It is best known for the Football Manager series of games created by company founder Kevin Toms.
The company was set up by Kevin Toms in 1982 in order to launch the Football Manager game he had written for the TRS-80 and ZX81 computers.
In September 1982, Addictive Games launched the ZX Spectrum version of Football Manager, with added match action graphics.
The success of Football Manager allowed Toms to move the company to commercial premises in Richmond Hill in the centre of Bournemouth.
Headcoach, an American football sports strategy game written by Simon Davies was released in the summer of 1986 and reached No.