''Steve Davis World Snooker'' is a

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developed by Binary Design and published by

CDS Software CDS Software (also known as CDS Micro Systems for its earlier titles) was an independent publisher and developer of computer game software based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK. History The company was founded by Ian Williams, a computer prog ...

. It simulates different types of

cue sports Cue sports are a wide variety of Game of skill, games of skill played with a cue stick, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a Baize, cloth-covered billiards table, table bounded by elastic bumpers known a ...

, specifically

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pool Pool may refer to: Bodies of water * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a roc ...

and

billiards Cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue stick, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered table bounded by elastic bumpers known as . Cue sports, a category of stic ...

. Released under licence from 6-time Snooker World Champion,

Steve Davis Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a Sports commentator, commentator, DJ, electronic musician and author. He dominated professional snooker in the 1980s, when he reached eight ...

, it is a sequel to their 1984 game ''

Steve Davis Snooker ''Steve Davis Snooker'' is a sports simulation video game developed and published by CDS Software in 1984. The budget release published by Blue Ribbon Software reached the top of the UK charts in May 1988. ''Steve Davis Snooker'' simulates the cue ...

''.

Development

The game had specific contributions from programmer

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, whom this was his first Amiga game he programmed. He stated that it took the team "around 6 months" to program the game, and was harder as the game's artist was not full-time. West also described the development style; "For Steve Davis, I'd code on one machine, write it to a floppy, and then insert it into another machine. Rather slow, but then the game was small, so loaded quickly."

Overview

''World Snooker'' is an updated 16-bit version of CDS Software's earlier 8-bit Steve Davis game. Game Modes include; ten or fifteen

(including variants

eight-ball Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes, bigs and smalls, big ones and little ones, or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of Pool (cue sports), pool played on a billiard tabl ...

nine-ball Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with at each of the four corners and in the middle o ...

and blackball and

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and carom

. All games modes can be played in single-player, multiplayer, or against the AI, with the AI taking the form of Steve Davis. The program has six different levels of playing skill. The view is fixed overhead, however you can zoom in on the table, with the option of

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replays. The game also has a practice mode, in which lines indicate what the results of a shot will be, and balls can be moved around to set up trick shots.

Reception

''World Snooker'' received average to positive results from critics.

Computer and Video Games ''Computer and Video Games'' (also known as ''CVG'', ''Computer & Video Games'', ''C&VG'', ''Computer + Video Games'', or ''C+VG'') is a British-based video game magazine, published in its original form between 1981 and 2004. Its offshoot web ...

magazine scored the game at 72% on both versions. ''CVG'' praised the game's "brilliant" presentation, that was "bound to appeal to fans of the sport" but criticized the game's high difficulty, but did acknowledge there was "plenty to keep enthusiasts amused for hours on end". Zzap magazine also scored the game highly at 75% when reviewing the Amiga version, saying the game was "a pretty slick snooker sim which is bound to appeal to all Davis fans."

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rated the game highly at 81% for both versions of the game, saying it was a "must have for mouse-wielding cue freaks." Advanced Computing Entertainment magazine gave the game, 540/1000 commenting that while "It's fun to play as a game in its own right, and does have lasting interest, as long as you appreciate its idiosyncrasies", "genuine snooker and pool enthusiasts won't be greatly impressed."

References

External links

* {{Snooker Video Games 1989 video games Amiga games Artworx games Atari ST games Binary Design games

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