*Quick Start, which assigns most of the aforementioned tasks to the AI and focuses on the primary job of a football manager - making the right decisions during a match. *Full Game, where all tactical, transfer and financial decisions are up to the user (although you can delegate tasks to AI assistants if you choose). In this first game, there were three options: This solved a common problem with earlier console management games of how to quickly traverse between options without using a Point-and-click interface (as had become ubiquitous on PC but difficult on console at a time when analogue joypads such as the DualShock were not yet widespread).Īnother of the key features of both this and subsequent LMAs was the number of game modes available, to suit players of differing ability. from the Select Team screen to Editing Tactics). from the Transfers section to the Squad section), and L2 and R2 switched between sub-screens within a section (e.g. The game was notable for its intuitive control system, where the L1 and R1 shoulder buttons of the controller switched between different sections of the game (e.g. The first game of the series was released for PlayStation in late 1999, allowing players to take charge any any football club in the English Premier League or Football League Divisions 1 to 3. The series has different titles in different regions: "LMA Manager" in the UK (named after the League Managers Association), "BDFL Manager" in Germany (, basically the German equivalent of the LMA), "Manager de Liga" in Spain, "Football Manager Campionato" in Italy, and "FC Manager - La Passion du Foot" in France since the 2006 edition (the French edition of the series was previously named " Roger Lemerre - La Sélection des Champions" after the former coach of the French national team). Developed primarily for consoles, the franchise differs from the PC-based Football Manager and Championship Manager series by focusing on visual details such as a fully 3D match engine, although still maintaining the realism and level of detail craved by fans of the genre - a unique combination when the series was first released. "LMA Manager" is a football (soccer) management video game series developed and published by Codemasters.
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