Tracksuit Manager is a computer game

Personal computer game

A PC game, also known as a computer game, is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine...

 that takes the conventional Football Manager game style from the 1980s in a various number of methods.

Summary

The Amiga magazine Advanced Computer Entertainment

ACE (games magazine)

ACE was a multi-format computer and video game magazine first published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing and later acquired by EMAP.-History:...

gives this game an official rating of 606 out of 1000 (60.6%) in its April 1989 issue. While ₤9.95 was the full manufacturer's price for the game (₤ in today's money), it could be bought from budget

Budget

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 retailers for only ₤2.99 (₤ in today's money).

The player controls an international soccer team who has failed to perform adequately in the 1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...

 and must qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

 through the 1988 European Championships. Instead of a transfer market

Transfer market

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, the player is given a choice between 100 eligible soccer plays and must choose from 22 of them. The matches are presented in the running commentary

Sports commentator

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 style of sports announcing with a small graphic depicting where the ball is. Players must qualify for the 1988 UEFA European Football Championships in West Germany

West Germany

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 and must win the championship once they are qualified for it.

All the famous soccer players like Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton

Peter Leslie Shilton OBE is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps....

 and Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...

are included in this game.