9 PC Games That Will Make You Nostalgic For The 90s
6. Ultimate Soccer Manager 2
USM 2 is a game truly stuck in the 90s, packed with pre-rendered graphics and a match engine that makes you understand why the Champ/Football Man series waited for so long before creating one of its own. Interactions in USM 2 consisted of clicking various buildings around the stadium, taking you to pre-rendered rooms where you then had to click various objects to get the info you wanted; so to look at league tables, top scorers and so on, you had to click the TV in the manager's room, then using teletext - yes, teletext - to look them up. Is there anything more definitively 90s than that? Clearly looking to pounce on the PC building sim boom, USM 2 also put you in charge of developing your team's stadium and surrounding area, making you an manager/Abramovich-style supreme ruler figure. To round it all off, USM 2 featured a euphorically dance-influenced soundtrack to bob along to, with characters like your chairman and accountant consisting of creepy photos pasted into the pre-rendered backgrounds in a futile attempt at realism.
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