Brian Lara Cricket

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Brian Lara Cricket

Publisher: Codemasters

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1995-05-12^[1]		T-120106-50
UK	1995-05-12^[1]	£39.9939.99^[1]^[2]	T-120106-50
AU	199x		FCRI03SMC
AU (alt)	199x		FBRI08SMC
AU (Sega Sport)	199x		FCRI03SMC
AU (Mega Booster Pak)	199x
ZA	199x
IN	1995^[3]

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Brian Lara Cricket is a 1995 cricket game for the Sega Mega Drive by Audiogenic Software and Codemasters released for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in Europe. It was followed by Brian Lara Cricket 96.

Gameplay

While Brian Lara Cricket was the first cricket game to be endorsed by Brian Lara, its game engine derives from the 1993 release of Graham Gooch World Class Cricket for the Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC (itself a pseudo-sequel to 1985's Graham Gooch's Test Cricket).

With the exception of Brian Lara's likeness, the game lacks a license from any official cricket body, so uses fictional players.

History

Release

Brian Lara Cricket was a surprise success for Codemasters. While initial feedback from retail was that the game was unlikely to sell, 20,000 copies were manufactured by Codemasters' own plant during 1995^[4]. The game was sold out within three days^[5], with roughly 80,000 units produced overall^[5] (only going out of print to make room for Brian Lara Cricket 96).

Production credits

Programming: Gary Gray
Project Coordinator: Jeremy Wellard
Music: Gerard Gourley
Project Management: Dave Thompson
Testing: Jason Walker
Packaging: Dave Alcock, Liz Darling
Production: Pat Stanley
Development: Audiogenic

Source:

EU manual^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Brian Lara Cricket/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #33: "July 1995" (1995-05-27)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

82

^[7]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

77

^[1]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

75

^[2]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

70

^[8]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

88

^[9]

Power Up! (UK)

89

^[10]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

78

^[11]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

73

^[12]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

85

^[13]

	80
Based on 9 reviews

Brian Lara Cricket

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU (Re-Release)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, AU (alt)
Cover

Mega Drive, AU (Sega Sport)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU (Mega Booster Pak)
Cover

Mega Drive, ZA
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	408cf5c3
MD5	c55721a38b05b969b87f35a9608df887
SHA-1	032eb1a15c95540b392b52ee17eef7eee6ac436d

1MB

1995-06

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	90f5c2b7
MD5	0d5ebd2b9eef80efdd811df85de96f21
SHA-1	0f4bec98af08027fc034b9801c28bb299a04be35

1MB

1995-03

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Computer & Video Games, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-xx), page 67
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Games World: The Magazine, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 78
↑ https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/tracing-the-origins-of-gaming-in-india-8-bit-cricket-sega-and-cloning-640129 (Wayback Machine: 2014-12-28 17:48)
↑ Edge, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-12), page 48
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Edge, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-12), page 49
↑ File:Brian Lara Cricket MD EU Manual.pdf, page 19
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 37
↑ MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 67
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-04-28), page 76
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, May 27, 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 1
↑ Sega Power, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-18), page 40
↑ Sonic the Comic, "26th May 1995" (UK; 1995-05-13), page 11
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 41

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[:File:CVG_UK_163.pdf_p67-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Computer & Video Games, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-xx), page 67

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_12.pdf_p78-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Games World: The Magazine, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 78

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20141228174823.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fgadgets.ndtv.com.2Fgames.2Ffeatures.2Ftracing-the-origins-of-gaming-in-india-8-bit-cricket-sega-and-cloning-640129-3] ttps://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/tracing-the-origins-of-gaming-in-india-8-bit-cricket-sega-and-cloning-640129 (Wayback Machine: 2014-12-28 17:48)

[:File:Edge_UK_035.pdf_p48-4] Edge, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-12), page 48

[:File:Edge_UK_035.pdf_p49-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Edge, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-12), page 49

[:File:Brian_Lara_Cricket_MD_EU_Manual.pdf_p19-6] File:Brian Lara Cricket MD EU Manual.pdf, page 19

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 37

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-07.pdf_p67-8] MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 67

[:File:MeanMachinesSega32UK.pdf_p76-9] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-04-28), page 76

[10] Power Up!, "Saturday, May 27, 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 1

[:File:SegaPower_UK_68.pdf_p40-11] Sega Power, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-18), page 40

[12] Sonic the Comic, "26th May 1995" (UK; 1995-05-13), page 11

[13] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 41

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Contents

Gameplay

History

Release

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References