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Football Manager 2008

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Football Manager 2008
Football Manager 2008 cover
Developers
Sports Interactive
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows October 19, 2007
macOS (OS X) October 19, 2007
Reception
Metacritic 86
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives Text-based, Bird's-eye view
Controls Menu-based
Genres Sports, Strategy, Business
Sports Football (Soccer)
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Football Manager
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Football Manager 2008 guide on StrategyWiki
Football Manager 2008 on MobyGames
Football Manager 2008 on Wikipedia
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Football Manager 2024 2023

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Key points

Released in North America and Canada as Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Community Discussions (Futbol Manager 2008)
Steam Community Discussions (Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008)
Official forums
FM Base - Fan Site
FM Scout - Fan Site

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Futbol Manager 2008.
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008.
Windows
This game is no longer available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch #2 are the latest patch available.
SecuROM patch needed to run under Win10 or newer; see Issues fixed.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10480/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10480/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
No music present.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
French
Portuguese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
Versus
LAN play
Versus
Online play
Versus
Asynchronous multiplayer

Issues fixed

SecuROM patch for Windows 10

SecuROM is blocked on Windows 10 and later, and prevents the game from booting.
Use paokkerkir's unofficial 8.0.2 patch for Windows 10[1]
  1. Download the unofficial FM 2008 Win10 patch.
  2. Run the executable, and point to the installation folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 750 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 8.1 compatible
Other 4x CD-ROM Drive
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.3.9, 10.4.4
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G4 1.2 GHz (PowerMac/PowerBook)
Intel Core Duo 1.8 GHz (Mac Pro/MacBook)
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 750 MB
Other 4x CD-ROM Drive


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/10480/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (10480) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. FM 2005/2006/2007/2008 Windows 10 fix - last accessed on May 2023