Tactical Manager
{{Short description|1994 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Tactical Manager coverart.jpg
| caption = Cover art featuring Giovanni Trapattoni
| developer = Talking Birds Ltd
| publisher = Black Legend Software
| series =
| designer = Camy Maertens
| released = 1994
| genre = Sports simulation
| modes = Single-player, Multi-player
| platforms = Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
}}
Tactical Manager is a football management simulator video game for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS platforms. It was developed by Camy Maertens of the then-defunct Essex-based UK developer Talking Birds{{cite web |title=Talking Bird Ltd's Contact page |url=http://www.talking-birds.co.uk/ |website=Talking Birds Ltd's official website |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211111353/http://www.talking-birds.co.uk/ |archive-date=11 February 2005 |url-status=dead}} and published by Black Legend Software in 1994.
Gameplay
Tactical Manager is a football management simulator that allows one to 46 players to play simultaneously. There are no set goals, but the aim is to manage a football team to be as successful as possible. To achieve this the player can pick the team, set tactics and buy and sell players.{{citation | title=Tactical Manager manual | publisher=Black Legend | author=Black Legend |date=1994}}
Reception
Tactical Manager received mixed reviews. CU Amiga magazine rated the game 87%, calling it "Extremely involving", while Amiga User International magazine rated it 45% and said that the game looks dated when compared to other management games available. Later on a new game called Tactical Manager 2 was released.{{cite journal | title=Tactical Manager review | publisher=EMAP | journal=CU Amiga | author=Dillon, Tony | date=June 1994}}{{cite journal | title=Tactical Manager review | publisher=AUI Ltd. | journal=Amiga User International | date=October 1994}}