BARGAIN BASEMENT

It's time to tiptoe down those creaky old stairs again. JONATHAN DAVIES leads the way...

Cult Games
£2.99
Reviewer: Jonathan Davies

Oh no! It can't be! It is! I hate them! I really, really do! Where's Marcus? Why me? I know I'm not meant to say things like this, but they are all the same, aren't they? No, they are. These football management games, I mean. I've gone over this one with a fine toothcomb, laboriously comparing it with all the other ones, and I can honestly say that I can't spot anything that hasn't been done before.

For those still reading, Football Champions would seem to be a football league kind of thing, in which you've got to manage a team and get them to win both the League Trophy and the FA Cup. Fun, eh? It's quite nicely presented but runs a bit slowly (there's probably a fair amount of Basic lurking in there). And finally here are a few of the features' listed on the packaging - 'week counter', 'goal difference +-', 'handling', 'average gates', 'Home & Away' and 'change club'. Irresistible, huh?

So, if a footie management game's what you're after, I can't see anything desperately wrong with this one. The only real problem is that its name has just scrolled off the top of the screen, and I can't remember what it is! It just goes to show...