Brian Lara Cricket '99

Brian Lara Cricket '99
Developer(s) Codemasters
Publisher(s) Codemasters
Series Brian Lara Cricket
Platform(s) PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)

PlayStation

  • AUS December 8, 1998
  • EU December 8, 1998

Microsoft Windows

Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single player, Multi player
Screenshot from Brian Lara Cricket '99

Brian Lara Cricket'99 (BLC99) (also known as Shane Warne Cricket'99 in Australia and New Zealand) is a 1998 PlayStation and PC cricket game, personally endorsed by West Indian cricketer Brian Lara, produced by Codemasters, and a follow-up to the successful Brian Lara Cricket and Brian Lara Cricket '96.

Game features

BLC99 boasts intelligent computer opponents, motion captured players, fully accurate 3D environments and player performance tracking. Commentary for the games is provided by commentator Geoffrey Boycott and cricket broadcaster Jonathan Agnew.

Teams

Players can choose from the nine Test playing cricket nations at the time. Six Associate teams are also playable but only in World Cup mode. The Associate teams have a squad of 11 players, as opposed to 22 from the Test nations.

Available from the main menu are a list of all the Test nation's players and their real life statistics including bowling and batting averages. The game can also archive the progress of up to 20 players and record the various records for both formats of the game.

PlayStation cover of Shane Warne Cricket '99

Game modes and gameplay

Games can be against another player or against the computer. The game has a variety of game modes, of which include:

Practice in the nets is also accessible, with the player being able to alternate bowlers and batsmen during practice.

Reception

PlayStation Power gave the game an 88% rating.[1]

See also

References

  1. PlayStation Power #33 (December 1998), p. 118–120

External links

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