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Released: 14/11/2008

Platforms: windows

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Developed over three years with support from SEGA's Sports R&D Division, the 3D Match Engine was the headline addition to Football Manager 2009, revolutionising the way managers saw their team in action. After years of text commentary or watching 2D circles, seeing your motion-captured players take to the field for real was a special moment.

Naturally FM09 made as much hay as it could from this new feature, including a special TV View that let you watch matches in full-screen with custom widgets docked to the image showing you information on player performance, action zones, pitch radar and scores from other matches. The addition of widescreen support for the first time in FM (remember when everything was 4:3?) added to the sense of new horizons.

All this focus on the 3D Match Engine didn't stop us getting stuck into other areas. Your Assistant Manager would now pop up before and during games to help you judge performance, player motivation levels and tactical efficiency. Away from the pitch, press conferences let you fire up the mind games more than ever, while you could dig further into the board's confidence levels too, learning their take on squad harmony and club stature.

With PC and Macintosh managers dancing down the touchline at the inclusion of the new 3D Match Engine, PlayStation Portable owners might easily have felt left out. But they needn't have worried. After years of retro text commentary, PSP sheepskin-wearers were finally able to enjoy a full 2D Match Engine experience in Football Manager Handheld 2009.

Released day-and-date with the home computer versions for the first time, FM09 Handheld's principal innovation was the match engine, which brought football to life in a way previous instalments could not. Finally, you could see your charges dot around the pitch (literally, as they were little dots), occupy the space you highlighted on the whiteboard and dart into the channels you moaned at them about in training.

In addition to this, FM09 Handheld introduced the ability to play up to four top-tier divisions at the same time, allowing you to move around the continent just as you could on PC and Mac. We also included new light and dark skins to help your eyes cope with the strain of watching all those well-worked goals fly in (hopefully for your team).

With PC and Macintosh managers dancing down the touchline at the inclusion of the new 3D Match Engine, PlayStation Portable owners might easily have felt left out. But they needn't have worried. After years of retro text commentary, PSP sheepskin-wearers were finally able to enjoy a full 2D Match Engine experience in Football Manager Handheld 2009.

Released day-and-date with the home computer versions for the first time, FM09 Handheld's principal innovation was the match engine, which brought football to life in a way previous instalments could not. Finally, you could see your charges dot around the pitch (literally, as they were little dots), occupy the space you highlighted on the whiteboard and dart into the channels you moaned at them about in training.

In addition to this, FM09 Handheld introduced the ability to play up to four top-tier divisions at the same time, allowing you to move around the continent just as you could on PC and Mac. We also included new light and dark skins to help your eyes cope with the strain of watching all those well-worked goals fly in (hopefully for your team).