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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Archer MacLean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Sega Mouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 (alternating) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker is a snooker game developed originally released for IBM PC, Amiga and Atari ST computers in 1991. It was ported to the the Sega Mega Drive three years later exclusively for Europe and Australia.
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Gameplay
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker is one of the earliest attempts at rendering a billiards game in 3D, and is very simplistic in design. The camera is positioned behind the cue ball, and will rotate and pan while the balls are moving to give a wider perspective of the table. While the table itself is constructed out of flat-shaded 3D polygons, no backgrounds (or humans) are rendered.
If the player doesn't do anything for a period of time, the balls will come to life and pull faces. Despite the name, Jimmy White does not appear in the game in any form.
Versions
On the Mega Drive, Whirlwind Snooker operates at a lower frame rate and resolution than its computer counterparts, but is otherwise largely the same. This means there is no in-game music and a limited array of sound effects (though are still typically of higher quality than the IBM PC version, which relied on the internal one-channel PC speaker).
The game was built to take advantage of computer mice, and while the game is playable with a standard control pad, it is best experienced with the Sega Mouse.
Production credits
- Game Design, Programming, Sound Effects & Graphics: Archer MacLean
- Producer For Virgin Interactive Entertainment: Ian Mathias
- Music: Allister Brimble, Michael Powell
- Quality Assurance: Tony Hinds, John Martin, Alon Malka
- Project Coordinator: David Miller
- Logistics Manager: Catherine Spratt
- Manual Layout: Definition
- Manual Text: Gary Penn
- Game Design and Programming: Archer Maclean
- Title Music: Allister Brimble, Mike Powell
- Producer for Virgin: Ian Mathias
Note: Allister Brimble is credited for the title music. However, he was only the sound programmer.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker/Technical information.
References
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 84
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 84
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 36
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 45
- ↑ File:JWWS MD EU Manual.pdf, page 33
- ↑ File:Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker MD credits.png
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 103
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 191
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 54
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 69
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 36
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 74
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 90
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 100
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 111
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 1
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 75
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 46
- ↑ ', "December 1994" (; 1994-10-28), page 94
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