Brian Lara Cricket 96

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Brian Lara Cricket 96

Publisher: Codemasters

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	Code
EU	1996-05-17^[1]	T-120146-50
AU	1996	FSHA07SMC T-120156-50
AU (V2)	199x	FSHA07SMC T-120156-50

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Brian Lara Cricket 96 is the sequel to Brian Lara Cricket, developed by Audiogenic Software and Codemasters and released on the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in Europe in 1996. It was also released in Australia as Shane Warne Cricket, and was also bundled with some Mega Drives in the region.

Gameplay

Brian Lara Cricket 96 builds on the first Brian Lara Cricket, but adds a weatlth of new features including county cricket, world cup, international tests and historic matches to the game. There is also a new practice mode (complete with nets).

Rain makes an appearnce in Brian Lara Cricket 96, which can both temporarily stop play and alter the conditions of the pitch, which in turn can adjust the physics of the ball.

Production credits

Programming: Gary Gray
Development: Audiogenic
Music: Tim Bartlett
Project Management: Stewart Regan
Copywriting: Jason Walker
Packaging: Dave Alcock
Production: Pat Stanley
Quality Assurance: Jason Walker, Benjamin Hostler, Carol Smith, Majid Ali, Lateef Ali, Duncan Hoyle

Source:

AU manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Brian Lara Cricket 96/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #174: "May 1996" (1996-04-12)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #175: "June 1996" (1996-05-09)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[2]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[3]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[4]

Power Up! (UK)

88

^[5]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

85

^[6]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

82

^[7]

	82
Based on 6 reviews

Brian Lara Cricket 96

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, UK (Woolworths Exclusive)
Cover
Cart Manual Tips Guide

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU (V2)
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	fa3024af
MD5	50407b85bbc21a6647e2b649cbfe40aa
SHA-1	0b08788a0f8214c5d07b8e2293f0b954dd05bef5

1MB

1996-03

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	fe52f7e1
MD5	10124f2ccf645d21af8f4a745f0905ec
SHA-1	3e1ef39e9008a4a55fd57b25948668c8c52ba9e3

1MB

1996-04

✔

CRC32	68865f6f
MD5	af952d8625ef75ddca524074fd4b772a
SHA-1	4264625be91c3d96edca9c5bfe6259d00ca8b737

1MB

1996-04

Cartridge (AU)

Shane Warne Cricket

References

↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 61
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 60
↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-12), page 91
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-04), page 72
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, May 11, 1996" (UK; 1996-05-11), page 1
↑ Sega Power, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-04-11), page 52
↑ Sonic the Comic, "5 July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-26), page 11

[:File:CVG_UK_175.pdf_p61-1] Computer & Video Games, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 61

[2] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:CVG_UK_174.pdf_p91-3] Computer & Video Games, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-12), page 91

[:File:MeanMachinesSega43UK.pdf_p72-4] Mean Machines Sega, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-04), page 72

[5] Power Up!, "Saturday, May 11, 1996" (UK; 1996-05-11), page 1

[:File:SegaPower_UK_79.pdf_p52-6] Sega Power, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-04-11), page 52

[7] Sonic the Comic, "5 July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-26), page 11

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References