World Cricket 2002

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I mentioned this game in passing a while back in discussing Ashes Cricket 2013 and trying to rank whether it's the worst cricket game we've seen. Take a look and see for yourself:

My Description from YouTube said:
Gameplay footage of Nodtronics' World Cricket 2002 - I believe second in a series of games sold by the company, which is mostly known for educational titles.

I bought this once as a kid at a computer market for a few dollars and threw it out after playing it. Bought it again when I saw it cheap on eBay a few years back - just to see if my memories of it were valid today - if anything it's worse.

The seller had helpfully included a list of controls - including the 12 letter keys that make up the different shots you can play and up/down to run. That's right - nearly half the alphabet is used on the keyboard to play shots - imagine trying to decide what shot to play out of 12, figure out the key and be able to time the shot in the pure randomness that makes up the AI of the game.

Cutouts of photos form the graphics - in 256 colours for Mac and PC. Some of the laziest fake names and worst commentary (which stops action totally while it plays) combine with the utterly terrible control scheme to make one of the worst cricket games there is.

Even for 2002, this game was unacceptably bad, even for a free flash game, let alone something put in a box and sold (albeit cheaply).

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The cover up of the 'West End' logo on this is fantastic.

Enjoy.
 

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