Alex Higgins' World Snooker
{{Short description|1985 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Alex Higgins' World Snooker
| image = Alex Higgins' World Snooker cover.png
| developer = {{ubl|Gem Software (CPC)|Lindensoft (DOS){{cite journal |title=Alex Higgins World Snooker |journal=Back cover of the game package |date=1986 |publisher=Amstrad |quote=© 1986 AMSTRAD and LINDENSOFT}}}}
| publisher = {{ubl|Amsoft (CPC)|Amstrad (DOS)}}
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| platforms = Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS
| released = {{vgrelease|EU|1985 (CPC){{cite video game |title=Alex Higgins' World Snooker |developer=Gem Software |publisher=Amsoft |date=1985 |platform=Amstrad CPC |version= |level=Title screen |quote=© GEM SOFTWARE 1985}}|EU|1986 (DOS){{cite video game |title=Alex Higgins' World Snooker |developer=Gem Software |publisher=Amsoft |date=1985 |platform=MS-DOS |version= |level=Title screen |quote=© 1986 Lindensoft}}}}
| genre = Sports
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
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Alex Higgins' World Snooker is a 1985 sports video game developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft for the Amstrad CPC. The game is named after Northern Irish two-time world champion Alex Higgins. An MS-DOS port was released in 1986. It was the first game specifically made for EGA.{{cite magazine |title=PC-INFO - A GRAFIKUS KÁRTYÁKRÓL |journal=:hu:Commodore Világ |date=January 1994 |issue=40 |page=43 |url=https://archive.org/details/CoV40/page/n43/mode/2up?q=%22alex+higgins%22 |publisher=COM-WARE Kft. |language=Hungarian |quote=Az első kimondottan EGA-ra készült játék az ALEX HIGGINS WORLD SNOOKER (1986) volt.}}
Gameplay
The game simulates the cue sport snooker. The game has a single-player practice mode and a two-player mode. The player aims at the ball with a circular cursor and then determines the strength and spin of the shot. The balls can be numbered if the player has a monochrome screen or is unfamiliar with snooker rules.{{cite journal |title=Playing Instructions |journal=Back of the covertape |date=1985 |publisher=Amsoft}} The game can be played with 6 or 10 red balls instead of the full 15.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| AAction = 54%{{cite magazine |title=Amsyclopedia! - Alex Higgins' World Snooker |journal=Amstrad Action |date=October 1985 |issue=1 |page=74 |url=https://archive.org/details/amstrad-action-001/page/n73/mode/2up |publisher=Future plc}}
| Amtix = 41%{{cite magazine |title=Games Index - Alex Higgins' World Snooker |journal=Amtix |date=December 1985 |issue=2 |page=78 |url=https://archive.org/details/Amtix_Magazine_Issue_02/page/78/mode/2up |publisher=Newsfield Publications Ltd}}
| rev1 = CPC464 User
| rev1Score = 5/5{{cite magazine |title=Reviews! - Snooker |journal=CPC464 User |date=February 1985 |issue=3 |pages=21, 57 |url=https://archive.org/details/AmstradComputerUser03-0185/page/n19/mode/2up}}
| rev2 = {{ill|Amstrad Magazine|fr|Amstrad Magazine}}
| rev2Score = 4/5{{cite magazine|title=Softs Amstrad - Snooker |journal=:fr:Amstrad Magazine |date=August 1985 |issue=1 |page=50 |url=https://archive.org/details/AmstradMag01/page/n49/mode/2up |publisher=Laser Magazine |language=French}}
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CPC464 User called it one of the best games on the system. Amstrad Action said the game isn't as good as Steve Davis Snooker. Amtix described the ball graphics as poor and summarized the game: "Generally a reasonable snooker game but Steve Davis' Snooker presents much better value for money."
Related title
Another cue sports game by the same developer and publisher, Alex Higgins' World Pool, was released also in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC.{{cite video game |title=Alex Higgins' World Pool |developer=Gem Software |publisher=Amsoft |date=1985 |platform=Amstrad CPC |version= |level=Title screen |quote=© GEM SOFTWARE 1985}} Amstrad Action and Amtix gave the game scores of 51% and 39% respectively.{{cite magazine |title=Amsyclopedia! - Alex Higgins' World Pool |journal=Amstrad Action |date=October 1985 |issue=1 |page=68 |url=https://archive.org/details/amstrad-action-001/page/n67/mode/2up |publisher=Future plc}}{{cite magazine |title=Games Index - Alex Higgins' World Snooker |journal=Amtix |date=December 1985 |issue=2 |page=27 |url=https://archive.org/details/Amtix_Magazine_Issue_02/page/26/mode/2up |publisher=Newsfield Publications Ltd}}
References
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{{Snooker Video Games}}
Category:Europe-exclusive video games