Alex Higgins' World Snooker PC

Alex Higgins is the youngest world champion in the history of snooker (when he first reached for the title, he was 23 years old). No one should be surprised that this charismatic billiard player became the hero of a sports game published by Lindensoft in 1986.

For fans of three-dimensional billiard tables with the possibility of any camera setting, Alex Higgins' World Snooker may seem to be extremely archaic. The game offers only one view - from above - in addition not very attractive graphically (although considering the year of release, it doesn't matter much). The real advantages of the program come to the surface only during the right struggle. Excellent physics of reflected balls, preservation of all the rules of real snooker (with the possibility of small interference in the options) and an excellent user interface (supported by the mouse, which can be treated as a sensation), allow you to perform billiard duels at a really high level. The paradox, however, is that the game only supports multiplayer mode and has no option to choose a rival's computer. In Alex Higgins' World Snooker you can only fight with a "living" opponent, if there is no opponent, the player will be hitting alternately, to the account of one of the players.

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Last updated on 10 December 2007