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| Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (Aug 13, 1990 prototype)
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| Build date |
Aug 13, 1990
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| Dump status |
Released
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| Released by |
Games That Weren't
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| File release date |
December 21, 2024
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| Origin
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Floppy disk
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| Game
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Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker
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| System |
Atari ST
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| Genre |
Sports - Snooker
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| Final build |
EU Aug 18, 1991
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| Release date |
EU Sep 1991
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An early prototype of Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker for the Atari ST.
Notes
- Predates the final build by a little over a year
- Contains copy protection: the code is A, C, NumPad 0, NumPad 4
- Holding # (' with scancode mapping on Hatari) will reveal a build date with the following text:
THIS COPY TO NICK DAWSON ON 13.8.90 BY A.M
- Taking a shot no longer crashes the game
- Does not have debugging features
Acknowledgements
From the original release:
- With huge thanks to Chris Wilkins (Fusion Retro Books) for the loan of Archer’s disks to preserve and permission to add executables to the site, Alan Hammerton for hardware help and Mat Allen for the flippy PC drive loan. A huge thank you also to Galahad for breaking the protection on the 3rd prototype, which you can download a version of below!
See also
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker prototypes
