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kevintoms.bsky.social
Watch me play Football Star Manager on video, AND get a 20% discount, just this week!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3707550/Kevin_Toms_Football_Star_Manager/

#KevinToms #FootballStarManager #SteamGames #FootballGames
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The upgrade to the original "Beeb" 🙂
Did you ever get a chance to use the BBC Master?

#KevinToms #FootballManager #BBCMaster #BBCMicro #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
1982 was a transformative year. Sales moved from mail order only to chain stores

👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #epl
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The Steam version is 20% discounted, only this week, and it’s the only version with leaderboards, cloud saves and there is a play through video done by me.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3707550/Kevin_Toms_Football_Star_Manager/

#KevinToms #FootballStarManager #SteamGames #FootballGames
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
At the first show I went to I sold over 1,000 GBP worth of games. I laid it out on the hotel bed my girlfriend barely noticed :)

👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
If you are wondering whether I play Football Star Manager, and whether I enjoy it, I do, and I get involved. There is a play through video of me playing, now, on the Steam page. And a 20% discount! :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3707550/Kevin_Toms_Football_Star_Manager/
Save 20% on Kevin Toms Football Star Manager on Steam
The original retro-­styled football management game remade and re-released in 2025. It's a faithful recreation of the original groundbreaking 1982 Football Manager, the title that launched the football-management genre!
store.steampowered.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The ZX Microfairs were the first shows we went to to sell our games
👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #pl #epl
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
When I took 92 games packages to the post office counter in 1 day, the postmaster told me they would collect from my apartment instead of me bringing so many to the post office 😅

https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Most people with Commodore computers experienced Football Manager on the C64, but there was another version made for the C16 and Plus 4! 🙂

#KevinToms #FootballManager #CommodorePlus4 #C16 #C64 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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@kevintoms.bsky.social: «Για χρόνια δεν είχα καταλάβει τι αντίκτυπο είχε το παιχνίδι»
#CEMedia #FootballStarManager #press
open.substack.com/pub/sportsvi...
Kevin Toms: «Για χρόνια δεν είχα καταλάβει τι αντίκτυπο είχε το παιχνίδι»
H ιστορία πίσω από το πρώτο Football Manager
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
I was working as a computer programmer at the Open University when I launched Addictive Games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #englishfootball #premierleague
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
If the ZX81 had not been part of the launch, Addictive Games would have failed in 3 months 😱

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #ZX81 #ZXSpectum #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
It was worth every penny! 😉

#KevinToms #FootballManager #VideoGenie #TRS80 #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
December 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
I made the tapes myself at first

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The first packaging was simple

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
A revolutionary machine, the 32-bit Acorn Archimedes was one of the best computers of the late 80's performance-wise 🙂

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AcornArchimedes #AcornComputers #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The first Football Manager, on ZX81 and Video Genie/ TRS80, was written is this Milton Keynes top floor flat

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Wembley was one of the inspirations for the game

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
On this day 44 years ago, Acorn Computers released the BBC Micro!

#KevinToms #FootballManager #BBCMicro #AcornComputers #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #RetroComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro #AcornAtom #ZXSpectrum #C64 #Commodore64 #OnThisDay
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
It was a boardgame first created on the inside of cereal boxes

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
A beautiful Oric Atmos set - with a French manual, no less! 🇬🇧🤝🇫🇷

#KevinToms #FootballManager #Oric #OricAtmos #Microtan #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Sometimes people ask why in my game morale has such a significant impact. I always think it is realistic. When you lose a few games morale drops and it is hard to turn it around. Like Liverpool!
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y2w443dl9o

#KevinToms #FootballManager #Liverpool
Liverpool: Champions League humiliation by PSV piles pressure on Arne Slot
Where does another humiliating defeat for Liverpool, making it their worst run for 71 years, leave the club and manager Arne Slot?
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
After more than 40 years, it's still baffling to see how deeply the original Football Manager affected the world of video games 🙂
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/aug/16/the-making-of-the-original-football-manager-kevin-toms

#KevinToms #FootballManager #TheTelegraph #Telegraph #Interview
‘I didn’t realise the game’s impact for years’: the making of the original Football Manager
When Kevin Toms created the first footie tactics simulation in the early days of the gaming industry, it became a phenomenon – and a source of cherished memories
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
There's a new podcast in town 😎
Stay tuned for new updates and previews of our first episode!

#KevinToms #FootballManager #podcast #podcastinterview #newpodcast #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Three games, one creator 😉
How many of you got to play all three?

#KevinToms #FootballManager #SoftwareStar #President #FootballGame #SportsGame #FootballSim #SoccerGame #ClassicGame #RetroGame #AddictiveGames
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM