Rugby League Coach - Get It Here

Gol · 09-08-2005, 12:06 AM

In case you haven't noticed (and judging by the thread views you haven't) I've found a little old game that I was curious to get more information on. Well, I did better than that, I got the game itself, and if you want a little more information, check out my website, I promise you, I'm not trying to get more hits by offering you guys phantom screenshots, I don't want you to sign up for some insider forum that lists off the information you already know, I'm just offering you a chance to play a rugby league game you probably didn't know existed!

So, if you've never been to my site before, I suggest you check it out, don't worry, it's not like the others, it's just run for the love of the game, not the web counter or the fame and glory of being an internet webmaster hero. Two years and counting now I've been going, and only now do I find this game!

http://home.exetel.com.au/golsrugbyleagueonline/

The instructions on how you might acquire a copy of this game yourself are available there, and hopefully don't violate any forum rules here, since, well, I'd say it classifies as abandonware, but I don't want to get into the technicalities of it all.

Feel free to use this thread to discuss how to play the damn game, help out those who may struggle with getting it to run, and just sharing general experiences with the game itself. Hopefully you guys enjoy this, I really suggest giving this one a go, while a lot of you are probably new to gaming and haven't experienced where rugby league games have come from, and might not see what the fuss is about, us grizzled veterans of league games I hope will appreciate this one quite a bit

So enjoy!

And if you haven't already, perhaps give my site a bit of a going over while your there, I assure you you wont be disappointed, unless you expect garish colour schemes and piles of regurgitated info, in which case you will be.

RoosterBoy · 09-08-2005, 12:36 AM

whats the Ultimate Rugby League Manager ?

LordHart · 09-08-2005, 01:45 AM

About the game. I suggest for people that when loading it, to switch the Display Options to fullscreen. I couldn't get it to work in a windowed mode, and also, you should let it load instead of thinking (like I did) that it isn't working. Took about 5 minutes for it to load for me to get to the second screen, and then about 4 to go past the second into the game proper (and then it goes through everything else smoothly and quickly). This may be because i'm using an older computer (PII-350mhz), but still, just let it load.

Heres what I commented in the other thread:

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Pros
- I like that the matches are simulated in real time, and don't just have a final score. Much more adrenaline pumping that way.
- Graphics are kinda cool in a lame way.
- I answered the phone!
- I drank some coffee!
- I used those little clinker ball thingys people have on their desk!

Cons
- Long loading time for me, and when it came to saving, it wouldn't let me.
- I have no idea what to do with all the messages I keep getting on my desk. If I delete them, then the fans might start getting angry or something, if I send them to the Pending box, then they just stay there and don't do anything and if I put them in the Secretary box, they disappear, but I have no idea what happens to them. And getting nothing but fans asking for free tickets or photos over and over again is kind of stupid.
- No stats for players, except for a very ambiguous tick or cross, or even nothing next to a few things like ATT (which I think is attitude), FIT (i'm guessing fitness) and a few others along those lines. Eg. A cross is next to the FIT... does that mean that player is unfit for the upcoming game, or that he isn't training for fitness? If a tick means he is fit, and a cross is unfit, then what is blank? "He's average?"...
- I've played 4 matches. In 3 of them, I got at least one player with a Jaw injury. In one of them, I got 3 players injured, and with only a two man bench, I was essentially down to 12 men.

After such an effort to find the game, i'm rather disappointed. I'd rather stick to RC.

I'll probably get more time at it tomorrow after I get back from TAFE, so those Pros will probably be added to and a few of the Cons will make sense to me and be removed.

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whats the Ultimate Rugby League Manager ?

It is a Rugby League Management Simulator along the lines of Priddos NRL Manager, being built with Visual Basic where you control a Rugby League team and all its business ends. I'm not sure if it is still being made, but the demo was released a while ago now. Not too bad for being a demo.

RoosterBoy · 09-08-2005, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordHart

It is a Rugby League Management Simulator along the lines of Priddos NRL Manager, being built with Visual Basic where you control a Rugby League team and all its business ends. I'm not sure if it is still being made, but the demo was released a while ago now. Not too bad for being a demo.

but i cant download the demo...id wouldnt mind buying a rugby league manager

Danny Mustang · 09-08-2005, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoosterBoy

but i cant download the demo...id wouldnt mind buying a rugby league manager

neither can I . it looks cool though

RoosterBoy · 09-08-2005, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny Mustang

neither can I . it looks cool though

yeh sounds interesting...anyone else got a link?

Danny Mustang · 09-08-2005, 07:55 PM

gol can you post the link for the ultimate rugby league manager demo?

Bedseyroxmysox · 09-08-2005, 08:00 PM

Hamil's posts keep getting deleted.

I was going to download it but i'm having problems with my virus protection so i can't.

RoosterBoy · 09-08-2005, 08:06 PM

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Features:

This game has so many features it should keep every Rugby League fan happy. You have the chance to coach a Rugby League Team any of the 9 leagues and control every aspect of the club. This Includes:

1. Finding a Sponsor to Sponsor your team. Includes a Jersey Sponsor as well as a shorts Sponsor.
2. Setting Ticket Prices.
3. Setting your Advertising and merchandising levels.
4. Building of your stadium. Adding extra seats and so forth.
5. Training of your players
6. Holding Press conferences
7. Talking to the CEO of your club
8. State Of Origin
9. International Games
Plus a whole lot more which will provide hours of entertainment.

The 9 leagues are:

1. National Rugby League
2. English Super League
3. Jim Beam Cup
4. Premier League
5. American Competition
6. Bartercard Cup
7. Queensland Cup
8. English 1st Divison
9. English 2nd Divison

If you are good enough you the get the chance to coach you country or if you coach in the NRL comp you can all so get call up to coach Queensland or NSW.

The game also includes International Series and World Cup along with World Cup challenge and World Sevens.

The game can be played for as many season as you like and it will never run out of players as there is an intellegent Create a Player AI.

sounds so good!

maybe sidhe should have a try at manager

league-05 · 09-08-2005, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bedseyroxmysox

Hamil's posts keep getting deleted.

I was going to download it but i'm having problems with my virus protection so i can't.

Yer, I noticed that too. I think a mod or an admin has something against him...
My laptop has so many viruses that it's un-usable, so i'm forced to use my comp.

Bedseyroxmysox · 09-08-2005, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by league-05

Yer, I noticed that too. I think a mod or an admin has something against him...
My laptop has so many viruses that it's un-usable, so i'm forced to use my comp.

Must be something big, cos he is now banned lol.

Coleksi_dragons069 · 09-08-2005, 08:16 PM

I cant get mine to run it freezes at the choose how many players screen wat do i do there

RoosterBoy · 09-08-2005, 08:17 PM

can you guys actually get on the download page? and i think hamil got banned coz he replied back?

league-05 · 09-08-2005, 08:18 PM

When members get banned do their names get ridded from the members list because his isnt on it...?

^I think he got it for advertising his site...

Bedseyroxmysox · 09-08-2005, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoosterBoy

can you guys actually get on the download page? and i think hamil got banned coz he replied back?

Well i've just downloaded it (After much self conflict

) and all i did was click the link for it on the front page and it brought up a download box.

RoosterBoy · 09-08-2005, 08:23 PM

is the site http://www.whitelinefever.info/urlmindex.html which links up from gols?
then i click download and it has page cannot be found

Bedseyroxmysox · 09-08-2005, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoosterBoy

is the site http://www.whitelinefever.info/urlmindex.html which links up from gols?
then i click download and it has page cannot be found

Try right clicking and click "Save Target As".
Thats what i did.

RoosterBoy · 09-08-2005, 08:29 PM

still doesnt work

!!!

Bedseyroxmysox · 09-08-2005, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoosterBoy

still doesnt work

!!!

Which game are you trying to download?

RoosterBoy · 09-08-2005, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bedseyroxmysox

Which game are you trying to download?

Ultimate Rugby League Manager...

are you talking about rugby coach?

Bedseyroxmysox · 09-08-2005, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoosterBoy

Ultimate Rugby League Manager...

are you talking about rugby coach?

Yes lol.

Well then, after a quick google search i have come to the conclusion that it isn't available to download anywhere else.
Sorry for my pointless help.

Gol · 09-08-2005, 08:46 PM

Knowing Hamil he probably took offense to my tongue in cheek jibes at his website...

URLM I have the demos, just give me a day and they'll be up on my site. In the meantime I'd give Priddo's game a try, well, I would, but it doesn't run for me. You guys might have better luck.

http://www.nrlmanager.sonnexh.com/

It's along similar lines but isn't as 'dead' as URLM seems to be. I wouldn't get too excited about URLM, its fun, but its hardly a revolution. Rugby League Coach is a better game.

Has anybody actually got Rugby League Coach yet? Any problems getting it running, any luck figuring out just exactly what you have to do? That's what this is all about, URLM has been discussed before, and give me a day or so, and it'll be up on the site. There is a link somewhere around here to download it, but you'll have to search that yourself, I can't remember it off the top of my head.

Bedseyroxmysox · 09-08-2005, 08:49 PM

Thanks Gol, you're a champ mate.

Cruz · 09-08-2005, 08:56 PM

Hey i downloaded the game but it just wont load why is this so ????

HELP ME NOW !!!

Bedseyroxmysox · 09-08-2005, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cruz

Hey i downloaded the game but it just wont load why is this so ????

HELP ME NOW !!!

Which one?
If you mean Rugby League Coach, then just follow the instructions that are on Gol's front page.

[furrycat] · 09-08-2005, 09:02 PM

Got rugby league coach. Kind of got sick of the slow loading

Bedseyroxmysox · 10-08-2005, 03:09 PM

Does anyone know why Rugby League Coach run so slow?

Penrith Ballboy · 10-08-2005, 04:57 PM

I can't get Nrl Manager 2004 to work either
can someone help

Stone Cold · 10-08-2005, 05:18 PM

Can anyone tell me if nrl manager 2004 is available to either buy or download??? Ive been on their site & can only find a demo. Not the actual game.

Penrith Ballboy · 10-08-2005, 06:52 PM

Did anyone get it

Gol · 10-08-2005, 09:03 PM

NRL Manager is a homebrew game, its made not for profit, so when its finished, it will be available to download for free. I've tried to get it running on three different computers without success, a mate has got it running though, so it does work.

There is surprisingly little talk about Rugby League Coach though, what do people think? Don't be put off by the load times, that's just how the Amiga was, it was very slow.

RoosterBoy · 10-08-2005, 09:05 PM

doesnt work on my comp

Coleksi_dragons069 · 10-08-2005, 11:34 PM

works on mine although there are a few minor things like at the end of the year melbourne had 3 byes wtf???? and also whenever i save it and return later all my staff are gone and by the time i reach the semis aftwer the first games it just shuts down so yeh but it is so good lookn forward to the relaese of the full game any idea when gol??

Gol · 11-08-2005, 12:13 AM

Alright URLM Demo 2 is up on my site, the URLM page its easy enough to find, can't find the first demo on my hard drive unfortunately, but the second one is superior in pretty much every way anyhow.

LordHart · 11-08-2005, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bedseyroxmysox

Does anyone know why Rugby League Coach run so slow?

Quote:

Originally Posted by [furrycat]

Got rugby league coach. Kind of got sick of the slow loading

The game was on an Amiga. The program running it, is an Amiga emulator. The loading times are what they were on the Amiga.

NRL Manager, like Gol has said, is a free game and when completed, will be available for download from their website. The reason only a demo is there is because it isn't finished yet.

sthelensdave · 11-08-2005, 04:31 AM

Im having trouble saving and loading my games on rugby coach do u need a cd or a disk to save them?

get_the_rhyno · 11-08-2005, 04:51 AM

Glad I'm Not Alone, Anyone know why we can't save?

LordHart · 11-08-2005, 10:06 AM

With Rugby Coach, you need to have a floppy disk in your floppy drive to be able to save.

get_the_rhyno · 11-08-2005, 08:13 PM

Tried that, click on save and (eventually, god this game is slow) it comes up with a message saying Disk Full, there's nothing on the disk though, so it can't be. Is there soem sort of configuration setting I need to change, I followed Gol's instructions to the letter.

darrenlockyer · 11-08-2005, 09:53 PM

ok im getting confused, which game has everyone downloaded, which game works and what is the best? URLM, rugby coach or nrl manager 2004 ?

09-08-2005, 12:06 AM	#1
Gol Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Castle Hill, NSW	Rugby League Coach - Get It Here In case you haven't noticed (and judging by the thread views you haven't) I've found a little old game that I was curious to get more information on. Well, I did better than that, I got the game itself, and if you want a little more information, check out my website, I promise you, I'm not trying to get more hits by offering you guys phantom screenshots, I don't want you to sign up for some insider forum that lists off the information you already know, I'm just offering you a chance to play a rugby league game you probably didn't know existed! So, if you've never been to my site before, I suggest you check it out, don't worry, it's not like the others, it's just run for the love of the game, not the web counter or the fame and glory of being an internet webmaster hero. Two years and counting now I've been going, and only now do I find this game! http://home.exetel.com.au/golsrugbyleagueonline/ The instructions on how you might acquire a copy of this game yourself are available there, and hopefully don't violate any forum rules here, since, well, I'd say it classifies as abandonware, but I don't want to get into the technicalities of it all. Feel free to use this thread to discuss how to play the damn game, help out those who may struggle with getting it to run, and just sharing general experiences with the game itself. Hopefully you guys enjoy this, I really suggest giving this one a go, while a lot of you are probably new to gaming and haven't experienced where rugby league games have come from, and might not see what the fuss is about, us grizzled veterans of league games I hope will appreciate this one quite a bit So enjoy! And if you haven't already, perhaps give my site a bit of a going over while your there, I assure you you wont be disappointed, unless you expect garish colour schemes and piles of regurgitated info, in which case you will be.

09-08-2005, 08:56 PM	#24
Cruz Join Date: Aug 2005	Why Gentlemen Hey i downloaded the game but it just wont load why is this so ???? HELP ME NOW !!!

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09-08-2005, 12:36 AM	#2
RoosterBoy Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australiana (Sport Gods)	whats the Ultimate Rugby League Manager ?

09-08-2005, 07:55 PM	#7
Danny Mustang Join Date: May 2005	gol can you post the link for the ultimate rugby league manager demo?

09-08-2005, 08:00 PM	#8
Bedseyroxmysox Join Date: May 2005 Location: Abbey Road	Hamil's posts keep getting deleted. I was going to download it but i'm having problems with my virus protection so i can't.

09-08-2005, 08:16 PM	#12
Coleksi_dragons069 Banned Join Date: Apr 2005	I cant get mine to run it freezes at the choose how many players screen wat do i do there

09-08-2005, 08:17 PM	#13
RoosterBoy Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australiana (Sport Gods)	can you guys actually get on the download page? and i think hamil got banned coz he replied back?

09-08-2005, 08:18 PM	#14
league-05 Join Date: Jul 2005	When members get banned do their names get ridded from the members list because his isnt on it...? ^I think he got it for advertising his site...

09-08-2005, 08:23 PM	#16
RoosterBoy Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australiana (Sport Gods)	is the site http://www.whitelinefever.info/urlmindex.html which links up from gols? then i click download and it has page cannot be found

09-08-2005, 08:29 PM	#18
RoosterBoy Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australiana (Sport Gods)	still doesnt work !!!

09-08-2005, 08:46 PM	#22
Gol Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Castle Hill, NSW	Knowing Hamil he probably took offense to my tongue in cheek jibes at his website... URLM I have the demos, just give me a day and they'll be up on my site. In the meantime I'd give Priddo's game a try, well, I would, but it doesn't run for me. You guys might have better luck. http://www.nrlmanager.sonnexh.com/ It's along similar lines but isn't as 'dead' as URLM seems to be. I wouldn't get too excited about URLM, its fun, but its hardly a revolution. Rugby League Coach is a better game. Has anybody actually got Rugby League Coach yet? Any problems getting it running, any luck figuring out just exactly what you have to do? That's what this is all about, URLM has been discussed before, and give me a day or so, and it'll be up on the site. There is a link somewhere around here to download it, but you'll have to search that yourself, I can't remember it off the top of my head.

09-08-2005, 08:49 PM	#23
Bedseyroxmysox Join Date: May 2005 Location: Abbey Road	Thanks Gol, you're a champ mate.

09-08-2005, 09:02 PM	#26
[furrycat] Join Date: Mar 2005	Got rugby league coach. Kind of got sick of the slow loading

10-08-2005, 03:09 PM	#27
Bedseyroxmysox Join Date: May 2005 Location: Abbey Road	Does anyone know why Rugby League Coach run so slow?

10-08-2005, 04:57 PM	#28
Penrith Ballboy Join Date: Apr 2005	I can't get Nrl Manager 2004 to work either can someone help

10-08-2005, 05:18 PM	#29
Stone Cold Join Date: Jul 2005	Can anyone tell me if nrl manager 2004 is available to either buy or download??? Ive been on their site & can only find a demo. Not the actual game.

10-08-2005, 06:52 PM	#30
Penrith Ballboy Join Date: Apr 2005	Did anyone get it

10-08-2005, 09:03 PM	#31
Gol Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Castle Hill, NSW	NRL Manager is a homebrew game, its made not for profit, so when its finished, it will be available to download for free. I've tried to get it running on three different computers without success, a mate has got it running though, so it does work. There is surprisingly little talk about Rugby League Coach though, what do people think? Don't be put off by the load times, that's just how the Amiga was, it was very slow.

10-08-2005, 09:05 PM	#32
RoosterBoy Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australiana (Sport Gods)	doesnt work on my comp

10-08-2005, 11:34 PM	#33
Coleksi_dragons069 Banned Join Date: Apr 2005	works on mine although there are a few minor things like at the end of the year melbourne had 3 byes wtf???? and also whenever i save it and return later all my staff are gone and by the time i reach the semis aftwer the first games it just shuts down so yeh but it is so good lookn forward to the relaese of the full game any idea when gol??

11-08-2005, 12:13 AM	#34
Gol Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Castle Hill, NSW	Alright URLM Demo 2 is up on my site, the URLM page its easy enough to find, can't find the first demo on my hard drive unfortunately, but the second one is superior in pretty much every way anyhow.

11-08-2005, 04:31 AM	#36
sthelensdave Join Date: May 2005	Im having trouble saving and loading my games on rugby coach do u need a cd or a disk to save them?

11-08-2005, 04:51 AM	#37
get_the_rhyno Join Date: Aug 2005	Glad I'm Not Alone, Anyone know why we can't save?

11-08-2005, 10:06 AM	#38
LordHart Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Merry Old Land of Oz	With Rugby Coach, you need to have a floppy disk in your floppy drive to be able to save.

11-08-2005, 08:13 PM	#39
get_the_rhyno Join Date: Aug 2005	Tried that, click on save and (eventually, god this game is slow) it comes up with a message saying Disk Full, there's nothing on the disk though, so it can't be. Is there soem sort of configuration setting I need to change, I followed Gol's instructions to the letter.

11-08-2005, 09:53 PM	#40
darrenlockyer Join Date: Mar 2005	ok im getting confused, which game has everyone downloaded, which game works and what is the best? URLM, rugby coach or nrl manager 2004 ?