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It's just not cricket

Old Man KenseyOld Man Kensey
edited August 2009 in Games
Having just watched the ashes, well done England, I couldn't think of any cricket games for the speccy other than Ian Bothams:-o I just wasn't into cricket that much when I was younger so never really looked out for any.

There must be more...any good ones I should try?
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  • NickHNickH
    edited August 2009
    Grandslam's International Cricket - given free with YS. Simply brilliant.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited August 2009
    NickH wrote: »
    Grandslam's International Cricket - given free with YS. Simply brilliant.

    Aye that was alright that was, much more fun and less boring than the real thing.
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  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited August 2009
    yes it'd the best on the speccy. whatever you do don't try Howzat!.....
  • SpectorSpector
    edited August 2009
    jdanddiet wrote: »
    yes it'd the best on the speccy. whatever you do don't try Howzat!.....


    Why not? It scored a massive 11% in Crash! :)
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  • ArjunArjun
    edited August 2009
    And let's not forget Graham Gooch's Test Cricket. ;) I think it was written in BASIC or something.
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  • Matt_BMatt_B
    edited August 2009
    CRL's Test Match and International Cricket definitely are written in BASIC. Still, they were decent enough games for when they came out, even if time hasn't been that kind to them.

    I'd have to say that I've never seen a totally convincing cricket game on any format. They either tend to be overly simplistic reaction tests or dreary, drawn out statistics bashers. I'd have thought it would have been possible to do a decent Cricket game on the Wii, with motion controls in the manner of the better Tennis and Golf games, but sadly the two efforts I've seen so far have been rather underwhelming.
  • NickHNickH
    edited August 2009
    I'd say that International Cricket is part BASIC, part machine code. Part BASIC, because if the batter and bowler's names are too long, you get the "scroll?" message come up. Part machine code because of the funky intro tune, so there might be other m/c routines called here and there.
  • laddermanladderman
    edited August 2009
    Hello all

    Have you tried Hi-Tecs Cricket Captain.I think it's a great cricket game.What does anybody else think?.

    Colin
  • Dave FountainDave Fountain
    edited August 2009
    In most of these cases wouldn't you be better off with a pen, paper and a die for playing silly cricket games?
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited August 2009
    the problem with cricket games - as I summarised on Gaming verdict (http://www.gamingv.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120:howzat&catid=36:news&Itemid=50) is that batting is generally quite fun whilst bowling and fielding is a bit dull. Bit like the real game really haha.
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