Premier Manager
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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 Publishing, who bought the rights from Infogrames and hired some members of the original Gremlin staff.
Premier Manager latest version is Premier Manager 2006-2007 Premier Manager 2006-2007 website
[edit] Games in the series
| Screenshot | Title | Genre | Publisher | Developer | Release Date | System(s) |
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"Premier Manager" | Sports | Gremlin Interactive | Realms of Fantasy | 1992 | Amiga, DOS, Atari ST, Sega Mega Drive (in 1996) |
| Manage, train, hire, build facilities and scout opponents of a lowly English team. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 2 - The New Season" | Sports | Gremlin Interactive | Realms of Fantasy | 1993 | Amiga, DOS, Atari ST |
| minor improvements over PM, plus European competitions | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 3" | Sports | Gremlin Interactive | Realms of Fantasy | 1994 | Amiga, DOS |
| Refined version of Premier Manager 2. Featured full match graphics plus customisable formations. Gremlin Interactive later released the Premier Multi-Edit system, allowing players to edit the built-in player and team data. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 97" | Sports | Gremlin Interactive | Dinamic Software | 1996 | 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. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 98" | Sports | Gremlin Interactive | Dinamic Software | 1997 | 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. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager Ninety-Nine" | Sports | Gremlin Interactive | Dinamic Software | 1998 | Windows, PlayStation |
| Slightly improved version of the two previous games, based on PC Fútbol 6. The final game in the series released by Gremlin. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 2000" | Sports | Zoo Digital | Zoo Digital | 1999 | PlayStation |
| The first game to be developed and published by the series' new owners Zoo Digital. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 2002-2003" | Sports | Zoo Digital | Zoo Digital | 2002 | Windows |
| The 2002/2003 season update. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 2003-2004" | Sports | Zoo Digital | Zoo Digital | 2003 | Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance |
| The 2003/2004 season update. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 2004-2005" | Sports | Zoo Digital | Zoo Digital | 2004 | Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance |
| The 2004/2005 season update. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 2005/2006" | Sports | Zoo Digital | Zoo Digital | 2005 | Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance |
| The 2005/2006 season update. | ||||||
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"Premier Manager 2006/2007" | Sports | Zoo Digital | Zoo Digital | 2006 | Windows, PlayStation 2 |
| Premier Manager 2006-2007 website | ||||||
