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Game Information
- Platform: Windows 98 / 95
- ELSPA Minimum Age: 3
- Media: Video Game
Product Features
- Features real life data on all UK racing venues,jockeys and major horse races
- Championship mode - you compete against 35 computer controlled trainers
- Multiplayer mode - 1 to 4 human players compete over a full season
- All races are shown using a TV style presentation
- Your stable staff and jockey will give you feedback on your horses progression and performance in races
- All levels of races are featured - handicaps, selling races, maidens, group races and classics
- An auction to buy new stock and/or sell lame horses
- Declarations list to see quality of opposition
- Full financial analysis of your stable
- Facility to bet on each race
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Let's cut to the chase. Stable Masters is not the Championship Manager 00/01 of horse racing, no matter how hard it tries to be. But it is still a diverting strategy game, which, though it lacks polish and possibly long-term appeal, still provides a decent run for fans of the sports management genre.
As you'd expect, you breed, buy, train and race your horses, attempting to build up a stable of money winners by carefully matching the right horse to the right race, and--what the heck--having a flutter on the side too. Fairly easy to get to grips with, not easy to win, Stable Masters is a reasonable day out at the races, but not much more than that. --Simon Brew
Product Description
Take the reins at your very own thoroughbread stable. Buy the raw talent at the yearling sales and train them through to the Classics. You will be solely responsible for determining whether you horse gets tailed off in last place at Doncaster or finishes first at Epsom in the Derby.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Stable Masters,
By A Customer
This review is from: Stable Masters (PC) (Video Game)
Definitely one for horse racing buffs. I've followed horses for years (and years) and can finally chuck away Totopoly (anyone remember that?). You're the owner/trainer of five (to start with) horses of varying ability and it is your task to assess what they are capable of. That is frustrating because you don't really have much information, so you have to get out there and compete. However, the clues are there: Going preference (very important), level of fitness and constitution (ie how long horse takes to recover from a race). Value can be had with choosing a less well known jockey, they seem to be a bit hungrier for success! And, once you've teamed up with a winning jockey, it is best to keep him and book early! Bit annoying that sometimes you enter a horse in a race and find out your jockey is to carry lots of overweight which presumably does make a difference in the 'programme' of the game. The TV picture of the race is a bit disappointing, given the realistic graphics of most other games and the races you can enter are a bit repetitive. I would love to have an updated version and, possibly, a round course and jumping. There are lots of spelling mistakes in horse names and jockeys but apparently the patch (available) solves most of these. It is a great game - because there is no comparison, yet. Can they bring out an updated, improved, version. Hope so. But I'm not sure it will appeal to anyone who is not already interested in horse racing...
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
More addictive than Tetris,
By CR10 (Bath, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stable Masters (PC) (Video Game)
There are some games which you can play and time will disolve before you. This is one such game, once you are started you will find it hard to stop as you strive to complete - and win - the next race. As Manager games go its fairly simple to understand, keep your horses fit and healthy, train your 2 year olds to become masters and watch the cash roll in. It does depend on luck but if you can spot a good buy in an auction you can have a horse make you £10 million easy. I had a horse, now sadly retired, which made me over £20 million and set me up for life. But once one era is over you move onto the next with the latest crop of young'uns. It would have been nice to have a "Hall of Fame" where all the decent horses go once retired, just for memory. There are other problems, spelling mistakes and jockey stupidity are all corrected in the patch (get it straight away as you can't use your save games on it.) If you buy this game make sure you have a couple of hours free (a train journey is excellent) and you will be rewarded. It is a refreshing change from the latest games which require a top of the range graphics card and bucket loads of RAM.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad.......,
By Jamie R (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stable Masters (PC) (Video Game)
This game is only really going to appeal to people who are into racing. I am - and thoroughly enjoyed playing it for many weeks, but the novelty does fade. You tend to either really struggle or happen upon 1 great horse who sets your stable up forever. The training/jockey bookings/horse feed etc. don't seem to have any great effect on the horses. If it's a crap horse, it'll still be crap with Dettori on board! Nice idea, and a sequel could be brilliant......
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