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                     Original version by Kevin Toms
                       2001 Rewrite by Paul Robson

Hi, and welcome to my remake of Kevin Toms' Sinclair Spectrum Classic.

I know it's a bit silly, but I enjoyed it, it's easy and fun to play,
and you still shout at the little stick men even now :) There aren't
reams of statistics, and it doesn't take hours to play a season.

At least it isn't as silly as the Lawnmower Simulator remake.

This isn't just a rewrite ; it's a mimic. The code is a translation of
Kevin's original. If you want to know how it works, there's a commented
reverse engineered BASIC file, together with the program used to reverse
engineer it ... and you can figure out how to cheat.

If you know how to play the game, you'll know how to play this. The differences
are in the save and load (there are 9 save slots) and a few small interface
issues. The highlights are slightly improved (but not very much). The gameplay
is the same. The menus have been slightly expanded, there's a fixture list
now and things like that. But not a lot.....

There are three files ; the executable, the font file, Font.Bin and the
game file Game.Dat. You can extend Kevin's game to have more than 4
leagues (up to 6,or fewer), and up to 24 teams (max) in each league.
You can also specify up to 32 players. The supplied game file is from
the original ; so Luton are in the first division, and teams like
Newport County and Doncaster are still there, and the players are now
mostly managers, or whatever.

There are two versions. One is for Borland Turbo C v2.01, which is free.
The other is for DJGPP GNU C, which is also free. Note: the save file
formats are not interchangeable.

This game is written in C and is freeware. It is easily ported to any
screen which can support the resolution required (needless to say 256x192),
so Linux et al should be no problem.

Have fun !

      Paul Robson  EMail:autismuk@aol.com             December 2001.

