by Owzat » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:14 pm
ZX speccy ruled its day, I completely agree regards the difference in games. Today even TV ADS focus more on the special effects, visual tricks etc, but they are just so cr ap. So much more thought went into the ads in the old days, catchy tunes, comedy, all kinds of things that technology has made almost an afterthought.
Some speccy games are still playable today, although some simply can't compete with advances in graphics etc - especially football simulations and management. You can get a speccy emulator for your PC, I tried playing some old footy management games and they are sooooooooooooooo slow.
Talking of footy management games, I had a fantastic couple of seasons the other day. I was aiming to manage a Championship side, get them promoted and maybe win a cup, and then try and win the Premiership once promoted. I exceeded my own expectations by nearly as much as you possibly could. I took charge of Wolves to give me a decent budget and every chance of competing in the cups and Premiership once promoted. The other key reason is that the wage budgets don't often change much, so while transfer fees might not prove a problem, player wage demands could be a problem - in the Championship and Premiership. Even when promoted I could afford Torres' transfer fee, but not his wages.
1st Season (Championship)
I sold off most of the squad for about £20m, brought in a few bargains like Hangeland, Klasnic, Modric and a few others who were available for less than £2m. The season started great, we won something like the first 15-30 games in a row and went 25+ games in the league before drawing the one game we didn't win. I think the only other draw was in the FA Cup at home to a Premiership side like Bolton, won the replay. The Championship was and never really is a problem to win, going unbeaten for the first time as any team, but it is the cups that normally I find it hard to win with a Championship side. But this season we played the mancs, Chelsea and other Premiership sides and won, I can only assume because of the winning start and players developing. Whenever I try playing the Premiership as a relegation fodder team, losing or drawing early often ends up with my side topping the table early on, but fading into 2nd, 3rd or 4th.
So we won the Championship, dropping only two points and won BOTH domestic cups without losing in any of the 61 games played. I think we even beat Arsenal in the League Cup semi by scoring 10 goals in the two legs, the side really was on fire and the kids I had brought were developing quite quickly to make the side good enough to beat all-comers.
2nd Season (Premiership)
I bought in quite a few new faces, sticking with the bulk of my treble winning side. We started off by winning the Charity Shield, started ok in the league and in the UEFA Cup. It wasn't quite as memorable a second season, I think we lost five games out of 69, but won the Premiership, UEFA Cup and FA Cup. The only cup we didn't win was the Carling Cup which we lost on penalties in the final. So close to a complete clean sweep, I gave up after that since I couldn't go for the manc clean sweep - I wasn't in the Champions League so needed another season before I could go for the complete set in one season (Champions League, Premiership, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Charity Shield and Club World Championship)
Never buy from PC World, product quality is poor and their 'customer service' is even poorer
mightymisty, gotta feckin change that 
! Im so p!ssed off at some players im selling most of them and getting new ones 
