Championship Manager: Season 99/00
Developer(s)Sports Interactive
Publisher(s)Eidos Interactive
SeriesChampionship Manager
Platform(s)Windows, Mac OS
Release3 December 1999 (PC)
10 December 1999 (Mac)
Genre(s)Sports, Management
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer[1]

Championship Manager: Season 99/00 is a football management video game in Sports Interactive's Championship Manager series. It was released for Microsoft Windows on 3 December 1999, and for Mac on 10 December 1999. The game allowed players to take charge of clubs from sixteen countries; with responsibility for training, tactics and signings.

Release

The game was released for Microsoft Windows on 3 December 1999.[1] It sold over 27,000 copies in its first week.[2]

For the first time in the series the game was released for Mac users on 10 December 1999.[1]

New features

“In the same way that you can only really support one team, you can only really play one management game, and you might as well have the best. The irony is that for all the money other companies spend on securing official licences, Championship Manager is universally perceived as the official management game. Buying a different one would only be cheating yourself. It's been said before, but after trying other management games, going back to Champ Manager is a return to calmness and sanity.

– From PC Zone's review of Championship Manager 99/00 in August 2001.[3]

Even though the look and feel of the game was essentially the same as Championship Manager 3, there were many new features including a quicker match engine with enhanced commentary, the ability to fine and discipline players, improved board interaction, and the capability to improve your stadium and facilities.[1] Additionally, the database was increased to feature over 40,000 players and staff, and Major League Soccer was included as a playable league for the first time.[1]

Reception

PC

Championship Manager 99/00 received positive reviews across the board. GameSpot gave it an almost faultless 9.5 out of 10.[7][8] Computer Games Magazine gave it 4.5 stars and described it as “the most realistic sports management game available, bar none”.[4] The Sports Gaming Network gave it a 98% rating and proclaimed it was “the finest sports game ever made”.[9]

Mac

MacGaming called Championship Manager 99/00 "a beast of a game", ultimately awarding it a 93% rating.[10]

Accolades

The game received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),[2][11] indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[2][12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Championship Manager 99/00". SIGames.com. Sports Interactive Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Softography / CM3 / CM 99/00". SIGames.com. Sports Interactive Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 June 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Championship Manager: Season 99 / 00". PC Zone. Future Publishing Limited. 13 August 2001. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Championship Manager 99/00". Computer Games Magazine. Strategy Plus, Inc. 1 August 2000. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Championship Manager Season 99/00 – Critic Reviews". GameFAQs. CBS Interactive Inc. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Championship Manager : 99/00". Eurogamer.net. Gamer Network. 4 July 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Championship Manager Season 99/00 Review 1/2". GameSpot.co.uk. ZDNet. 1 November 1999. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Championship Manager Season 99/00 Review 2/2". GameSpot.co.uk. ZDNet. 1 November 1999. Archived from the original on 19 August 2000. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Championship Manager Season 99/00 (PC) Review". SGN.cc. Sports Gaming Network. 5 September 2000. Archived from the original on 15 August 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Championship Manager 1999/ 2000 Review". MacGaming.co.uk. MacGaming UK. Archived from the original on 4 June 2000. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "ELSPA Sales Awards: Gold". ELSPA.com. Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK". Gamasutra.com. UBM Technology Group. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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