The first football management simulator, many of the hallmarks of the incredibly complex games which exist in this genre today are found in embryonic form here. Club finances, player transfers, basic tactics, and perhaps most importantly of all, excellent white noise crowd sounds when your team scored.
Take control of a football team in a division below the top one, and try to lead them to glory in both league and European competition. You start with a squad of 12 players, whose names can be changed, but have room for 15 players in total, with chances to buy and sell players. You can take out a bank loan, the level of which depends on your division. The team's formation can be customised, and as outfield players are not limited to a single position, you can customise the team's strengths and weaknesses in quite a precise way. Matches are played out by listing scorers as they happen, and are followed by a full list of the division's other results. Finances change after each match to wages, gate receipts, and possible incidents such as riots and illegal player approaches.
International Football is a management game allowing you to participate in the World Cup with a choice of 32 teams from around the world. With your squad of 20 players you can train the players as well as change your tactics and playing styles. Once you are happy with your selections it is time to play your next game. On the match screen you can see both teams kit but the match is described in text. You can see a timer, the score and any incidents that occur. During a game and at half time you can substitute players or change tactics.
Simulator / Sport / Strategy / Business
Football Manager Handheld is a handheld version of Football Manager 2006, where you take control of a team in one of 7 countries. You control the signing of new players, setting the team for the matches and setting up training. Compared to the PC version the PSP version has been significantly simplified. There are fewer players, fewer teams and every player and staff member has fewer stats.
Dosukoi Densetsu is a sumo wrestling simulation game in which you can train your sumo wrestler or a group of them (in different kinds of trainings, give him food and send him to rest) and then go into tournaments and try to win them.
Simulator / Sport / Strategy / Business / Non-fiction
Riding Star is an equestrian simulation where the player has to take care of a horse and ride it in competitions. For the riding the game is shown from a top-down view and in preparation of events the horse needs to be groomed, fed and saddled. There are three different types of events to participate in: dressage, show jumping and cross country. There is also a three-day event. In the championship mode horse and rider compete in multiple championships and the player's care of the horse influences the performance. During the maintenance part everything is controlled with the mouse. In races the horse is controlled through the arrow keys with the space bar to jump. Next to the AI opponents it is also possible to compete with up to four friends on a single computer in the multiplayer event.
Simulator / Sport / Strategy / Business / Non-fiction
Released in 1983 on Apple II, by Microcomputer Games, Inc..
Choose any of over 200 clubs from leagues across England and Europe and get ready to take your team to league triumph and cup glory. Buy and sell players, hire and fire staff, build and train your squad, then call the shots on match day.