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INTERNATIONAL CRICKET II (C) 1992 PAUL DOWERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYABLE DEMO This game took over 14 months to write and is what I belive to be the best cricket game on any machine. This game was going to be realeased commercially but the companys interested pulled out for some reason. So I have decided To release it as shareware. Usually when I write a sharware program I release the full version but once people have that they don't seem to bother to register. Why should they pay for something they allready have. This shareware game is slightly diffrent in the fact that certain features have been cut out and are only avaidible to registerd users who buy the full version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This playable demo will have the following restrictions. Only allowed to play a 5 over match. The game will remain on level 1 (slow training mode). Computer batsman on level 1 tend to get run out a lot because once they start running they cant turn around. Can't pick your own batting order or choose who plays in the team. Only 2 teams to choose from instead of the full 8 international teams. Will turn itself off after 2 games. REGISTRATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- So what do you get if you register you may ask. first of all you get the full game. A well put together 13 page manual explaining every aspect of the game. Plus 8 International teams on disk. You will be entitled to an update of the game so once you have registerd any suggestions you have on improving this game will be gratefully recieved. You will be informed of new releases regarding this product such as team data disks and editors ect. As this product took so long to develop and is of a high quality I belive a registration fee of 7 pounds is a fair asking price. Please register Make cheques payable to : Paul Dowers 181 Kings Rd Canton,Cardiff CF1 9DF. WALES UK. Oversease orders add 1 pound extra to registration fee. I hope you enjoy the game as I have enjoyed writting it and the more people who register the more I'll want to continue supporting shareware. Please state when ordering which machine you have ATARI ST or AMIGA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEATURES OF THE GAME Below is a list of just some of the features of the full game version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full 3D animated action with realistic sampled sound effects brings the game to life. Hear the roar of the crowd and the sound of leather hitting willow. Listen to the bowler screem how's that. Hear the umpire call a no ball Choose batting order and team (full version only). Each player has individual batting,bowling,catching,throwing stopping skills which will actually affect the way he plays on pitch. Fielders also have agility ratings which affect there running speed when fielding. Position the fielders where you want them. 3 diffrent bowler types fast,medium,spin. Bowl bouncers,yorkers,fulltosses,ect ect. Run outs,lbw's,catches,overthrows ect. 6 diffrent batting shots hook,leg glance,straight drive,off drive,defensive,square cut. 3 levels of play (full version only). Play a 20,40 or 55 over match (full version only). Pick your team from anyone of 8 International sides (full version only). You can even play the same side against itself. Every aspect of playing a game of cricket has been covered. Coming soon a County Team data disk with the full 18 county teams. Coming soon a Team editor so that you can make up your own teams. The above 2 products will only be avaidible to registerd users. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2 update The game now has a fully animated umpire and more sound effects. Also when bowler claiming an lbw a different camera angle of the bowler shouting hows that at the umpire who will then either give the batsman out of shake his head. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The game runs in colour only and 1 meg of memory is required. You also need a joystick to play this game. INSTRUCTIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Place disk in computer and turn on the game will now load automatically. MAIN OPTION SCREEN ------------------ This is where you will choose who to play for and against and over how many overs and at which level the game will take place. PLAYER First of all choose your team by clicking on the player option. Load in any one of the 8 international sides by double clicking on it. COMPUTER Next choose which team you will play against by clicking on computer and load in the computers team. OVERS Click on the overs option to choose how long the game will be then click on 20,40,55 overs with left mouse button. When youve finished click on right mouse button. LEVEL click on level and choose which level of play. Levels affect the way the computer plays and the speed of the bowling. level 1 is easiest 3 is hardest. You can now choose play to start the game or select your team. QUIT will take you back to the desktop. SELECT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This part of the programe will let you choose the batting order and who plays. On the left side of the screen is the list of players in your squad. On the right is the player attributes,skills. To look at any players skills put the pointer over that players name and press the left button. His skill will now be displayed on the right of the screen. Individual skills affect the way they play on pitch for example:- A player with a slow agility rating will run slower on the field than a player with a very fast agility rating. All skills are out of 10 so someone with 10 in batting would be the best he possibly can in this game. Catching,throwing,stopping all affect the way the player acts on field. So a fielder with a low catching rating would drop more catches than someone with a rating of 10. A player with a low batting skill will have less control over the ball than say a player with skill 10 who would keep the ball under control and have less chance of being caught out. Batting no. this shows which number the batsman is in the team if he's picked. SELECTING A TEAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If a player is in the team and you want to take him out just place the pointer over his name and press the right mouse button once. This will now take that player out of the team. You can now put a player in the team who will take the place of the one you have just taken out just press the right button over the player you want to put in the team but you must choose someone who isn't in the team to take his place. Otherwise clicking on someone who is allready in the team will just remove them from the team. If you wanted you could remove all the players from the team and start the batting order from the beggining the first player you put in will bat at number 1 second 2 and so on. There are a few rules you must follow. You must choose a minimum of 5 bowlers and have 1 wicket keeper. EXIT to exit from the select screen place the pointer over the right hand side of the screen and press the right mouse button. THE TOSS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once you have loaded in both computer and player teams and chosen to play you will find yourself on the pitch standing opposite the opposing teams captain. Click on H or T with left mouse button to choose heads or tails. The coin will then be flipped up in the air. If you have won the toss you will be given the choice to bat or field by pressing keys 1 or 2. If you lose the opposing team will decide if they want to bat or field and the game will begin. The game will allways start by displaying the batting team and then go on to display the bowling team. The player will now use the joystick to control every part of the game. PLAYER FIELDING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOWLING First of all you must choose a bowler to bowl the next over. Put the pointer over the chosen bowler and click left button a status bar at the bottom of the screen will tell you what type of bowler he is and what his skill is. When youv'e selected the bowler you want just click on play to go to the bowling screen. In a 20 over match each bowler is allowed 4 overs. In a 40 over match each bowler is allowed 8 overs. In a 55 over match each bowler is allowed 11 overs. THE BOWLING SCREEN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is where all bowling and batting will take place. On the top right of the screen the following information is displayed:- Who's bowling and who's facing the bowler. How many balls have been bowled in the current over and how many runs have been scored so far in the current over. On the bottom right of the screen is a window which displays the bowlers run up from an over head view. THE BOWLING SCREEN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- First you must choose to bowl over the wicket or around the wicket by moving the joystick left or right. You will see the bowler change to over or around the wicket from the overhead view. To start the bowlers run up press fire once. The bowler is now running towards the batting crease you must press fire again just before he reaches the crease otherwise it will be a no ball but dont hold the fire button. Once the bowler has reached the crease you will now see a picture of his arm moving downwards you must now press fire at a chosen angle then the bowler will release the ball. If you choose a high angle you'll bowl a full toss or if you choose a low angle you'll pitch the ball short. Using the above method allows the player to bowl all kinds of balls bouncers,yorkers,full tosses ect. If the bowler is fast pace and bowls a ball short it will be a bouncer. Spin and medium pace bowlers dont bowl bouncers. Diffrent types of bowlers have diffrent run up lengths. FIELDING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once the opposing teams batsman has hit the ball the view changes to the fielding screen. The fielding screen is made up of 3 screens all together. The wicket area,left of the wicket,right of the wicket. So if a ball goes of the main screen left or right that area of the pitch will then be displayed with your fielders on. If the action changes to left or right of the wicket you can still see the batsmen running at the top of the screen. Pressing and holding the fire button will bring an arrow above the active fielder. On the main screen thats allways the wicket keeper. Moving the joystick left or right while the fire button is pressed will cycle through all your fielders in turn placing an arrow above the current active fielder. Once you release fire the player with the arrow above him is now under joystick control. If that player touches the ball he will automatically throw it back to the wicket unless he thumbles or drops it. FIELDING --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALL HEIGHT On each screen a ball height meter is displayed this shows the actual height of the ball. There are 3 diffrent bars in the height meter. GREEN If any part of the ball is in this area it is on the ground. GREY if any part of the ball is in this area it is in the air but catchable if a fielder comes in contact with it. BLUE The ball is in the sky and too high to catch. CHANGING FIELDERS POSITIONS On the bowling screen pressing F will take you on to the main pitch area and you can now move your fielders around in the same way as you would when fielding. Keys 1,2,3 will call up the main pitch,left of the pitch,right of the pitch. Pressing the space bar at any time will take you back to the bowling screen where you can carry on with your game. You can make field changes after each ball bowled if you want. If you move the bowler or wicket keeper they will be replaced in the positions they where before you moved them but any other fielder will stay where you move him to. BATTING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BATTING CONTROLS ON JOYSTICK FIRE PRESSED FIRE NOT PRESSED SQUARE STARIGHT LEG CUT DRIVE HOOK \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | / OFF \ | / LEG MOVE \ | / MOVE DRIVE ---- ---- GLANCE LEFT ---- ---- RIGHT / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ DEFENSE When batting make sure your bat is lined up with the ball and the ball is close enough to hit. Its all a matter of timing and positioning the batsman in the right place and playing the right shot to a certain ball. You can tell the height of the ball from the distance between the balls shadow which is ground level and the ball. Eg if the bowler bowls a BOUNCER or FULL TOSS you should either play a square cut or a hook shot depending on which side of the wicket the ball is. The above two shots are for balls waist high and above. But if the bowler bowls a LOW BALL which doesnt bounce much then you could play one of the following shots leg glance,straight drive,off drive,defensive. BATTING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RUNNING BETWEEN THE WICKETS Once you have hit the ball the view will change to the field and you can now run by pressing the fire button. If you have started to run and you decide you dont want to as long as the batsmen havent crossed you can turn back around by pushing the joystick up and pressing fire. If the ball goes to the left or right fielding screen you can still see exactly where your two batsmen are at the top left and right of the above two screens. GENERAL COMMANDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PAUSE pressing P while the ball is in motion will pause the game press P again and the action will re-start. QUIT pressing Q while the game is paused will quit the current game and return you to the main menu screen. GENERAL INFO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dont expect to beat the computer the first time you play. It will take a while for you to master the batting and fielding. Play on level 1 as the bowling is slower which gives you more time to think of which shot to play and the computer batsmen arent very good. SRI LANKA is the easiest team to play against. Even if the computer batsmen arent very good you must still bowl a good length ball otherwise they'll have a better chance of scoring runs. Allways play with at least 5 bowlers in your team and distribute the overs out evenly. Otherwise if you bowl 4 bowlers and they have bowled the maximum amount allowed your only left with one bowler who cant bowl more than one over in a row. Coming soon a team data disk with the full 18 county teams on. Coming soon a team editor which will allow you to change any team or make up your own teams. Please Dont forget to register. Any problems or enquiries to :- P.DOWERS 181 KINGS RD CANTON,CARDIFF CF1 9DF. This text and International Cricket are Copyright Paul Dowers (c) 1992 all rights reserved. No copy,selling,distributing without written permission from the author.