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Post by blumineauxnoir on Apr 26, 2024 13:45:47 GMT
Found out the copy of The Double I had on the CD, won`t work in the emulator I have, so I went and found one online, but it opened at the start screen, and wanted a 3 digit code, to let me continue ! Hi-tech 1980`s piracy prevention ! Luckily, I knew where my original copy of the game was, so went and found it, and inside the inlay was the TINIEST grid I`ve ever seen, with all the access codes on it. To my teenage eyes, it was easy to read, but I needed glasses and a magnifying glass, to be able to read them at this stage in life ! But it worked, and for anyone who has a Spectrum emulator, who wants to take over our beloved Carlisle United, here you are... DoubleCUFC1 (31.85 KB) This is the screen you`ll see when opening, and the keys to work it are - 5/8 is left and right, 6/7 is up and down, and then enter. And this is the amazing squad, you have, ready to storm through the leagues !
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Post by wukkie on Apr 26, 2024 16:19:50 GMT
Cheers Mullen, Premier Manager it was.
Those Double screenshots bring back memories, first thing I'd do when getting back from school.
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Post by heyheyalanshoulderl on Apr 26, 2024 17:48:58 GMT
That team would hammer the current one lol
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Post by mullen103 on Apr 26, 2024 19:28:34 GMT
I played a weird board game one once, think it was for the Spectrum Brian clough or something.
You entered a number between 0-20 based on the rating you accumulated on the board game - utter rubbish but passed a few hours.
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Post by heyheyalanshoulderl on Apr 26, 2024 20:49:15 GMT
www.thebiggiftshop.com/product-page/football-director-d-h-games-amstrad-464-gameNow I just need an Amstrad to play it but oddly that is more expensive than I paid for the original game lol The quirk of this game was the team ratings. You always had to be GK 4 D 2 M 2 F 2 If you got too clever and bought a good forward and played with ratings of 4 2 2 4 you would just lose, it liked its symmetry. Moving up the divisions 6 4 4 4 etc right up until you were a world class team with 9 9 9 9
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Post by mullen103 on Apr 26, 2024 20:53:31 GMT
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Post by blumineauxnoir on Apr 27, 2024 0:29:03 GMT
Spent many nights playing Brian Clough`s Football Fortunes with a group of friends, but whoever chose Man Utd, always had an advantage, as they generated more gate money, than the other sides !
Managed to grab a copy of it on ebay a few years back. I came across my original copy, but most of the player cards were missing, and feeling nostalgic, I had a look to see if there were any complete ones for sale.
The one I found, was pretty much brand new, and never used. The cards were all there, and still on the complete sheets, having not been separated, so I was thrilled to bits with that !
And I won it for £7.50.
Funny you should metion symmetry Alan ! Been playing The Boss for the last couple of days, and took Carlisle up in the first season, with a team mostly 6-6-6. Into the 3rd division, and I got us up to 7-7-7. Promoted again and into Div 1, and started the season 7-8-8, and won the first 4-5 games.
That`s when it all started falling apart ! The customary broken leg, which just removes a player from the squad and you have to replace him, and a string of defeats, and player ratings dropping, and suddenly my squad is rated 4-5-4.
Flew down the table, and managed to stay up with a 0-0 against Fulham on the last day !
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