Success or Failure v2.0 The year is 2040 and twenty-one of the biggest football clubs in Europe have been excluded from all national and international tournaments, due to extensive fraud. These clubs then agreed on playing each other in weekly show matches while fighting the exclusion in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Five years on, and still no luck in the courts... It's your job to manage one of these clubs with as much success as possible, as even though these are only show matches, a lot of honour and club pride is on the line. While doing this you might try to beat the highscore of a certain M. Bruhn, who has been the most successful manager so far, scoring a massive 1,000 points in his career at Hamburg SV, before retiring a few years ago. -------- LOADING: -------- - 48K Just type LOAD"" and start loading. When the instructions have loaded, stop the tape. There isn't much extra information in the loaded instructions if you've already read   these instructions. Press L to Load the game. You'll be asked if you want to load a saved game by pressing (Y)es or (N)o. Follow instructions on screen. - 128K Unfortunately the game can't be loaded from the start on a 128K machine, so you need to skip loading until the last program 'S.O.F.GAME', and load from there. You save the game in the   normal way, but you'll just need to load the saved file on its own when you want to continue a game. Be aware that when playing it on a 128K machine, that you don't get the "lovely" fonts. On the start up screen you can edit the 20 other teams that your team is competing against. If the team you would like to manage is on that list, you should edit it to another team, as on the next screen you'll be asked to input the team you want to manage. ---------- MAIN MENU: ---------- Here you can see how much money you have in both your main account, and your gambling account. You can also follow how much credit you have still got from the directors. Besides that you can see your score, but be aware that this is not your final score, but it's a good idea to try and raise it as high as possible, as it goes up and down depending on how well you are doing. - SQUAD: Here you can see your squad and formation. You can also change player's positions, edit their names, or sell players. You can only sell a player when you have more than 13 players, and          you only have two chances each round to get a deal done. - TRANSFER: Here you'll find the transfer market, where you can buy players.     PRICES: 1 - £  5,000 - £ 15,000             2 - £ 10,000 - £ 25,000             3 - £ 35,000 - £ 65,000             4 - £ 90,000 - £130,000             5 - £150,000 - £220,000             6 - £250,000 - £350,000             7 - £350,000 - £500,000             8 - £500,000 - £650,000             9 - £650,000 - £850,000 - GAMBLE: Here you can gamble on the score outcome of the next match. You can gamble on a max. of 3 results for an amount of max. £1000 each. The max. number of goals you can bet your team and   the opposition score is 9. If you only want to make one or two bets, then you must use the 666 command. More about that in the '666 COMMAND' section further down in the instruction. I suggest   you also read the 'GAMBLING ACCOUNT' section later on. - NEXT MATCH: Here you'll see the stats of your next opponent, and it's also from here you can start the next match. Once you decide to play the match, you'll be asked if you want to gamble   on the result of the match. You'll be presented with some odds if you win, lose or get a draw. The amount of your bet is fixed at £1,000. Once again I suggest you read the section later on about   your 'GAMBLING ACCOUNT'. - BANK: In the bank you can take a loan. The max. amount you can loan is £80,000, at an interest rate of 11%, which must be paid back within 40 weeks. You can only take up one loan at a time, so   think carefully how much you need to loan, and there is a £2,000 fee every time you take a loan. If you want to repay your loan, you must repay the entire sum you still owe the bank. You also   need to visit the bank when you want to transfer some money from your gambling account to your main bank account. Again I suggest reading the 'GAMBLING ACCOUNT' section below.   - OPTIONS: - CREDITS:    Here you can buy or sell your credits. Might be useful when the director's confidence in you is getting low, as they might decide to sack you. - STATISTICS: Here you can check your statistics against the other teams from the day you started as manager of your club. - FIXTURES:   Fixture list of the running season filled in with the results of the games already played. - GOALS/INJ:  Here you can see how many goals your players have scored so far in the running season, or how many times your goalkeeper(s) was passed. You can also check how many weeks                       you'll have to wait for your injured player(s) to return to training. - EMPLOYEES:  Here you can hire a coach, and / or a youth team if you like. While pressing '1' on this page you'll save your game, for later continuation. ----------------- GAMBLING ACCOUNT: -----------------   This is an extra account you have, which you use to make all your gambles/bets. You can at any time transfer money from your gambling account to your bank account, but not the other way around.   So watch out that you don't run out of money on your gambling account. You can only make one transfer each week, and it's only the first £5,000 that is tax free, the rest is taxed at 33%. ------------ 666 COMMAND: ------------ You can use this command in two places in the game by simply typing '666', then ENTER. It can be used in these spots: - MATCH:      If you make a substitution during the match, and you change your mind, and don't want to make the sub anyway, type '666' when it asks for 'PLAYER IN'. - GAMBLING:   When you gamble on the final score of a match, and you only want to make one or two bets, then just type '666' when it asks for 'YOUR SCORE'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This game was programmed in 1993 (v1.0), and modified in 2020 (v2.0) (C) 2020 Danish Gold / Michael Bruhn If you find any bugs, or have anything else you want to share about the game, maybe suggestions how to improve it, please write to me at frankiex@webspeed.dk, naming the mail SOF