<s>
Football	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Football	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
versions	O
with	O
animated	O
graphics	O
highlights	O
,	O
attempts	O
on	O
goal	O
are	O
shown	O
in	O
isometric	B-Application
3D	I-Application
at	O
either	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
pitch	O
with	O
a	O
scoreboard	O
showing	O
the	O
current	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kevin	O
Toms	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
text-only	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
Video	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
,	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
Tandy	B-Device
TRS-80	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
converted	O
to	O
the	O
Sinclair	B-Operating_System
ZX80	I-Operating_System
and	O
ZX81	O
,	O
and	O
Toms	O
created	O
the	O
software	O
label	O
Addictive	O
Games	O
to	O
launch	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
with	O
added	O
animated	O
graphics	O
showing	O
match	O
highlights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
and	O
DOS	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
kept	O
or	O
improved	O
all	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
match	O
highlights	O
graphics	O
,	O
all	O
others	O
(	O
including	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
Commodore	B-Operating_System
16	I-Operating_System
and	O
Plus/4	B-Operating_System
were	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
text	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Football	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
hit	O
,	O
selling	O
500,000	O
copies	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
six	O
years	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
nominated	O
in	O
the	O
1983	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
for	O
best	O
strategy	O
game	O
,	O
eventually	O
coming	O
second	O
to	O
the	O
Melbourne	O
House	O
adventure	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Hobbit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1991	O
,	O
when	O
reviewing	O
the	O
£2.99	O
budget	O
release	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
awarded	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
only	O
19%	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
"	O
out-featured	O
by	O
practically	O
every	O
other	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
"	O
but	O
was	O
"	O
still	O
massively	O
addictive	O
"	O
and	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
classic	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
legends	O
of	O
computer	O
gaming	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
voted	O
the	O
26th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
in	O
a	O
special	O
issue	O
of	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
magazine	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
Toms	O
began	O
rewriting	O
the	O
original	O
1982	O
Football	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
game	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
after	O
pitching	O
the	O
idea	O
to	O
his	O
followers	O
,	O
drawing	O
on	O
his	O
work	O
experience	O
of	O
business	O
app	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
game	O
,	O
Football	O
Star*	O
Manager	O
(	O
KTFSM	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2016	O
to	O
an	O
overwhelmingly	O
positive	O
response	O
from	O
buyers	O
–	O
many	O
of	O
them	O
former	O
players	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Football	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
as	O
near	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Football	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
as	O
you	O
can	O
get	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
Kevin	O
launched	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
to	O
fund	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
his	O
Football	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
game	O
,	O
Football	O
New	O
Manager	O
,	O
to	O
mark	O
the	O
40th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
