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Description of Championship Manager: Season 97/98

Sports Interactive’s Championship Manager: Season 97/98 marked both a beginning and an end. It was to be the final game of the second generation series of Championship Manager. At the same time it marked the beginning of a new generation of Championship Manger games which introduced many features still seen today in football management simulators.

After a less than encouraging start with their original releases, Sports Interactive rose to prominence with Championship Manager 2 (which was released in 1995). Season 97/98 built upon that success and featured nine world leagues. For the first time more than one league could be played concurrently, giving players an option to try their hand at managing in a different country during their simulated managerial career.

The game was immensely popular. It was a football simulator that struck the perfect balance between realism, accessibility and fun. It also showcased new and emerging features which Sports Interactive hoped to incorporate in future versions. Because of this the game was released without copy protection in the hope that people would share the game, and then buy the next game of the series in the future. The lack of copy protection didn’t hinder sales; it still went on to become one of the bestselling games of 1997.

Following on from Season 97/98 the Championship Manager brand went from strength to strength. Best sellers followed year after year until Sports Interactive’s acrimonious split with publisher Eidos in 2003. While Eidos retained the name, Sports Interactive held onto the game database and engine. In 2005 both were successfully transferred to their Football Manger franchise. Every year since has seen a new, and bigger release, packed with more and more enhanced features. Despite this, Championship Manager: Season 97/98 still remains a game worth playing; a fun reminder of simpler time.

Review By Richard

Online Resources

Some very useful tips, hints, cheats or strategies here: http://champmannet.tripod.com/sport.htm.

Latest updates (new leagues), patches, new languages here http://www.cm97-98.eu/ (thanks jimmyd).

How to play Championship Manager: Season 97/98

1. Extract CM 97-98 V2.81.iso to a folder e.g. C:OLDGAMESIMAGES
2. In DOSBox mount the folder - ‘mount c c:OLDGAMES’ and press ENTER
3. Then mount the CD Image - ‘imgmount d 'C:OLDGAMESIMAGES CM 97-98 V2.81.iso' –t iso –fs iso’ and press ENTER
4. Then - ‘D:’ press ENTER
5. Run the installer – ‘SETUP’ press ENTER
6. Select the Maximum Installation (130MB) and install to the default location (C:CM9798)
7. Run the game – ‘CM2’ press ENTER

To play in future

1. In DOSBOX mount the folder – ‘mount c c:OLDGAMESCM9798’ press ENTER
2. Then- ‘C:’ press Enter
3. Run the game – ‘CM2’ press ENTER

CM 97-98 V2.81.iso is not needed to run the game once it has been fully installed.

Comments and reviews

Terry Venables2018-11-300 point

Haha, good old Gareth. Just because you got to a World Cup semi final doesn't mean you're better than I was. I'll sort you out on our next CM01/02 session!

GARETH SOUTHGATE2018-11-16-1 point

TERRY VENABLES IS A LIAR! i put the sinatra on and he loads the game, we both then put our car keys into a bowl and then shag eachothers wife's , i never understood why we leave our keys behind though?

Terry Venables2018-07-284 points

This is still a cracker of a game! Running three leagues at once, a myriad of stats and tactical options, and if you were no good, the famous diablo tactic. I was brilliant of course, and me and Bobby Robson (God rest his soul) used to play together on a Sunday evening. He was always Newcastle & I liked to be Spurs.
These days I like to play CM 01/02. It's still the best footie management sim to this day. Me and Gareth Southgate like to sit down of an evening, I put the Sinatra on while he loads up the game. I insist on being England (just so I can make his in-game namesake actually score penalties.. haha) and he then goes for Middlesbrough. The lad done good.

Animal2018-05-140 point

U have 2 give it to u will hooked lol

DW2018-02-120 point

Can't load new game after using editor! No mistakes, tried changing just 1 value to 1 player and didn't work!!

Berg2017-12-011 point

Hi,
this game says thank you for playing after first season and just exit. Do others experience this? Is there a workaround?

Alfster2017-11-14-3 points

Hey, how can I make the players run in tactics on a Mac without the use of a right mouse button! So frustrating!
PLEASE HELP

cordy112017-10-31-6 points

New to this could anyone help me with loading this

Bk812017-09-30-1 point

What have you done this game? Have you been messing with the data editor, because none of the formations I used to use work anymore. Also, it doesn't seem to matter how many chances you get as its far more difficult to score goals. You have ruined the game with your tweeking.

Help2017-09-14-2 points

Can't get past the command to open game.

tork2017-09-05-1 point

Yes, you can use play it via magic dosbox on android

Cazper2017-09-04-3 points

Is it available on Android devices?

naqmin habib2017-04-271 point

i like play all games cm

whawaw2017-02-24-5 points

trying to load on a mac any help please? have dos box but no idea what I'm doing

michael2017-02-15-2 points

tnx its amezing

guigzi2017-01-051 point

Hello,
What is the best tactics in cm9798?

GG2016-12-160 point

Great

chippyrick2016-05-19-6 points

Does this work on netbooks/notebooks?

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Demon2016-03-280 point

so far so good

.2016-03-17-1 point

how do you get on data editor? c:/

duca802016-02-091 point

posso chiedere gentilmente se il gioco scudetto dopo un numero di campionati finisce e bisogna ricominciare oppure continua fino a che non elimini la partita creata ...grazie per un eventuale risposta ,grazie

Nikos2016-02-010 point

is this running on Linux?

kyle062015-11-11-1 point

is this running on windows 10????????

ANTONIOS IPSILANTIS2015-11-06-2 points

YES

cm97982015-10-074 points

hello fellow 97/98 fans. i've started up a blog with stories, tactics and best players for cm9798 here - https://champinnit.wordpress.com/ please come along and help build the community for this great game!

gaffie2015-09-30-4 points

Hi everyone..what do i have to write once i open the dos box window and i find this:
z:
i remember there was a kind of formula.
thanks

dillmin2015-08-216 points

Have download DosBox & this version of CM.. Can't get it loaded on the MAC. CM is obviously coming through as a .EXE file, therefore can't unzip/unrar or load.

Dean2015-06-28-13 points DOS version

Ive downloaded the game but it says error, cant run in full window format.
any help??

Wistysboy2015-04-24-3 points DOS version

best thing about this version of CM is that you have an editor program that allows you to edit your players. You can choose any player profile and then just edit the team name to your own. Hey presto. You can even edit attributes to make average players better, as well as editing your club attributes to raise your stadium cpacity, league level, even your cash. I took a low team Torquay, pumped them full of cash and gave them a 50,000 capacity and added Batistuta and Klinsman to the squad. Within 3 years were in the EPL and winning the CL inside 4 seasons..

best player2015-03-051 point DOS version

to play download drop box then defriend uploaded. ez

njt012015-01-111 point DOS version

help how do i set this up I love fm 15 etc and really really really wanna play this please help asap
many thanks

dude20762014-11-19-1 point DOS version

Any chance this awesome game is available on android devices?

DZID32014-10-29-1 point DOS version

Why does my game stop on the 15.11.97 is there anyway to play the full game?

Nuke2014-10-220 point DOS version

The interesting question is how many savegames did you use?

affy2014-09-130 point DOS version

Does anyone know if there is an app for this game? I'd love to have this on my android phone. Not played a champ manager like it since it came out. Still the best champ manager game ever made!

janner662014-07-08-1 point DOS version

Still the best footy management game in my opinion. So much fun.

best cm2 97/98 player ever2014-05-280 point DOS version

Epson maintenance reset utility. You do not need to have the printer driver or status monitor software installed to use the utility. Once downloaded, launch the program and follow the prompts.

ok guys, here is a challenge for you. go doncaster rovers, and win the fa cup in your 2nd season, and the cup winners cup in your 3rd season,. i've done it once. i'll check back in 10 years to see if anyone done it.

bruffy222014-05-052 points DOS version

Great game

baldz2014-04-291 point DOS version

Does this work

Azz2014-04-240 point DOS version

Nice

yanZ2014-03-29-1 point DOS version

been searching this!!!

innespat2014-03-071 point DOS version

Classic

grimshaw2014-03-060 point DOS version

Great game

mozza2014-01-250 point DOS version

Greatest CM of all time.

Pixo2013-10-170 point DOS version

Love this game so much Thank You

Chef2013-08-25-22 points DOS version

I have extracted the files, how do I run the game?

Div2013-06-271 point DOS version

Best football game for a computer ever

anon2013-06-230 point DOS version

brilliant game

wadud2013-06-070 point DOS version

my favorite manager game ever. i hope can upload cm00-01 and also ultimate soccer manager 98 world cup edition. thanks a lot :)

Perko2013-05-170 point DOS version

Awesome game! Search for the 2012-13 update and new backgrounds!

d2013-03-05-1 point DOS version

thx

Janner662013-02-100 point DOS version

Does this contain the wage patches and/or any other patches for the game please?

Jez962013-02-030 point DOS version

'All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you'
I've played it every week for the past 10 years. help me!!!

Pro2G2013-01-27-5 points DOS version

How do I setup the game, so I can use the mouse? I run the game in D-Fend and have tried all executable files - nothing seems to work.. Please help!

Ex-Con Civil worker!2013-01-150 point DOS version

i remember this to play with the national team you have got to re-wright the name of the national-coach

Churchey boy2012-11-130 point DOS version

Yeeeessssssssssssssssssssssss get in, not played this in well over 10 years! works well in dosbox, editor runs well to. set yer dosbox cycles to about 6500 and it'll run at a good pace for you. So happy right now

Mike Doyle812012-10-05-1 point DOS version

You gang of legends! Still the best game ever by far!!!
If I'd spent my time learning the guitar instead of playing this I'd be awesome by now, but I would know nothing of the Scottish 3rd Division 15 years ago. ALLOA..LALALA..ALLOA..LA LA LA LAAAAAAA!

tzachmusic2012-05-061 point DOS version

Gracias a todos

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The Championship Manager is a series of football-management simulation video games, the first of which was released in 1992.

The Championship Manager brand and game was conceived by brothers Paul and Oliver Collyer. In a scenario typical of many self-made game programming teams in the early days of the industry, the original Championship Manager game was written from their bedroom in Shropshire, England.^[1] The brothers subsequently founded a development company to take the game further, Sports Interactive, and moved to Islington, North London. Championship Manager became the most popular football management sim of the later 1990s and early 2000s, regularly setting sales records.^[2]

In 2003, Sports Interactive split with Eidos, the publishers of Championship Manager.^[3] Sports Interactive retained the game's database and match engine, producing a new game based on these titled Football Manager. Eidos retained the name and interface, with BGS taking over the development of Championship Manager. Although the two series initially ran alongside one another, the sales of Championship Manager began to fall below those of Football Manager. The most recent full version of Championship Manager was Championship Manager 2010, with an iOS mobile game in 2011 the latest game to date released by Eidos.

Square Enix Europe, owners of the brand after purchasing Eidos, revived Championship Manager under the title of Champ Man in 2013. They have released five games for iOS and Android handheld systems and mobile phones since then.^[4]

• 1Championship Manager
• 2Championship Manager 2
• 3Championship Manager 3
• 4Championship Manager 4
• 5Championship Manager 5

Championship Manager[edit]

The release of the first version of the game was not an outstanding success, and sales were steady rather than spectacular. Reviews ranged from the encouraging to the dismissive; the original game was written in BASIC, a programming language not well suited to programming high-performance video games. Other limitations included the fact that generated names were used for each team, whereas its key competitors of the time, such as Premier Manager and The Manager, included real players in the game.

Championship Manager '93[edit]

The release of Championship Manager '93 one year later built on the original game, ported to the C programming language, adding a real life player database and other features. By now Championship Manager had built a large following in the UK. This was reviewed many times around July 1993 from its release in around May 1993.^{[citation needed]}

Championship Manager Italia[edit]

The Championship Manager '93/'94 engine was the basis for Championship Manager Italia. This was a version that simulated the top two divisions of Italian football (Serie A and Serie B). There was also a 1995 seasonal update released for this game.

Championship Manager '93 data update disks[edit]

The success of Championship Manager '93' spurred the release of two update disks, the first 'contains every transfer, promotion, relegation and manager changes' for the beginning of the '93/'94 season which is known as 'The 1993/94 Season Data Up-Date Disk'. The update required the original Championship Manager '93 disks, three blank disks and the Championship Manager '93/'94 Season Data Up-Date Disk disk. This was released around September 1993.[[:Category: ]]

The second of the two update disks is known as 'End of 1994 Season Data Up-Date Disk.' which 'Includes all the latest player transfers. All the play-off results. End of season player stats' for the season 1993/1994. This was released around the end of season 1993/1994.^{[citation needed]}

Championship Manager 2[edit]

The success of the franchise lead to the release of Championship Manager 2 in September 1995. The game again included up-to-date squads for each team, added photos of each ground to build an atmosphere of the teams managed or visited, and included an in-match commentary with the voice of Clive Tyldesley.

Two seasonal updates followed over the next two years.^{[citation needed]}

Championship Manager 96/97[edit]

Championship Manager 96/97 was released in 1996 and was the first game to feature a non-British league as playable in the standard game - in this case the Italian leagues. It also included several rule changes to reflect the many changes going on in the real life world of football at that time, such as the Bosman ruling.^{[citation needed]}

Championship Manager 97/98[edit]

Released in 1997, this version of the game included nine leagues from around the world, three of which could be run simultaneously, new competition formats to follow those implemented in reality, and many more tactical options. The game remains popular amongst fans of the series, mainly for its simplicity compared to the huge, processor-intensive games that the series has since developed into.^{[citation needed]}

Championship Manager 3[edit]

This was the first of the seasonal updates to Championship Manager 3. It also included more media involvement, board interaction and improved scouting functions.

Championship Manager: Season 99/00[edit]

This update saw the American Major League Soccer added to the list of playable leagues. It also added the World Club Championship to the equation.

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Championship Manager: Season 99/00 received a 'Gold' sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),^[5] indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.^[6]

Championship Manager: Season 00/01[edit]

Ten more playable leagues were introduced for this version, including Australia, Greece, Northern Ireland, Russia and Wales. It was also the first version of the game to come with a data editor - something which has been continued for all subsequent versions.^{[citation needed]}

Championship Manager: Season 01/02[edit]

No new playable leagues were added to this version of Championship Manager (until a patch was later released that added South Korea's K-League to the game) allowing the developers to fine-tune the game's mechanics. Championship Manager 01/02 also contained the fictional players. The game was released as freeware in December 2008.^[7]

In April 2002, Sports Interactive took the decision to move away from the PC platform for the first time since Championship Manager 2, producing a version of Championship Manager 01/02 for the Xbox. The success of the game saw a follow up, Championship Manager 02/03 released seven months later.

Championship Manager 4[edit]

Championship Manager 4 was released on March 28, 2003, and broke all records on its release becoming, at that time, the fastest-selling PC game on its first day of release. Championship Manager 4 included thirty-nine playable leagues, plus four more in its update, Championship Manager: Season 03/04. On the gameplay side, a top-down view of the match engine was included for the first time a significant shift from the 'imagination' philosophy championed by Sports Interactive previously.

Despite its high sales, Championship Manager 4 was generally not well received by hardcore fans for several reasons. The game ran quite slowly on computers which had previously had no difficulty in running Championship Manager games.^{[citation needed]} The original release contained some functional bugs which in some cases rendered the game farcical—the score in matches could randomly change, and lower division clubs were able to sign superstars with ease. One bug had non-league club Northwich Victoria moving to a stadium with a capacity of 850,000. Sports Interactive used the euphemistic term 'Enhancement Packs' to describe patches to fix the bugs in the original release; this term was dropped for future releases.^{[citation needed]}

Championship Manager: Season 03/04[edit]

This was the final Championship Manager game to be developed by Sports Interactive before they were forced to start a new franchise under the name Football Manager. Championship Manager 03/04 ironed out many of the problems seen in Championship Manager 4 and added new features and more new playable leagues to the game.

Championship Manager 5[edit]

This was the first version in the series to be developed in-house by Eidos. Both Football Manager 2005 and Championship Manager 5 were to be released in October or November 2004. However, the release date of Championship Manager 5 was put back by Eidos to March 2005, due to the extent of work required to code the game from scratch. This allowed Football Manager 2005 a clear run to establish itself ahead of the release of Championship Manager 5.

Championship Manager PSP[edit]

Championship Manager was released on the Sony PSP in December 2005. It was developed by Gusto Games and was the first game in the series to be released on a handheld system.

Championship Manager Online[edit]

This is the first online version of either Championship Manager or Football Manager, and was launched in UK on February 22, 2005.

Championship Manager 2006[edit]

The follow-up to Championship Manager 5 was released on PC on March 31, 2006 under the name Championship Manager 2006.

This version did little to reverse the growing gap in quality between Championship Manager and Football Manager. Basic features that had been a staple of the latter from over a decade, such as international management, were missing from the boxed version of Championship Manager 2006.

November 10, 2006, saw the arrival of Championship Manager 2006 (with Championship Manager 5 not being ported) on Macintosh. Championship Manager 2007 was planned for release on the Mac OS X platform in 2007.

Championship Manager 2007[edit]

Championship Manager 2007 was released on October 13, 2006. Sales continued to be lower than for Football Manager.

Championship Manager 2008[edit]

Championship Manager 2008 was released on 2 November 2008, with users able to play in a multiplayer mode, with more than one person on an account. Also, users can manage nations and can apply 'Club Benefactor', which lets the user have more money, although these additions were added in the previous Championship Manager. Another feature is the addition of more leagues – for example, the Australian League – player tendencies and team talks.

Championship Manager 2010[edit]

Championship Manager 2010 was originally planned for release on 24 April 2009,^[8] however Eidos Interactive released the game on September 11, 2009. A fully 3D match engine (using motion-captured movements to provide more than 500 animations per player) was implemented for the first time, and it was announced on February 6 that new English Leagues, the Isthmian, Southern and Northern Premier Leagues would be included in the game, as well as Croatian, Romanian, Irish and Northern Irish Leagues. The German league system was also restructured for this edition, including the 3. Liga and 3 Regionalliga.^[9] The game was released 11 September with a demo version being available on the website from 14 August.

On 18 August a 'pay what you want for Championship Manager 2010' promotion was announced whereby between 18 August and 10 September a digital copy of the game could be pre-ordered from the Championship Manager store and was available for download on the day of launch, 10 September. Each customer set the price they were willing to pay in addition to a transaction fee.^[10]

Championship Manager 2011[edit]

A version of Championship Manager 2011 was released for iOS.^[11] No later version had been released as of September 2014. It was followed by a period of three years with no Championship Manager games, although a new game, Championship Manager: World of Football (a collaboration between Beautiful Game Studios and Shanda Games), was announced by Square Enix in July 2011.^[12]

Square Enix era[edit]

The Championship Manager series was revived by Square Enix in 2013. Championship Manager 13/14, branded as Champ Man, was released on October 15, 2013 for mobile phones.^[13] A follow up to this game, Champ Man 15, was released on August 18, 2014, for iOS and Android, Champ Man 16 was released in September 2015.^[14] In 2016, Championship Manager 17 was released. As of May 31, 2018, Square Enix has ceased all game services for all Championship Manager mobile games and removed them from the iOS and Android app stores.^[15]

References[edit]

1. ^Hale, Ed. 'The Untold History Of The Championship Manager / Football Manager Games'. Retro Collect. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
2. ^'The Death of Championship Manager – as I saw it'. Sportskeda. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
3. ^'Football Manager boss ends silence on Championship Manager split'. CVG. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
4. ^http://eu.square-enix.com/en/games/champ-man
5. ^'ELSPA Sales Awards: Gold'. Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Archived from the original on March 19, 2009.
6. ^Caoili, Eric (November 26, 2008). 'ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK'. Gamasutra. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017.
7. ^CM Season 01/02 DownloadArchived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
8. ^[1]
9. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2009-02-07.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
10. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2009-08-19.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
11. ^'Championship Manager 2011'. iTunes.
12. ^'Square Enix announces Championship Manager free-to-play MMO'. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
13. ^Cook, Dave (October 15, 2013). 'Championship Manager 13/14 season update out on iOS and Android now'. VG247. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
14. ^'Square Enix Releases Champ Man 15 on iOS'. Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
15. ^'Game Service Closure'. Retrieved May 31, 2018.

External links[edit]

• Championship Manager series on MobyGames