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Formula 1 series

F1 Manager

Manage your team through the 1996 championship and beyond. Choose to go for glory right away or build your team and keep it at the top for the next decade. With full management control of engineers, contracts…

31 December 1996

F1 Manager is a racing developed by Software 2000, released 31 December 1996 on DOS.

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What F1 Manager is

F1 Manager is a racing game developed by Software 2000 and released in 1996. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Manage your team through the 1996 championship and beyond. Choose to go for glory right away or build your team and keep it at the top for the next decade. With full management control of engineers, contracts, sponsors, training, negotiations, drivers, merchandising, design, development, testing and race weekends it is up to you to get your team to the top!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Formula 1 series

F1 Manager is the 55th of 123 entries we hold in the Formula 1 series. The next entry was F-1 Grand Prix 1996: Team Unei Simulation in 1997.

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What it launched against

F1 Manager launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.

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When did F1 Manager come out?
F1 Manager was released on 31 December 1996 for DOS.

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