Originally Posted by
NeverFeltBetter
I remember as a kid when 00/01 and 01/02 first came out, Ireland actually had a hell of team with the right scouting and tactics. The two Keane's, Duff, Given of course, but also Stephen McPhail, Derek Toibin, Martin Rowlands, Alan Quinn, were all way better than they were/would turn out to be in real life. I got to a world cup semi with them once (and a World Cup final with some save scumming...).
I used to play 01/02 with the Champman updates all the time. It was fun, but very open to manipulation, you could sign Messi for 25 million if he was in a slightly sour mood with Barca. I recall that the LOI First Divison had to have 12 teams because of the coding or whatever, so you had Tralee Dynamos and Dublin City in there. Oh, and with Limerick playing at Thomond, you basically had to get into Europe or else go bankrupt after one season.
The game generally used to always drive me bonkers with the long shot goals and the way you could get completely ****ed over by the in-match performance system effect on goalies. The kind of thing I would pick up again for nostalgia's sake, play religiously for a month, get very frustrated with, abandon for years, repeat.