ?.
Do you continue to play England's usual attractive attacking football ? :-).
As the Tracksuit Manager (although I don't know why the Football League
can't afford to buy their National side's manager a proper suit ie NOT
Burton's or Next (for men (who can't think)) :-), perhaps it's all these
cuts), it's up to you to decide.
Tracksuit Manager is an excellent football stategy game. It takes a bit
of time to get over some of the results sometimes, (like in the above with
France winning 3-2 :-)). But if you like watching the real thing and have
always thought that you could do better; as it probably says in the ad:
"Here's your chance !!".
I thoroughly recommend it to football fans everywhere. You can brief your
team to kick the s**t out of the opposition, play the offside, or a sweeper.
There is extra time, penalties, also (often at crucial times) league teams
decide they won't release key players (like the real thing, I'm with you
Bobby :-)); also disallowed goals, which can be a real bummer.
There's a save option, and you can decide which team you want to be, although
you don't have to put up with the inherent style, and can change it.
You can enter our own names into the squad(anything from 30 to 100!!).
The main attraction is the variety of possible teams, and option to enter
your own player names. Any boredom which may arrive takes so long, that you're
too busy shouting abuse at the ref, or your player who missed a vital penalty
in the penalty shoot-out, to notice.
I don't know what other computers TSM has been made available for. It only
seems available on tape for the C64, but this doesn't matter too much, as you
can go and make yourself a cup of coffee, and the World Cup will be waiting
when you get back.
To be more accurate, the World Cup is 4 years away, which gives you plenty
of time to sort out your best side, plus a few reserves (22 in current squad).
The time soon passes with friendlies against Finland, Cyprus, Malta etc.
There is also the two newspapers, Daily Slag, and Sporting Knife, who can be
surprisingly kind to you at times, but not too often.
Advice: Steer clear of Chile, or Uruguay, just before an important game.
I don't remember the software house, but it shouldn't be too hard to find.
Happy managing,
- Paulo.
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