Spectrofon #19 31 марта 1996

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Archive - Game genre of business / management "THE Double" your opportunity to become manager of English soccer club.

(C) Yuri Matveev, 1993.
C amendments. 1996.


                THE DOUBLE


                 J.S. Ltd


   This program - a worthy representative of the genre Games 
Business / Management. Fans of soccer battles, having in its 
disposal of the Spectrum, and this game will have an 
opportunity to test their ability the role of head of English 
soccer club. Your task - to lead his club the gold medals of 
the championship and win Cup, that is to make a "double", 
having achieved double success.




   At first, you get a team of mid-level, having in its 
composition a few good players, which, strictly speaking, holds 
everything. But as that you, using your selected

money, buy a new, more talented players and spend a wise policy 
in the selection of the next match, Your team starts to grow 
before our eyes. 


   At the beginning of the championship you shop players, 
experimenting with composition. Eventually you come to

concluded that with some players you do not
along the way and will have to part with them. The first 
attempts to sell the weaker players in the other clubs will be 
unsuccessful. This is understandable. Who needs the extra 
ballast? After Each player must pay a considerable

salary from the budget of the club. Many managers adhere to the 
principle: "We are not rich enough to buy cheap players." Take 
it and you are the principle adopted. 

   Do not despair if you can not quickly sell the player. It is 
quite possible buy it later when due to injuries leading 
players, some managers will be forced to reduce their demands. 


   After downloading the program you will immediately get to 
the main menu: 


                MAIN MENU


               CLUB REPORT

             (Report on the club)

              LEAGUE DETAILS

      (Information about the championship)

               FA FIXTURES

             (Matches of the Cup)

               CONTROL MENU

         (Menu of the game control)

                QUIT GAME

            (End game)

                 CONTINUE

            (Keep playing)


   At the beginning of the game, the following control keys:

5 - Left
6 - Down
7 - up
9 - Right
ENTER - select


   You can use the joystick if
CONTROL options are the main menu will generate
appropriate setting. There are options for saving and loading 
lazy game. After selecting the control you can skip directly to 
the game. 


   So, you are invited to lead a football club LEICESTER CITY, 
which stands in the first division. 



Should add: in all probability, in the original version
Games in the early proposed choose from an extensive list,
but now, it seems, this opportunity has been lost as a result 
of improper hacking program. 



   Attitude to you by Directorate
club good enough (this can be
judged by the line MANAGEMENT CREDIBILITY
(Credibility) on the main menu). Book Club hopes that you will 
justify high confidence that you provided, and

will guide the team to gold medals.



             CLUB REPORT MENU

You have the following sections:


             CLUB STATISTICS

            (Statistics of the club)

            CROWD PREPARATION

    (Planning attendance matches)

              FINANCE REPORT

            (Financial report)

              INJURE REPORT

        (Report on the injuries of players)

               SCOUT REPORT

           (Report of the observer)

              BANK AND LOANS

            (Calculations with the bank)

            GROUND IMPROVEMENT

           (Development of the stadium)

                MAIN MENU

         (Back to the main menu)



          Section CLUB STATISTICS


   If you choose this section, you can learn about
average attendance of your stadium
AVERAGE GATE, the number of seats in the stadium GROUND 
CAPACITY, as well as such data as the number of division in 
which your team plays LEAGUE DIVISION, the space occupied by 
the team in the standings LEAGUE POSITION and the number of 
spectators were on the last home game LAST HOME GATE. 
Immediately you are offered another submenu:



              SQUAD DETAILS

         (Information on the team)


              STAFF DETAILS

        (Information for staff)


                   MENU

       (Return to the previous menu)



   After selecting SQUAD DETAILS, you
an opportunity to meet
team members, see the statistics on
each player. Here are details about
weekly wages of players. Below the screen is another menu:


               SELL PLAYER

             (To sell the player)

                 PRINTOUT

       (Display data to the printer)

                   MENU

       (Return to previous menu)


   If desired, you can sell any
footballer. Place the cursor on the line
the name of the player and select SELL
PLAYER. If there are orders to buy a football player you will 
see a table with the names of clubs interested in your 
proposal, and the amounts they offer for the player. To opt out 
of transaction must exit this submenu.



   For processing the transaction, choose
cursor row your preferred amount and
press FIRE. Since then, soccer has
does not play on your team, and the money for it came to your 
bank account. 


   You can estimate the strength of each player
Salary WAGE, which he is paid. But beware! The amount of weekly 
payments do not always reflect the level of playing football. 
This is probably due to the the privileged position of some 
players. Finest hour they had long been in past. However, for 
its past achievements they still have a good salary, which

may be much higher than in young.
However, there are other situations. Young, promising players, 
the club sometimes overstates the salary, as if advancing their 
future success. You are, incidentally, does not deal with these 
matters and all decisions about wages are on the conscience of 
the Director of the club. 


   To correctly assess the level of play of each individual 
player, you hire independent experts - Observer SCOUT, which 
can describe the advantages and distinctive characteristics of 
each of your player. 

To start enter a submenu STAFF
DETAILS. Do you have an expert who is working under your strict 
guidance with a salary of 450 pounds week. You can hire a 
second expert. It will cost another 450 a week. In this

menu is offered for the same money to hire a physical therapist 
and PHYSIOTHERAPIST, which would be necessary as air, when 
Players will get injured in games. However, you do not need to 
hire a therapist and a second expert. In your power even the 
fire and the first expert, in order to save money and quickly 
gain round sum in the bank. But this is not

advisable because of the problems that may subsequently arise.

         Section CROWD PREPARATION


   Here you will be advised of the venue
the next meeting. In that case, if your team plays at home, you 
are offered enter your prediction on the number of spectators

who come to the match. These figures will be
used for police training for the match, which will provide 
security at the stadium. If you make a mistake in its prognosis 
and call underestimate, the police are not ready for a large 
number of spectators, could not support order at the stadium, 
and fans can make a riot. At the central match tour is always 
present, experts from the Football Federation and in case of 
any unrest is your club can be fined round sum, if the 
Federation decides that this was your fault. Is highly 
undesirable as wrong a few times, you may even lose his seat. 


So be careful and before every home game, pay attention
security of the stadium. Overvalued forecast
Though not entail such grim
effects, but still affects the financial position of the club, 
and thus for credit confidence in you by management.



          Section FINANCE REPORT


   Here you get the full layout of all
income and expenditure of the club.


              GATE RECIEPTS

        (Fee for tickets)

                TRANSFERS

    (Pay per sale / purchase of players)

              PLAYERS WAGES

            (Salary players)

               STAFF WAGES

           (Staff salaries)

             TRAVEL AND HOTEL

    (Costs of travel and accommodation)

He came to work for such a famous and talented manager as you 
are. 


                APPENDIX


            GLOSSARY OF EXPERTS


   Characteristics of each player consists of five separate, 
independent of each other utterances. For convenience,

Use vocabulary and phrases are divided into
five groups. The first sentence of the expert should be sought 
in the first group, second in the second and etc. To 
characterize the goalies all the phrases pertaining to them are 
highlighted in a separate section, also consisting of five 
groups. 


   The attentive reader will note
the fact that the vast majority of statements of experts about 
the players have a positive tone. Nobody berates and 
denigrates. This is probably something there, but still you 
need to somehow be able to separate the individual nuances of 
these statements. Dare yourself, it requires only experience.


1. GOALKEEPER


                    A

GOOD HANDLING (well-drawn with a ball).
NOT MACH GETS AWAY FROM HIM (by him and
fly is not fly).
COMFORTABLE ON THE BALL (quietly operates with a ball).
THE SAFEST PAIR OF HANDS IN THE GAME (this is
safe pair of hands).



                    B

GETS RID OF THE BALL WELL (well knocks the ball into the box).
GOOD AT CLEARING HIS LINES (good for the exits).
OK ON CLEARANCES (not bad picks up the ball).
ACCURATE WITH HIS KICKING (just knocks
ball).


                    C

QUICK TO REACT (rapid response).
SUPERB REFLEXES (excellent response).
VERY ALERT (always on the lookout).
MOVES WELL (good move).


                    D

AWARE OF SITUATIONS (well feels the situation).
UBCANNY POSITION SENCE (an incredible sense of position).

OCCASIONALY GETS CAUGHT IN TWO MINDS (sometimes takes the ball 
intuitively). READS THE GAME SUPERBLY (excellent sense of the 
game). 

                    E

HE COULD BE A SNIP (perhaps this is
"Banker").
HE WON'T COME CHEAP (this guy is not cheap
take).
WORTH LOOKING AT BOSS (Boss, to him is
look).

2. Fielder


                    A

DOESEN'T DWELL ON THE BALL (do not hesitate to
ball).
LOOKS COMFORTABLE ON THE BALL (the first
view, quietly operating with the ball).
NICE CONTROL (good control of the ball).
VERY GOOD CONTROL AROUND THE BOX (excellent
control of the ball anywhere on the field).
DOESN'T FLAP UNDER PRESSURE (perfectly valid in a difficult 
situation). IMPRESSIVELY COOL ON THE BALL (calmly in handling 
the ball). SUPERB BALANCE AND CONTROL (excellent

maintains and controls the ball).
NOT AFRAID TO TAKE ON OPPONNENTS (bold
goes to a tight game).


                    B

NOT FAIST HEARTED (bold player).
COMPETITEVE (hard).
HUSTERS DEFENDERS WELL (well encircles the defenders).
HE'S DETERMINED IN THE TACKLE (positive in
bouts).
DISHES OUT A LOT OF STICK (repress opponents passes).
OPPONENTS HAVE A BATTLE WITH THIS LAD (this guy gives opponents 
a lot hassle).

GETS WELL AND TRULY STUCK IN (successful and
quickly connected to the attack).
CHALLENGES EVERYTHING IN THE BOX (can
everything on the field).


                    C

UNSELFISH (not perederzhivaet ball).
DISTRIBUTES THE BALL WELL (good distributes balls).
SPRAYS HIS PASSES WELL (doing good
transmission).
USES THE BALL WELL (good possession of the ball).
GREAT VISION - HIS PASSES ARE CLASS (excellent sees the field - 
his superb passing game). HIS PASSING IS PURE MAGIC (its 
transfer - just magic).

HIS PASSING IS REAL QUALITY (reliably plays in a pass).
SETS UP HIS FELLOW FORWARDS WELL (well
nourishes the balls line of attack).


                    D

THIS LAD'S HUNGARY FOR GOALS (sharply focused on the gate).
THIS LAD'S WILL SCORE A FEW (this guy
will clog small).
LOVES TO SHOOT GIVEN HALF A CHANCE (beats
whenever possible).
HIS FINISHING IS LETHAL (blow it "fatal").
HAS THE OCCASIONAL POT AT GOAL (scores
from time to time).
MIGHT SCORE A FEW (not often clogs).
ALWAYS LOOKING TO GET ON SCORE SHEET (he
eager to score).
NOT AFRAID TO SHOOT AT GOAL (beats from any of the provisions).


                    E

NICE TEMPERAMENT WORTH WATCHING (wonderful temperament, is 
behind it to watch). KEEP AN EYE ON THIS LAD BOSS (Boss, look 
at this guy). COULD BE THE BARGAIN YOUR LOOKING FOR

(Perhaps this is what you're looking for).


HIS GOALS WILL REPAY HIS FEE I'M SURE (I
sure, his goals, he will meet his
salary).
A REAL ASSET - NO DOUBT ABOUT IT (other than acquisition, there 
is no doubt). A NATURAL. QUICK. SHARP (gifted, fast, accurate 
player).