Today, I am posting two great Dos games for everyone to add to their collection. The first is Ultimate Soccer Manager 2 which is a great sport/management sim game with excellent graphics and sound for a dos game. The next is Conan The Cimmerian. Conan is an Action/Adventure RPG set in the Conan world. The graphics and sound on this game are both outstanding for their time as well.
Ultimate Soccer Manager 2
Ultimate Soccer Manager 2 is a management sim before it is a football sim. As the manager of the football club of your choice in any of the leagues in England, France or Germany you control who gets hired, fired, sold, how much the soda cost, which stands need improving and scores of other things. The most important assets for the club are, of course, the players. In Ultimate Soccer Manager 2 these are the actual players of the clubs at the time of making. This is in contrast to the first version of this game which had fantasy names because of a lack of licence which would allow them to use the real names of players. The players themselves have various stats that determine how good they are at performing various functions on the field. The most important of these are tackling, passing and shooting. These determine whether a player is a defensive player, a midfielder or a striker respectively. Other attributes are for instance pace which determines how fast a player can run and fitness which, if lower then the maximum 100 means a player is injured and should be rested.
As Manager you decide who will play in which position and what kind of tactics your team will use. This portion of the game can be as simple as choosing a 4-4-2 set up and putting your best players in defence midfield and striking positions and executing the match and can be as involved as making your own set pieces and free kicks. Once you start a match you have the option of giving each individual player commands like up field more or fall back more but again you don’t need to in order to finish a match with a win. The match itself is played out in semi 3D style with players running up and down the pitch passing the ball. Although it all looks nice the match does feel unreal. Scores are never more the three goals apart even when you put Manchester United against the weakest team of the conference.
You are allowed to bet on matches and it can be an easy way to pick up a few quid. You can even bet against your own team and then throw the match but you do not earn any more money that way and it does mean you lose valuable points in the race to the championship so there is little point in doing so. In the games I played I never once had money problems. Selling players is an easy way to get more money and if you bet on every match you are sure you can win you can earn more then 15 million in betting alone in a year.
Note: There are three executables that you can use to play this game; USM2e, USM2f, and USM2g. These three files are all different. E is for english teams, F is for French, and G is for German. THE GAME DOES NOT TRANSLATE TO THE RESPECTIVE LANGUAGE THOUGH, JUST TEAMS. If you start a career with a team from the E league, you will have to load the usm2e file to access your saved game.
Download:
http://abandonia.com/en/games/278/Ultimate+Soccer+Manager+2.html
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Conan The Cimmerian
The Legend of Conan starts in his village, a peaceful one, until armies of Toth Amon came brining destruction (for those who don't know yet, he was taken to be a slave until he became a warrior, but that is another story, not exactly used in the game). Conan is the only survivor and he roamed the land until he reached the gates of Shadizar. This is where his adventure begins. Conan must become stronger, build his reputation as a warrior and find allies to lead the war against his sworn enemy Toth Amon. Besides dealing with many foes, this also means that Conan will have to accomplish certain tasks. This will lead him to new locations and new dangers. On the other hand, there is a lot to explore (mostly in Shadizar) that may lead him to new treasures and items (and foes). Although you don't really need to bug around with every room and location, still some exploration may come handy. So, either you like to just follow the main quest or to put your nose wherever you can, you will be satisfied.
The game is played in the top-down view when you're on open and in the side view when in a duel or inside. Conan can improve his abilities by accomplishing the tasks, improve his fighting skills by training (that costs money), find, buy or sell various items etc. As for the skills, there are three different types of attack: swing, thrust and chop (Conan knows only the "swing" in the beginning), each can be improved by more expensive training, but you'll use thrust all the time (still, learn other attacks too, you'll need them). As for the buying and selling, Shadizar has many shops that trade various sorts of items (blacksmith, locksmith, usual goods...). You can find items on various locations, including the private houses in Shadizar, although that's called stealing. Well, Conan was a thief when he was young, so nothing stops you from stealing until you become the mighty warrior who finds dangers and adventures to be much more challenging and profitable.
At the stat you'll need to find The Dead Dog Inn to meet with some interesting people, but you have an entire city to explore if you like. You can steal money, jewels and other items which can be sold. Use the money to buy better weapon, equipment and to train. No matter if you buy or sell, you can bargain (very nice and interesting), but don't think that traders of Shadizar give their money so easily. You can buy and find keys to gain access to some locked houses and much more important locations as well. Conan's inventory is not unlimited, so if you want to search the underground of Shadizar for treasuries, do it before going into tasks you've been given away from Shadizar, for which you'll need a lot of equipment. However, the tasks will require you to be cunning, not just to use a simple force. The only thing that Conan is afraid of is magic and that's because he's smart. He used to say: "What good is the sword against magic?" There is magic in this quest, strength is not enough to beat it.
Conan, fearless warrior, will have a lot of duels, but will also have lot of adventuring in this game. Vengeance, battles, spells, cities, castles, warriors of good, warriors of evil, thieves, monks, workers, common people, strange creatures, horrible creatures, many interesting places and unpredicted situations - everything is here. Well, there is no new love for Conan, except for the one that makes him want his revenge (unlike the movie and this game, he once said: "There are a thousands of women in this world and neither one is worth dying for"). Conan will have to be both strong and smart, brave and cunning, fearless and wise, unbreakable and flexible, devastating and merciful, quick and patient... And, eventually, he will get his revenge.
Download:
http://abandonia.com/en/games/1026/Conan+-+The+Cimmerian.html
