To everyone complaining...you kids of today don't know you're born.
Now then, when I were a lad, we had games like this on Spectrum and BBC running on cassette and floppy. At other times we'd have programs with about 600 command lines that you'd have to type out correctly, all for the computer to take about five minutes to draw a picture. And you'd get angry if your parents or annoying little sistser 'accidentally' pressed the BREAK button.
:ooo SOME Game !!! TOOO SICK - how could they generate such realistic 3d graphics with that sound quality and amazing colours- This surpasses all the cricket games ive played in my life :D
I played this for days... And the reason why you bowled with Gooch and Athey is that using the proper bowlers required you to waggle the joystick ferociously then press fire at the right moments, and had no noticeably different results than using a rubbish bowler. Gower was my leading bowler, and anyone who ever saw him actually bowl will realise how realistic /that/ is.
its like watching the same thing over and over and over.. im so glad i never played this game it would of felt like i was doing the same thing over and over and over.......... and over
I just don't think cricket transfers to a computer game very well, any machine at any time. I've had 5 day test over beforelunch on the first day with 30 wickets being run outs.
No sorry, don't think I can take the full 7 minutes. I like that other blokes comment about his brother getting 4000 runs, too much spare time, this must have been early 80s, very basic graphics
Y'know the computers they had in schools back then with the CPU and keyboard all in one.
As for some guy saying his brother got 4000 runs...well all the good looking girls at school only went out with a handful of lucky guys that were usually good at sport. Everybody else has to stay up in their bedroom until 3am playing shite like this!
To everyone complaining...you kids of today don't know you're born.
Now then, when I were a lad, we had games like this on Spectrum and BBC running on cassette and floppy. At other times we'd have programs with about 600 command lines that you'd have to type out correctly, all for the computer to take about five minutes to draw a picture. And you'd get angry if your parents or annoying little sistser 'accidentally' pressed the BREAK button.
But still, we were grateful for it.
eclectica1 5 months ago
:ooo SOME Game !!! TOOO SICK - how could they generate such realistic 3d graphics with that sound quality and amazing colours- This surpasses all the cricket games ive played in my life :D
MrUnidentifiableIII 7 months ago
This game is almost as bad as the current australian team
hardgayramen4ever 1 year ago
well, this looks fun...
Jamal92554 1 year ago
This is still the only cricket game where you could get retired hurt LOL they were the days
adthomp 1 year ago
I played this for days... And the reason why you bowled with Gooch and Athey is that using the proper bowlers required you to waggle the joystick ferociously then press fire at the right moments, and had no noticeably different results than using a rubbish bowler. Gower was my leading bowler, and anyone who ever saw him actually bowl will realise how realistic /that/ is.
CtScarlioni 1 year ago
Cricket just doesn't translate well into a computer game.
I've had 40 wickets fall before lunch on the first day!
anpj2006 1 year ago
#OMG
DomoTheGreat 1 year ago
its like watching the same thing over and over and over.. im so glad i never played this game it would of felt like i was doing the same thing over and over and over.......... and over
MissYouMyOnlyOne 1 year ago
Used to play this on a mate's Amstrad. Boony was much fatter than that!
Havencheese 2 years ago
I thought this came out in the mid 1980s?
EgoShredder 2 years ago
Gooch bowling with the new ball. This is madness.
sirharryflashmanVC 2 years ago 6
truely shite.....
rayp5 3 years ago
Why are Gooch and Athey England's opening bowlers - shouldn't they open the batting?
anthonythirteen 3 years ago
I just don't think cricket transfers to a computer game very well, any machine at any time. I've had 5 day test over beforelunch on the first day with 30 wickets being run outs.
anpj2006 3 years ago
Does anyone remember the Ian Botham cricket game for the 128K Spectrum? I remember feeling ripped off because it would run on the 48K version too!
The game programming was amateurish tripe even for the time but I remember having good fun with it!
Panthera0nca 3 years ago
I had this for the Spectrum. It was terrible. The computer would rack up about 600 runs, then I'd bat and be all out for 7.
Loosecrewproductions 3 years ago
Blimey the bowler looks a bit like Bob Willis. Or maybe Ryan Sidebottom....
beanolabub 4 years ago
No sorry, don't think I can take the full 7 minutes. I like that other blokes comment about his brother getting 4000 runs, too much spare time, this must have been early 80s, very basic graphics
VirgLondon 4 years ago
Come on VirgLondon!
Of course it's early 80's...BBC MICRO!
Y'know the computers they had in schools back then with the CPU and keyboard all in one.
As for some guy saying his brother got 4000 runs...well all the good looking girls at school only went out with a handful of lucky guys that were usually good at sport. Everybody else has to stay up in their bedroom until 3am playing shite like this!
Panthera0nca 3 years ago
my brother got over 4000 runs on this game....sad eh!
you could never get boon out!
LeCrackerjack 4 years ago
Crikey! I had to do a double-take there, for a moment I thought it was an actual test match! Amazing what they can do with graphics, isn't it?
mymentor 4 years ago 6
@mymentor I was just thinking how fantastic the graphics were. Why does the man at slip look like a vase though?
Hindleyak 1 year ago