Premier Manager | |
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Genre(s) | Sport |
Developer(s) | Dinamic Multimedia, Realms of Fantasy, Runecraft, Urbanscan Limited, Zoo Digital Publishing |
Publisher(s) | Focus Entertainment, Gremlin Interactive, Zoo Digital Publishing |
Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Game Boy Advance , Mega Drive, Windows, Nintendo 64 PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 |
First release | Premier Manager 1992 |
Latest release | Premier Manager 2012 (PC) 2012 |
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