Brian Clough's Football Fortunes is a sports video game featuring English football player Brian Clough. It was released in 1987 for the Amiga,[1] Amstrad CPC,[2] Amstrad PCW,[3] Atari 8-bit computers,[4] Atari ST,[5] BBC Micro,[6] Commodore 16,[3] Plus/4,[7] Commodore 64,[8] MS-DOS,[3] Acorn Electron,[3] MSX,[9] and ZX Spectrum.[10]
| Brian Clough's Football Fortunes | |
|---|---|
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| Publisher(s) | CDS Micro Systems |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Acorn Electron, MSX, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1987 |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Reception
edit| Publication | Award |
|---|---|
| Your Sinclair | YS Megagame[11] |
Paul Rixon for Page 6 said: "C'mon CDS, you can do better than this. A great package but what about the program to go with it?"[12]
Your Commodore said: "Full marks must go to CDS software for their packaging of Brian Clough's Football Fortunes: the 'funny money', the cards, the board and the instructions all come together to make an excellent package – perhaps not family entertainment, but a great way to amuse your friends for an evening".[13]
Chris Holmes for Amiga Computing said: "It's simple, it under-uses the Amiga and it is great".[14]
Niels Reynolds for Apple User said: "The balance achieved is just right, making for a great family game – and no crowd trouble".[15]
Warren Lapworth for The Games Machine said: "A lot more of a board game than a computer one, Brian Clough's Football Fortunes will appeal to football fans and casual kick-about players alike".[16]
Terry Pratt for Sinclair User said: "It's not that this computer moderated game is a particularly dire example of the various footballing games going the rounds, but it's very expensive, irritatingly fiddly (with its cards and counters), impossibly to play on your own and definitely not championship material".[17]
Richard Bellis for Acorn User said: "Overall, Brian Clough's Football Fortunes is a game that is fun to play, with clear instructions, in a smart box. It leaves the fun bits to you and does the tedious bits itself".[18]
Computer Gamer said: "Even if you already own one of the many other simulations, this game has many differing challenges through its revolutionary presentation. A great game which could so easily have been unbeatable".[19]
Reviews
edit- Amstrad Accion (Spanish)[20]
- Aktueller Software Markt (German)[21]
- Your Sinclair #19
References
edit- ^ "Brian Clough's Football Fortunes". Lemon Amiga. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "brian clough's football fortunes © cds software ltd (1987)". www.cpc-power.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ a b c d "Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (1987)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Atari 400 800 XL XE Brian Clough's Football Fortunes : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms". www.atarimania.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Brian Clough's Football Fortunes - Atari ST game". Atari Legend. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Brian Clough's Football Fortunes". bbcmicro.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Brian Clough's Football Fortunes - Software Details - Plus/4 World". plus4world.powweb.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Brian Clough's Football Fortunes". Lemon64. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Brian Clough's Football Fortunes". Generation MSX.
- ^ "Brian Clough's Football Fortunes at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware". Spectrum Computing. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ Game review, Your Sinclair magazine, Dennis Publishing, issue 16, April 1987, page 51
- ^ "Page 6 - Issue 29 (1987-09)(ABACUS)(GB)". September 19, 1987 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Your_Commodore_Issue_38_Nov_87" – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Amiga Computing Magazine 005" – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Apple User (UK) Magazine May 1987 [NEW SCAN]". May 1, 1987 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "The Games Machine Issue 020" – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Sinclair User 060" – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "AcornUser058-May87/page/n141/mode/2up". May 19, 1987 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Computer Gamer - Issue 24 (1987-03) (Argus Press) (GB)". March 6, 1987 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Amstrad Accion Issue 08" – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Aktueller Software Markt - Ausgabe 1987/04" – via Internet Archive.