Championship Manager: Season 03/04 (aka L'Entraineur 4: Saison 2003/2004). Which was basically just CM 03/04 with a new skin, updated database and Sega. If the manual is missing and you own the original manual, please contact us!

Graphics Championship Manager games have never been about the graphics. Critics condemn them for looking like glorified spreadsheets and they will not push that latest graphics card you splashed out on into even the mildest sweat.

This version is no different. The graphics are entirely functional and do what they need to do.

The layout is clean and the menus easy to navigate. The 2D match engine introduced in Championship Manager 4 remains and has been improved on significantly. Players are represented on the pitch by small round icons and this enables you to get much more idea how individuals are performing. If your center back has been out on the pop the night before a match and is responsible for conceding that first minute goal, this is now painfully apparent. The players themselves now behave a lot more like their real life counterparts.

At least, as a Middlesbrough fan playing as Middlesbrough in the game, the defense are doing quite well but the forwards couldn't hit a barn door at ten paces. Pretty realistic then! Gameplay The bad news for wives and girlfriends everywhere is that the gameplay remains as intense and addictive as ever. Trying to take a small club from the Conference to the Premiership is very difficult but is a challenge not to be missed. Programmu dlya podbora parolej mailru. Equally challenging is taking charge of a big club, as the Board's and fans' expectations are so much higher. The engine behind the game is really quite staggering with over 40 leagues playable and over 200,000 players all present and correct.

The genius of the system is that you can have fun whilst taking minimal charge of things and still feel satisfaction when your team wins. However, if you so desire, the involvement goes as deep as you could wish for. You can take charge of every little part of training, contracts, match preparations, personal player-to-player relationships, media interaction. The list goes on. There are now many more ways to interact with the players and press and players have more of a personality than ever before, with dressing room friendships and bust ups all apparent. It is so easy to sit down to play this game for half an hour and still be sat hunched over the keyboard five hours later.

The interface is entirely mouse and keyboard driven and works just as it should. Be aware, though, that this game is taxing on your PC. The graphics card may be able to sit back with a cocktail but the processor and memory will be worked harder than a barman at five to midnight on New Year's Eve.