''Championship Manager 93/94'' is the second installment in the '' Championship Manager'' series of

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management

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s. It was released a year after the first '' Championship Manager''.

New features

This game improved on the original in many ways, by far the most significant change was the use of real player names for the first time. This was the one major feature, which the game had lacked in comparison to its rivals. Other key features to be introduced in this game included the following: * A list of selected foreign-based players that could be bought * Much more in-match commentary * Injury time * More player awards * Eight different background pictures * Improved loading times * The implementation of the

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Alternative versions

The CM93/94 engine was the basis for ''Championship Manager Italia''. This was a version that simulated the top two divisions of Italian football (

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and

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). There was a 1995 seasonal update released for this game. There was also a little-known Norwegian-language version called ''Championship Manager Norge'' or ''CM Norge'' which simulated the Norwegian League. The ''1993/94 Season Data Up-Date Disk'' was a seasonal update disk that updated the game's database to reflect player and club changes for the 1993/94 season. The ''End of 1994 Season Data Up-Date Disk'' was an end of season update disk that updated the game's database to reflect player and club changes for the end of 1993/94 season. The ''Championship Manager '94 - End of Season Data Disk'', which was available on the

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, contained two fictional players added by developers of the game, Mark Collis and Ferah Orosco. They were a striker and a defender, respectively, for

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in Division 3 and are regarded as the first ever fictional super-players in the CM series.

Sales

''Championship Manager 93/94'' and ''Championship Manager Italia'' sold a reported 90,000 collectively.

References

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