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Old 19-03-2013, 13:40   #1
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Favourite Football Manager/Championship Manager
I was looking at playing one of the older manager games because my laptop doesn't handle Football manager 13 well.

So which of the previous iterations of this game is your favourite and why?
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Old 19-03-2013, 14:30   #2
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My fav was Championship manager 3 brilliant back in the day. I've always had the same problem with my laptop.
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Old 19-03-2013, 14:36   #3
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IF you're going right back then it might be worth hitting CM01/02 which is available for free and is still being updated:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=951820
http://www.champman0102.co.uk/showth...pdate-Feedback
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Old 19-03-2013, 15:22   #4
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IF you're going right back then it might be worth hitting CM01/02 which is available for free and is still being updated:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=951820
http://www.champman0102.co.uk/showth...pdate-Feedback
I still have my original copy of 01/02 somewhere. Will I just be able to download an update for that?
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Old 19-03-2013, 16:21   #5
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I still have my original copy of 01/02 somewhere. Will I just be able to download an update for that?
Possibly. You might as well just download the latest version of the game from Eidos, though (it's legal...):
http://forums.championshipmanager.co...ad.php?t=63494

Then database updates etc from the fansite:
http://www.champman0102.co.uk/downloads.php

How old/what spec is your laptop, though? I would expect something like FM2008 would run fine on it, being over 5 yrs old... That wasn't a bad version, from what I remember...
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Old 19-03-2013, 17:08   #6
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Possibly. You might as well just download the latest version of the game from Eidos, though (it's legal...):
http://forums.championshipmanager.co...ad.php?t=63494

Then database updates etc from the fansite:
http://www.champman0102.co.uk/downloads.php

How old/what spec is your laptop, though? I would expect something like FM2008 would run fine on it, being over 5 yrs old... That wasn't a bad version, from what I remember...
Its only about a year old. From my system, it says its an AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.4Ghz. 4GB RAM and Im running windows 8. SOrry, dont really know much about computers.

My main issue with 13 is the time it took between clicking continue.
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Old 19-03-2013, 17:25   #7
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champ manager 94 probably my fav as it was first one i had, was so amazing

i have played alot on FM13 though this year,still going strong
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Old 19-03-2013, 17:31   #8
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CM0102 for me, load up 10-20 leagues and work through it at my own pace a season can easily be done in 4-6hrs.
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Old 19-03-2013, 17:39   #9
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For me any of the old championship managers are best 2001/02 was my personal favourite can just lose hours on it.
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Old 19-03-2013, 17:45   #10
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The one I used to play on my Spectrum back in about 1984.

It was fun editing all the code to make your team into super-human goal-scoring machines.
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Old 19-03-2013, 17:54   #11
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FM 2005 was the best, I just can't play them anymore so unrealistic for me.
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Old 19-03-2013, 18:14   #12
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Its only about a year old. From my system, it says its an AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.4Ghz. 4GB RAM and Im running windows 8. SOrry, dont really know much about computers.

My main issue with 13 is the time it took between clicking continue.
Off the top of my head that's a low-spec CPU - is it a netbook you have?

How many leagues are you trying to play with in the game?
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Old 19-03-2013, 18:17   #13
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Off the top of my head that's a low-spec CPU - is it a netbook you have?

How many leagues are you trying to play with in the game?
no its a laptop. I was trying to play with the english leagues down to league two
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Old 19-03-2013, 18:30   #14
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no its a laptop. I was trying to play with the english leagues down to league two
Well, I hope it was cheap as that really is a low spec CPU It's comparable to the Intel Atom chips: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-E-S...r.73569.0.html
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/20...s-amd-e1-1200/

So... understandable why it can't handle many leagues on FM13...
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Old 19-03-2013, 19:45   #15
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Well, I hope it was cheap as that really is a low spec CPU It's comparable to the Intel Atom chips: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-E-S...r.73569.0.html
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/20...s-amd-e1-1200/

So... understandable why it can't handle many leagues on FM13...
Dont really know what that means but yes it was cheap. Wasnt bought for games.
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Old 19-03-2013, 22:03   #16
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Dont really know what that means but yes it was cheap. Wasnt bought for games.
Basically it's an old and low spec CPU so it's not brilliant for many things... might even be questionable that Win8 is on there!

Anyway, you should be more than safe with the old CM 01/02, though, I would've thought. Using the more up to date FM games will mean running on minimal leagues, unfortunately.
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Old 20-03-2013, 12:21   #17
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CM01/02 for me - shame I'm just sooooo bad at it
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Old 20-03-2013, 22:38   #18
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Started playing Football manager 2008 on 360 forgot how addicitive it is the control system works suprisingly well.
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Old 20-03-2013, 23:47   #19
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2007 for me...still play it even now. It's simple and runs quickly.
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Old 21-03-2013, 06:29   #20
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CM97/98, brilliantly simplistic and incredibly addictive.
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Old 27-03-2013, 13:22   #21
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Downloaded Champ 00/01 from the link given in this thread the other night, after fixing a not enough system memory error message when starting a new game I'm now receiving a message asking me to put in the disk. Anyone else experience this?
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Old 27-03-2013, 13:30   #22
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Downloaded Champ 00/01 from the link given in this thread the other night, after fixing a not enough system memory error message when starting a new game I'm now receiving a message asking me to put in the disk. Anyone else experience this?
If it's the same download I got (same site but I got mine last year at some point) the zip file contained an .iso file that I just burnt to disc. That's the disc I keep in my drive when playing. There are ways of mounting the iso so you don't need the dic, and even some cracks on the web for the .exe file, but I've not tried any of those.
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Old 27-03-2013, 19:18   #23
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For the above two comments you can install Daemon Tools lite and mount the ISO in there and play it without the disc.

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite - free download

Heres the guide on how to install the game via Daemon Tools: http://www.champman0102.co.uk/showth...M-without-disk
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Old 27-03-2013, 21:50   #24
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I still play FM06 occasionally. I had great fun taking Man Utd all the way down to the conference.
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I still play FM06 occasionally. I had great fun taking Man Utd all the way down to the conference.
Admittedly I've done that a few times... I do it with City now
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