
And if you don't have either, you might find a suitable secondhand PC for little more than the cost of a new Xbox. However, if you already have a PC, buy the PC version rather than the Xbox version.

The game was released for PC and Amiga by Domark. Xbox-owning football fanatics should snap it up. James Download DosBox then after you have extracted the CM folder where ever start DosBox write what. But the stats are up to date and, in all essential respects, this is the real thing. For example, you can only play three leagues at a time instead of 26, and there are not quite as many players. There are some minor limitations with the Xbox version. And while CM3 is almost proud of its lack of fancy graphics and sound effects - there's a sort of reverse snobbery here - this means it doesn't exploit the Xbox's main strengths. SI could at least have nodded in the direction of console playability by, for example, letting users save a number of preset formations, such as home and away squads and tactics.įurther, while PC players can back up their precious game data, I'd worry about doing this on the Xbox, assuming it reaches the same sort of humungous size. On the down side, it is very frustrating to play with a handheld controller instead of a keyboard and mouse. On the good side, because the Xbox has a built-in hard drive, console owners can finally sample the delights of this great game. The Xbox version looks and plays just like the hugely successful PC version.


Championship Manager Season 01/02 - or Champman 3 to its friends - is a complex, detailed and thoroughly involving simulation of football management. This must be the first example of a four-star game that I don't think you should buy, unless there is no alternative.
