| Football Manager 2006 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Sports Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Version | FM 2006 6.0.3 - released 20 February 2006 |
| Platform(s) | PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PSP |
| Release date(s) | (PC/Mac): 21 October 2005 |
| Genre(s) | Sports simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer over TCP/IP or hot-seat |
| Media/distribution | Windows/Mac - Dual format CD |
| System requirements
PC (Win XP SP2, 2.0 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, 8x CD ROM) |
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Football Manager 2006 for Windows and Mac OS was released in the UK on 21 October 2005 (2 weeks earlier than the originally stated 4 November release). On the same day as the game's release, Sports Interactive also released a patch to fix some bugs discovered during the Beta and Gold stages of development. In its first week of release, it became the second-fastest-selling PC game of all-time in the UK.
Essentially just a season update of FM 2005, it does however, include many small adjustments and improvements to the general gameplay. These adjustments include team-talks, simplified training and in-game help screens. As well as this, the game is updated by its many researchers (unpaid fans of the game augmented by in-house collaboration). The database is usually updated twice in the period of the release of the game. The first comes with the game and the second is usually downloadable in February as a free data update to reflect the changes which take place during the winter opening of the FIFA transfer window. As has been customary with the series a beta demo of the game was released on 12 September 2005. This was later followed on 30 September by a gold demo. This is a cut-down, limited time version of the full game which is sent to the game manufacturers.
With a special download from Sports Interactive, you can play as the fictional football team, Harchester United from Sky One's series Dream Team.
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