Software:Premier Manager 97

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Short description: 1996 video game
Premier Manager 97
Premier Manager 97 cover.jpg
Developer(s)Gremlin Interactive (MD)[1]
Publisher(s)Sega (MD)[2]
Gremlin Interactive (Win)[3]
SeriesPremier Manager
Platform(s)Mega Drive, Windows
Release
  • EU: October 31, 1996 (MD)[5]
  • EU: June 1997 (Win)[4]
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer[2]

Premier Manager 97 is a football management simulator video game developed by Gremlin Interactive and published by Sega for the Mega Drive in 1996. A PC version was released in 1997. It is the fourth game in the Premier Manager series.

Gameplay

The Mega Drive version puts the player in charge of a team of their choice from the English third division. The goal is to win the FA Cup. Players are responsible for club finances, player transfers, squad line-up, and ground improvements. The game supports two-player multiplayer.[2]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
CVG5/5 (PC)[4]
PC Games76% (PC)[6]
PC Action75/76% (PC)[3]
PC Joker80% (PC)[7]
PC Player3/5 (PC)[8]

Mean Machines Sega said that the game is "excellent fun" but noted that there's not much difference compared to the previous year's version. The other reviewer from Mean Machines said that the game is hard to get into.[2]

Computer and Video Games called the PC version "the most atmospheric, entertaining and comprehensive management game".[4] PC Joker called the game "enthralling".[7] PC Zone compared the game to then current Premiership season and didn't find it all that realistic.[9]

References

  1. "Premier Manager 97 - Mega Drive". Back of the Game Packaging. "Developed by Gremlin Interactive Ltd.". 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Review - Premier Manager '97". Mean Machines Sega (EMAP) (50): 74–75. December 1996. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bigge, Christian. "Test - Premier Manager 97" (in German). PC Action (7/97): 62. "Einzelspiel: 75%, Multiplayer: 76%". 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Key, Steve (June 1997). "Review - Premier Manager 97". Computer and Video Games (Future plc) (187): 77. 
  5. "Checkpoint". Computer and Video Games (Future plc) (180): 49. November 1996. 
  6. Maueröder, Petra. "Review - Premier Manager 97" (in German). PC Games (Computec Media GmbH) (8/97): 116. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Schamberger, Steffen (August 1997). "Spieletests - Sport - Premier Manager 97" (in German). PC Joker (Joker-Verlag) (8/97): 78–80. 
  8. Schnelle, Michael. "Spiele-Test - Premier Manager 97" (in German). PC Player (8/97): 88–89. 
  9. McCarthy, Patrick (August 1997). "Can You Manage It?". PC Zone (Future plc) (53): 118–121. 

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