1999 · Gremlin Interactive · Association football · Simulation

Premier Manager 64

1999 video game

Released: 1999
Platforms: Nintendo 64 PlayStation Windows
Genres: Association football Simulation Sports Strategy
Developers: Gremlin Interactive
Publishers: Gremlin Interactive
Series: Premier Manager
Modes: Single-player
Country: United Kingdom

About

Premier Manager: Ninety Nine is a football management simulation video game for PC, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo 64 (with the latter version known as Premier Manager 64). It was released in Europe in 1999, and was developed by Dinamic Multimedia and published by Gremlin Interactive. It is part of the Premier Manager series and was endorsed by then England national football team manager Kevin Keegan.

Keywords

soccer
football
europe
celebrity tie-in
box art - real photos
year in the title

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

Madrid-based Dinamic Multimedia had already worked on several titles in the genre, having developed and published the PC Fútbol series from 1992 and developed the Premier Manager series for Gremlin Interactive since the '97 release.

Reception

Steve Key of CVG gave the PlayStation version a score of 5/5, praising the breadth of the gameplay compared to Championship Manager 3, describing the ability to "pick sponsors for hoardings around the pitch, TV rights, upgrade the stadium [and] fluctuate ticket prices" alongside the traditional management options as "almost player-chairman simulation". The game received a score of 90% in Official Nintendo Magazine, with the review dubbing it "the ultimate management game" and praising its breadth of options, in-game graphics and match commentary. PC Zone's Steve Hill described the game as "taking more of a Theme Park approach to football management, as opposed to the number crunching of Championship Manager", criticizing the game for the presence of bugs and an "ugly and awkward" interface but praising the 'view mode' and its 3D representation of matches.