Sports / Sports - Pool / Billiards / Snooker · 0
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker
Published by Virgin Games · Developed by [n/a]
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Information
- Genre
- Sports - Pool / Billiards / Snooker
- Language
- Machine Language
- Controls
- Keyboard, Mouse
- Players
- 1, 1 vs. 2, Demo
- Resolution
- Low
- Programmer(s)
- Maclean, Archer
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Maclean, Archer
- Game design
- Maclean, Archer
- Musician(s)
- Maclean, Archer, Powell, Michael
- Sound FX
- Maclean, Archer
- Publisher
- Virgin Games
- Developer
- [n/a]
- Licensed from
- -
- Software
- English
- License
- Prototype
- ST Type
- ST, STe, 0.5MB
- Version
- [WIP]
- Number of Disks
- 1, Double Sided
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 7.6/10 · Votes: 10 · Downloads: 315 · Hits: 735
Additional Comments
Early protoype of Jimmy White's Whirliwind Snooker discovered and dumped by Games That Weren't. Huge thanks to Frank Gasking, Chris Wilkins, Alan Hammerton and Mat Allen for rescuing the prototype!
Screenshots (6)
Trivia (4)
Origins
Endorsed by an English snooker player Jimmy "Whirlwind" White whose sports career was active between 1980-
Sales
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker sales for the ST version had been "disastrous" by August 1993
Source: ST Format issue 49
Source: ST Format issue 49
Charts
Top UK ST charts position: 1 (12/1991, 1/1992)
Months on charts: 10 between 12/1991 - 1/1994
Months on charts: 10 between 12/1991 - 1/1994
Releases
The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.