Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (DOS)

Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker

Platform: DOS Year: 1991 Developer: Virgin Games, Inc.

Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker is everything that a snooker fan could have asked for in 1991. All the rules are there, you're given complete control over hitting the cue ball (or as much as can be expected on a computer), and the difficulty of setting up the perfect shot is nicely emulated. It would be years before anyone would make a better snooker game than the one Archer Maclean created. Aside from just being able to play the game, you're also given the option of setting up difficult trick shots and saving them which is a nice feature. The game also has a sense of humor; if you take too long to setup a shot, a ball will sprout a face and hands and mock you.

Screenshots

The title screen. A table full of snooker balls.

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Music

The title music is a catchy ragtime piano tune similar to the theme of the UK television show, Pot Black to help put you in the snooker mood. Each game ends with an excerpt of Charles-Marie Widor's Toccata In F, from his Symphony For Organ No. 5. The current recording is from the Roland MT-32.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Snooker	Michael Powell	Unknown	0:49		Download
02	Toccata	Charles-Marie Widor	Unknown	0:27		Download

Credits

• Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
• Game Credits:
  • Sound FX: Archer Maclean
  • Not Credited Composer: Michael Powell
  • Not Credited Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

(Sources: DOS, Mega Drive)

The DOS version fails to credit a composer for the title screen music. However, the Mega Drive version, which uses the same song, credits Allister Brimble and Michael Powell for the title music. However, Allister said he only served as the sound programmer and did not actually write the music.

Game Rip

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The type-0 MIDI files are located in the root installation folder. This recording was made on a Roland MT-32. The game uses SysEx data, but it has yet to be captured.

Viewing the Music.exe file with a hex editor shows that another file, PoolIBM.mid is also mentioned, but not included. However, in a later game, Archer Maclean's Pool (DOS), the file exists. Perhaps the music was meant to be included, but wasn't finished in time for production.

Audio Devices

Music
Sound

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Releases

USA Title: Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker Platform: DOS Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Virgin Games, Ltd.     Germany Title: Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker Platform: DOS Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Ltd.     UK Title: Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker Platform: DOS Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Ltd.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/jimmy-whites-whirlwind-snooker - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.com/pc/948857-jimmy-whites-whirlwind-snooker - GameFAQs.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_White%27s_Whirlwind_Snooker - Wikipedia.

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