1994 · Black Legend · Association football · Simulation

Tactical Manager

Tactical Manager is a soccer/football management game, setting you in charge of one of the teams in the top 2 English divisions of the time and giving you control over transfers, tactics and training regimes as you aim to guide your team to success.

Released: 1994
Platforms: Amiga Atari ST Atari ST/STE MS-DOS
Genres: Association football Simulation Sports
Developers: Black Legend
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric Side view
Themes: Business
Country: United Kingdom

About

Tactical Manager is an association football management simulator video game for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. It was developed by Camy Maertens of the then-defunct Essex-based UK developer Talking Birds and published by Black Legend Software in 1994.

Keywords

soccer
football
training
management

Media

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Gameplay

Tactical Manager is a football management simulator that allows one to 46 players to play simultaneously. There are no set goals, but the aim is to manage a football team to be as successful as possible. To achieve this the player can pick the team, set tactics and buy and sell players.

Reception

Tactical Manager received mixed reviews. CU Amiga magazine rated the game 87%, calling it "Extremely involving", while Amiga User International magazine rated it 45% and said that the game looks dated when compared to other management games available. Later on a new game called Tactical Manager 2 was released.