<s>
Ultimate	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
USM	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
association	O
football	O
management	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Impressions	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Sierra	O
from	O
1995	O
to	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
all	O
three	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
always	O
kept	O
the	O
same	O
visual	O
style	O
:	O
the	O
main	O
screen	O
is	O
a	O
bird	O
's	O
eye	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
stadium	O
facility	O
(	O
where	O
clicking	O
on	O
the	O
grass	O
brings	O
the	O
squad	O
selection	O
screen	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
stands	O
for	O
the	O
stadium	O
builder	O
)	O
and	O
all	O
screens	O
are	O
presented	O
like	O
the	O
player	O
was	O
inside	O
an	O
office	O
(	O
TCM	B-Application
2004	I-Application
used	O
a	O
similar	O
interface	O
option	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
similar	O
in	O
name	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
no	O
relations	O
with	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
83%	O
from	O
Amiga	B-Device
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Format	O
magazine	O
gave	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
85%	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
silver	O
award	O
,	O
"	O
claiming	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
user-friendly	O
and	O
original	O
"	O
and	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
"	O
best	O
[	O
football	O
management ]	O
game	O
yet	O
,	O
"	O
while	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
also	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
85%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
a	O
data	O
disk	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
covering	O
the	O
1995-1996	O
season	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
USM	O
2	O
ran	O
in	O
protected	B-Application
mode	I-Application
,	O
featured	O
a	O
more	O
polished	O
interface	O
(	O
plus	O
teams	O
and	O
players	O
of	O
the	O
1996-1997	O
season	O
and	O
also	O
the	O
French	O
and	O
German	O
leagues	O
(	O
although	O
in	O
the	O
latter	O
the	O
final	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
players	O
had	O
a	O
letter	O
swapped	O
to	O
avoid	O
legal	O
problems	O
regarding	O
licensing	O
)	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
accessed	O
with	O
different	O
executables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
and	O
included	O
teams	O
,	O
players	O
and	O
statistics	O
from	O
the	O
1997-1998	O
season	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	O
file	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
from	O
the	O
Facebook	O
group	O
titled	O
'	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
Update	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
it	O
runs	O
smoothly	O
on	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
,	O
so	O
you	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
free	O
software	O
like	O
Microsoft	O
Virtual	O
Machine	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
on	O
Windows	O
XP	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
