‘I didn’t realise the game’s impact for years’: the making of the original Football Manager
The article tells the story of Kevin Toms, the creator of the original Football Manager game. Toms, a football fan and amateur game designer, created the first football tactics simulation game in the early 1980s, which became a huge hit and an annual bestseller. The game had rudimentary graphics and sounds, but it resonated with football fans who owned computers at the time. The article describes Toms' background and how the game's success was typical of the "whiz-kid era" when lone coders could create bestselling games in their bedrooms. Despite the game's massive impact, Toms didn't realize its significance for years, as the article states that "the game's impact for years" was not fully appreciated by him.
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