Jimmy Whites Cueball 2 (PS)

Cueball versus World Championship Snooker What was it that made Callan Cool venture into the local branch of 'Game' that morning? Not even he knew. He often popped in to browse the budget titles, and certainly couldn't afford even a fiver for a game. Never mind. There wouldn't be anything to interest him, he thought. Yet there it was, sitting on the shelves amongst the other £5 titles, World Championship Snooker (WCS). It stood out for one reason. The Coolster had had his eye on this title for a while, but at £10 in the Codemasters Classics range it was priced out of his unemployment benefit. The Bills and food came first. But here it was on ...  Read the complete review

First things first I will admit I didn't actually buy this game, instead I downloaded it from Freeloader. I subsequently borrowed (and never actually returned, oops!) the game from my friend on CD anyway, but as it turned out both versions are 100% identical, so I need not have bothered. Anyway, Jimmy White's 2 is the follow up the original game (Jimmy White Snooker), which was released on a number of systems including the PC, Amiga and Mega Drive. I played it on all 3 and it was a very good game, but as time passed it became dated and became just too old to keep up with modern games. So this much needed update was needed to bring Jimmy White's in ...  Read the complete review

This game is made by the people at "awesome develpoments", and published by Virgin interactive. This being the sequel to the top-selling Jimmy white's Cueball in 1993, and as you would expect, this game is a massive improvement of the origonal, because of the graphical capabilities of today's machines over the PCs you could by in the early 90s. This is the first thing that catches your attention about this game, the fact that the graphics on this game are absolutely spot-on. You can zoom right in on a shot, and you will get no pixelation at all, and the shots seem so smooth, as long as you have a graphics card that has more than 4MB (most ...  Read the complete review

Cueball 2 is an enjoyable but complex game. It will take time and patience to master the game but feels very satisfying when you manage to cut a ball into the middle pocket, which you may well develop a habit of doing when you realise how you can do it! The aim of the game is to be champion of both the pool and the snooker room. There isn't any reward however apart from that you get to play as Jimmy White if you beat him in the Snooker mode. This, however, you won't, as unless you are unemployed you will not have the time to get the art of potting a ball into a pocket which seems too small for the ball! You can have practice mode and two player mode ...  Read the complete review

Nostalgia time for me once again in the manner of Snooker this time. Back in the old days of the Atari ST one of the most addictive and worthwhile games you could have was Jimmy White's Whirlwind snooker. I remember my brother bringing it home and thinking that there was no way a snooker game could be fun. But I sure was wrong as we got hours out of that game, it was mostly exhibitions we played but there was the added fun of the trickshot which was good for a laugh too. So many many years in the future and the sequel appears for the Playstation, again I Was silly to think that they could have done much with it. Of course they could, although the basis of the ...  Read the complete review