Kevin Keegan's Player Manager

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Kevin Keegan's Player Manager

Developer(s)	Anco
Publisher(s)	Imagineer
Platform(s)	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Release date	^EUR 1993
Genre(s)	Sports
Input methods	Super NES controller(s)

Kevin Keegan's Player Manager is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System soccer game where the player takes a soccer team and manages them to win games and eventually the championship. The player does not control each individual player directly. Instead, he designs plays and acquires soccer players from other teams in order to make the perfect soccer team. Kevin Keegan was one of the more popular soccer managers during the 1990s. From a North American standpoint, the graphics were minimalist and that is why the game was never released in North America.

It was simple to play and was very quick; it was possible to complete a season in just two hours. There was only forty-eight teams in a three division structure. When the game began, the 'Kevin Keegan' character was a 28-year-old characrer. When he becomes 35 years old at the end of the 2000 season and declares his retirement, it was not possible to control the players during a match from that point onwards. Controlling the players was also impossible if he missed a game to injury or being put in reserves. This aspect of the game makes interactivity with the players on the field very difficult as compared to a modern soccer simulation like FIFA 08 where players can control their men at all times.