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THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE
THE ASHES
PUBLISHER
Pulsonic
YEAR
1984
CATEGORY
Sport
DESCRIPTION
The Ashes is a cricket simulator.
CONTROLS
Keyboard - Cursor keys and space bar.
INSTRUCTIONS
Playing as England or Australia, you must win a Test match. If
you don't know the rules of cricket, this probably isn't the game
for you. Suffice it to say that there are ten venues in which to
play the match - five in England and five in Australia. Each
pitch has its own characteristics and suits different types of
play. The teams are made up of six batsmen, one all-rounder, a
wicket-keeper and four bowlers. Three types of bowling are
permitted: fast, seam/swing and spin. Teams may be named as you
wish, although the computer already holds the names of some
already.
The toss takes the form of alternating the names ENGLAND and
AUSTRALIA on screen and stopping at random. The winner of the
toss can then elect to bat or bowl first. Field placement is done
by showing the outline on black and the possible positions in
purple. There are more positions than you have in your team, of
course, the idea being to say yes or no to each in turn until all
eleven team members are where you would ideally like them. The
field then turns green and ready for play.
For each over a ball must be selected (players 8 to 11). A ball
is specified by its line and length and entered as a two-digit
number. The batsman has seven types of stroke, from defensive
through to off-drive. A stroke is played by pressing the
appropriate key for the type of play desired while the ball is
bowled. The path of the ball from bowler to batsman is shown so
that the batsman has a few seconds to decide what shot to play,
and then the path of the ball after batting is also shown.
A captain may declare if he wishes. Weather may interrupt play,
and rain is likely to alter the characteristics of the pitch.
SCORES RECEIVED
Crash: "It does look rather like an old-fashioned program
now." [and that was in 1984!] RATING : 49% (CRASH #5, June 1984)