''Premier Manager'' is a series of a
football
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management
video game
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s started in 1992. Published by
Gremlin Interactive
Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
, it was first developed by Realms of Fantasy, later passed to Spanish company
Dinamic Multimedia
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. The later games were later published and developed by
Zoo Digital Publishing
Zushi Games was a British video game publisher. Based in Sheffield, Zushi is the owner of the multi-million-selling Premier Manager (series), ''Premier Manager'' series and best known for Alien Hominid. Zushi published titles for the Nintendo ...
(later renamed as Zushi Games), who bought the rights from
Infogrames
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and hired some members of the original Gremlin staff. The latest releases in the series were developed by Urbanscan Limited, a company established by Gremlin founder Ian Stewart.
Games in the series
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''Premier Manager'' is the debut game in the series for the
Amiga
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,
DOS
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DOS may also refer to:
Computing
* Data over signalling (DoS), multiplexing data onto a signalling channel
* Denial-of-service attack (DoS), an attack on a communicat ...
and
Atari ST
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platforms. Developed by Realms of Fantasy and published by
Gremlin Graphics
Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
in 1992. This game allows up to 4 players to manage a team in the
FA Conference League. Premier Manager was also released for the
Sega Mega Drive
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in 1995.
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''Premier Manager 2'' is very similar to ''Premier Manager''. Released in 1993, it now has a maximum of 2 players. There are increased functions in this version. It was developed for the same platforms as Premier Manager. The Mega Drive version of ''Premier Manager'' is based on ''Premier Manager 2''.
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''Premier Manager 3'' is a refined version of ''Premier Manager 2''. Featured full match graphics plus customisable formations.
Gremlin Interactive
Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
later released the Premier Multi-Edit system, allowing players to edit the built-in player and team data. A Deluxe version was released which updated the player data to the new season. It was released on the
Amiga
Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16- or 32-bit processors, 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphi ...
and
DOS
DOS is shorthand for the MS-DOS and IBM PC DOS family of operating systems.
DOS may also refer to:
Computing
* Data over signalling (DoS), multiplexing data onto a signalling channel
* Denial-of-service attack (DoS), an attack on a communicat ...
platforms.
*''Premier Manager 97'' is the first game not developed by
Gremlin Interactive
Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
, with development shifting to Spanish developer
Dinamic Software
Dinamic Software was a Spanish video game producer and publishing company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent compan ...
, who made the popular ''PC Fútbol'' series. The game was ''PC Fútbol 5'' without arcade mode. For the first time, gave the player the option to coach a Premiership team from the start. It was released on PC and Mega Drive.
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Premier Manager 98
''Premier Manager 98'' is a football management simulation game, released for the PC in 1997 and the PlayStation the following year. It was developed by Dinamic Multimedia and published by Gremlin Interactive. It is the fifth game in the ''Premie ...
'' is just a simple database update of ''Premier Manager 97''. It turned to be the last game to achieve moderate success and positive reviews in the series. Released for
Windows
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in 1997 and
Sony PlayStation
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in 1998.
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''Premier Manager: Ninety Nine'' was released only in Europe in 1999 for the
Windows
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,
PlayStation
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and
Nintendo 64
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. The Nintendo 64 version was released as ''Premier Manager 64''. The final game in the series released by
Gremlin
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.
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''Premier Manager 2000'' was developed by
Infogrames Studios
Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
and published by
Infogrames
Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA) is a French video game holding company headquartered in Paris. Its subsidiaries include Atari Interactive and Atari, Inc. It is the current owner of the Atari brand through Atari Interactive. Bec ...
. It was released in 2000 for the
PlayStation
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. In 2003 it was given a budget re-release by the new ''Premier Manager''
intellectual property
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owners
Zoo Digital Publishing
Zushi Games was a British video game publisher. Based in Sheffield, Zushi is the owner of the multi-million-selling Premier Manager (series), ''Premier Manager'' series and best known for Alien Hominid. Zushi published titles for the Nintendo ...
.
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Premier Manager 2002/2003 Season
''Premier Manager 2002/2003 Season'' is a football management simulation game, released for PlayStation 2 in 2002 and Windows the following year. The game was developed by Runecraft and published by Zoo Digital Publishing, with Tuna Technologies ...
'' was developed by
Runecraft
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and published by Zoo Digital Publishing, releasing for
PlayStation 2
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in November 2002 and for
Windows
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the following year.
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Premier Manager 2003–04
''Premier Manager 2003–04'' is a football management simulation game, developed and published by Zoo Digital Publishing and released for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2 and Windows in November 2003. It is the ninth game in the '' Premier M ...
'' was the first title in the series developed and published by Zoo Digital Publishing, releasing for
Game Boy Advance
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,
Windows
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,
PlayStation 2
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in November 2003.
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Premier Manager 2004–2005'' was developed and published by Zoo Digital Publishing, releasing for
Game Boy Advance
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,
Windows
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,
PlayStation 2
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in November 2004.
*''Premier Manager 2005–2006'' was developed and published by Zoo Digital Publishing, releasing for
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...
,
Windows
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,
PlayStation 2
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in August 2005.
*''Premier Manager 2006–2007'' was developed and published by Zoo Digital Publishing, releasing for
Windows
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and
PlayStation 2
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in August 2006.
*''Premier Manager 08'' was developed and published by Zoo Digital Publishing, releasing for
Windows
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and
PlayStation 2
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in August 2007.
*''Premier Manager 09'' was developed and published by Zoo Digital Publishing, releasing for
Windows
Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for serv ...
and
PlayStation 2
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in August 2008.
*''Premier Manager 10'' was developed and published by Zushi Games, releasing for
Windows
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in 2009.
*''Premier Manager.'' ''Premier Manager'' was developed by Urbanscan and released for
PlayStation 3
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(via
PlayStation Network
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download only) on 28 July 2010, featuring teams from the 2010''–''11 English, Italian, Spanish, French, German and Scottish Leagues.
*''Premier Manager 2012''. Urbanscan released a follow-up, ''Premier Manager 2012,'' for PlayStation 3 on 9 November 2011 and PC on 24 February 2012.
External links
Interview with Jon Seymour; Premier Manager Executive Producer
References
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Association football management video games
Video game franchises introduced in 1992