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STOSSER DISKZINE ISSUE TWO MAY 1993
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
Review By Tony Greenwood
Well i am quite a fan of sport's
simm's so i enjoyed playing this one,
actually it's the only cricket game i
have and is in amongst my sports
collection and not tucked away with the
P D games
It's SHAREWARE but it's only four
pounds to register , and for that you
get an updated version , i can only
presume this to mean the names of the
players and the teams will be updated
to the current season as the game i
have is dated 1991 , oh and send a
blank disc,
Right first off it's by John Cambell
and theres on screen credits to a
couple of other's for the graffix and
inspiration and testing etc, most of
the names are also Cambell oooer!
The first thing that struck me about
this game is theres plenty of on disk
instructions and help, theres a lot of
games about that use doc files and if
you havent a printer its a matter of
trying to remember everything , well
not so with this one its all easy to
get at and easy to follow ,
first off you have to pick your teams
and 1 or 2 player options , plus theres
three levels of play , beginner
,amateur and professional, plus on this
screen you choose cup or limited overs
either 10,20,or 30, try 10 to start,
all this is mouse driven
the next screen is the toss up screen
pick heads or tails and if you win the
toss you choose whether to bat or ball,
then its off to pick your players ,
full details of players are available,
such as type and averages etc,
pick your opening batsmen, if your
fielding then when you`ve picked your
team then pick two bowlers, these can
be changed during the game,
when everything`s set up it`s off to
play,
you are greeted by a full view of the
pitch and whoever is fielding is
prompted to place his men , there are a
couple of default places such as wicket
keeper but you get to position the rest
then the game starts , the bowler gets
to decide which way he's going to ball,
i don`t mean which end i mean direction
of throw, those cricket minded will
know what i'm on about
when batting there are various strokes
you can play and i strongly suggest you
read the on disk instructions under
"BATTING"
The game play is very good , the
fielding bowling and batting are all
well programmed , you use the mouse to
ball,field and the joystick to bat and
it works well
I played the computer on a 10 overs
match and it beat me by five wickets i
just could'nt get a single one of them
out , but as all games with practice i
probably would manage a couple , i
would say the two player mode would
make for a really good game,
its not compiled so you can easily
have a look through the listing if your
the inquisitive type, theres a few
pictures for if you win the cup etc
the bad bit is the on screen
information while the match is playing
ie: score , who's batting bowling etc,
plus the icons for viewing on match
info , ie: who's got what etc, they
could be a lot better in fact they look
cheap is the only word i can think of
the sort of thing you would see on the
spectrum
the pitch and players are alright its
just the writing and icons, a score
board would have been better
The above is only a small bad bit and
on the whole this is a highly
enjoyable game , well written , easy to
use , 8 out of ten strongly recommended
end of this review