Championship Manager 4
Encyclopedia
Championship Manager 4 is a football management game in the Championship Manager series
. It was the penultimate game in the series to be developed by Sports Interactive
before they and publishers Eidos
decided to go their separate ways. The game was released for the PC
in March of 2003 and then on the Mac on April 11, 2003. It was hugely anticipated by fans of the series, mainly due to the inclusion of a graphical 2D
match-engine for the first time in a CM game, and upon its release it became the fastest selling PC game of all time in the UK
.
Serbia & Montenegro
Championship Manager series
The Championship Manager series is a series of British football-management simulation computer games, the first of which was released in 1992.The Championship Manager brand and game was conceived by two brothers: Paul and Oliver Collyer...
. It was the penultimate game in the series to be developed by Sports Interactive
Sports Interactive
Sports Interactive Limited is a computer games development company currently based in Old Street, Central London and owned by the Japanese software and video game company Sega. It is the developer of the popular games Football Manager, NHL Eastside Hockey Manager and Championship Manager Quiz, and...
before they and publishers Eidos
Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive Ltd. is a British video game publisher and is a label of Square Enix Europe. As an independent company Eidos plc was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton....
decided to go their separate ways. The game was released for the PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
in March of 2003 and then on the Mac on April 11, 2003. It was hugely anticipated by fans of the series, mainly due to the inclusion of a graphical 2D
2D computer graphics
2D computer graphics is the computer-based generation of digital images—mostly from two-dimensional models and by techniques specific to them...
match-engine for the first time in a CM game, and upon its release it became the fastest selling PC game of all time in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Playable leagues
As usual, Sports Interactive increased the amount of playable leagues - this time including a total of 39 leagues with 88 divisions. Below is the full list of playable leagues in Championship Manager 4 (countries in bold are included for the first time in a CM game):Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- England
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Holland
- Ireland (Éire)
- Israel
- Italy
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
Serbia & Montenegro
- Scotland
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Wales
Rest of the world
- Argentina
- Australia
- Brazil
- China
- Colombia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Japan
- Mexico
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- United States
See also
- Championship Manager seriesChampionship Manager seriesThe Championship Manager series is a series of British football-management simulation computer games, the first of which was released in 1992.The Championship Manager brand and game was conceived by two brothers: Paul and Oliver Collyer...
- Football ManagerFootball ManagerFootball Manager is a series of football management simulation games developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game began its life in 1992 as Championship Manager; however, following the break-up of their partnership with original publishers Eidos Interactive, Sports Interactive...