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kevintoms.bsky.social
Watch me play Football Star Manager on video, AND get a 20% discount, just this week!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3707550/Kevin_Toms_Football_Star_Manager/

#KevinToms #FootballStarManager #SteamGames #FootballGames
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The upgrade to the original "Beeb" 🙂
Did you ever get a chance to use the BBC Master?

#KevinToms #FootballManager #BBCMaster #BBCMicro #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
1982 was a transformative year. Sales moved from mail order only to chain stores

👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #epl
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The Steam version is 20% discounted, only this week, and it’s the only version with leaderboards, cloud saves and there is a play through video done by me.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3707550/Kevin_Toms_Football_Star_Manager/

#KevinToms #FootballStarManager #SteamGames #FootballGames
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
At the first show I went to I sold over 1,000 GBP worth of games. I laid it out on the hotel bed my girlfriend barely noticed :)

👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The ZX Microfairs were the first shows we went to to sell our games
👉 https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #englishfootball #pl #epl
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
When I took 92 games packages to the post office counter in 1 day, the postmaster told me they would collect from my apartment instead of me bringing so many to the post office 😅

https://getonsteam.kevintoms.games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Most people with Commodore computers experienced Football Manager on the C64, but there was another version made for the C16 and Plus 4! 🙂

#KevinToms #FootballManager #CommodorePlus4 #C16 #C64 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
I was working as a computer programmer at the Open University when I launched Addictive Games

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #englishfootball #premierleague
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
If the ZX81 had not been part of the launch, Addictive Games would have failed in 3 months 😱

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #ZX81 #ZXSpectum #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
It was worth every penny! 😉

#KevinToms #FootballManager #VideoGenie #TRS80 #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
December 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
I made the tapes myself at first

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The first packaging was simple

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
A revolutionary machine, the 32-bit Acorn Archimedes was one of the best computers of the late 80's performance-wise 🙂

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AcornArchimedes #AcornComputers #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
The first Football Manager, on ZX81 and Video Genie/ TRS80, was written is this Milton Keynes top floor flat

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Wembley was one of the inspirations for the game

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
On this day 44 years ago, Acorn Computers released the BBC Micro!

#KevinToms #FootballManager #BBCMicro #AcornComputers #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #RetroComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro #AcornAtom #ZXSpectrum #C64 #Commodore64 #OnThisDay
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
It was a boardgame first created on the inside of cereal boxes

#KevinToms #FootballManager #AdventCalendar #Advent2025 #FootballStarManager #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
A beautiful Oric Atmos set - with a French manual, no less! 🇬🇧🤝🇫🇷

#KevinToms #FootballManager #Oric #OricAtmos #Microtan #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
There's a new podcast in town 😎
Stay tuned for new updates and previews of our first episode!

#KevinToms #FootballManager #podcast #podcastinterview #newpodcast #retrogames #classicgames #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers #footballsim #footballgame #UKfootball #englishfootball #premierleague
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Three games, one creator 😉
How many of you got to play all three?

#KevinToms #FootballManager #SoftwareStar #President #FootballGame #SportsGame #FootballSim #SoccerGame #ClassicGame #RetroGame #AddictiveGames
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
A whopping 128K of memory! How many of you got this version of the ZX Spectrum?

#KevinToms #ZXSpectrum #SirCliveSinclair #RetroGames #HomeComputers #8bit #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro 
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
kevintoms.bsky.social
What shop always tells me I am back in the UK, and at the same time connects me to when Addictive Games and Football Manager became viable?
https://fusionretrobooks.com/pages/crashevent2025

#KevinToms #WHSmith #CrashEvent #CrashEvent2025 #ZX80 #ZX81 #ZXSpectrum #SirCliveSinclair #RetroGames
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
kevintoms.bsky.social
Happy birthday to Manchester United and West Brom midfielder Remi Moses, who turns 65 today! 🎂

#KevinToms #RemiMoses #FootballManager #WestBrom #WBA #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #PremierLeague #EnglishFootball #EFL #EnglishFootballLeague
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM