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Premier Manager 98 turned to be the last in the series to achieve success, even if only moderately
Premier Manager is the name of a football management video game series started in 1992. Published by Gremlin Interactive, it was first developed by Realms of Fantasy, later passed to Spanish company Dinamic Software. The later games are published and developed by Zoo Digital, who bought the rights from Infogrames and hired some members of the original Gremlin staff.
Until the Championship Manager series matured with the second version, the brand Premier Manager was the leading name on the popular managing video game market.
It should not be confused with EA's Premier League Manager short-run series.
Games in the series
- Premier Manager
- Developed by Realms of Fantasy
- Released in 1992
- Platforms: Amiga, DOS, Atari ST, Sega Mega Drive (in 1996)
- manage, train, hire, build facilities and scout opponents of an lowly English team.
- Premier Manager 2 - The New Season
- Developed by Realms of Fantasy
- Released in 1993
- Platforms: Amiga, DOS
- minor improvments over PM, plus european competitions
- Premier Manager 3
- Developed by Realms of Fantasy
- Released in 1994
- Platforms: Amiga, DOS
- Refined version of Premier Manager 2.
- Premier Manager 97
- Developed by Dinamic Software
- Released in 1996
- Platforms: Windows
- A Sega Mega Drive version based on Premier Manager 2 with the same name was released.
- Gremlin passed the developing to Dinamic Software, who made the popular PC Fútbol series. Unsurprisingly, the game was PC Premier 5 without arcade mode. For the first time, gave the player the option to coach a Premiership team from the start.
- Premier Manager 98
- Developed by Dinamic Software
- Released in 1997
- Platforms: Windows, PlayStation
- Simple update of Premier Manager 97. Bugs ironed, squads updated, and nothing more. It turned to be the last game to achieve moderate success and positive reviews in the series.
- Premier Manager Ninety-Nine
- Developed by Dinamic Software
- Released in 1998
- Platforms: Windows, PlayStation
- Slightly improved version of the two previous games, based on PC Fútbol 6. The final game in the series released by Gremlin.
- Premier Manager 2000
- Released in 1999
- Platforms: PlayStation
- Premier Manager 2002-2003
- Developed by Zoo Digital
- Released in 2002
- Platforms: Windows
- Premier Manager 2003-2004
- Developed by Zoo Digital
- Released in 2003
- Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance