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Description
Taking the baize battles out of your living room and into the competitive online gaming arena, World Championship Snooker 2004 is the new player in Codemasters? best-selling, definitive snooker game series and will launch this summer for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. World Championship Snooker 2004 introduces an online competitive play mode on all platforms, allowing players to go head-to-head with a live opponent and play as any one of the 30 plus professional players. Renowned for its immersive and compelling gameplay, this new edition adds new official content, more tournaments, new game modes and an enhanced visual engine including all-new motion captured player models and animations. In addition to the World Championships, players can compete in all the real tournaments of the snooker season, including The LG Cup, British Open, UK Championships, European Open, Welsh Open, Irish Masters, Player?s Championship, The Masters and many more. The venue modelling is realistic and accurate and includes the legendary Crucible Theatre, making World Championship Snooker 2004 the most complete, authentic and rewarding snooker game experience. All the big names make it into World Championship Snooker 2004, including the most successful player of all time, Stephen Hendry, plus Mark Williams, Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, John Higgins, Tony Drago, and more. A brand new ?Classic Match? mode is also cued up for World Championship Snooker 2004, where players compete in the sport?s most memorable historic encounters, including the epic 1985 final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor, when a cool 18.5 million viewers tuned in to see Taylor give Davis a wake-up call. Opponent artificial intelligence has been refined and improved, building on the series? acclaimed neural net AI system, and visually there are hundreds of new motion-captured player animations, so it looks and plays just like the real thing. And, of course, if the snooker pressure proves to be just a little too much, players can always try their hand at a game of 8-Ball or 9-Ball pool. Features: - Online play comes to the number one and only official snooker game series. - Immerse yourself in the most entertaining snooker matches you?ll ever play. - 30+ top professional snooker players. - New Classic Match mode featuring the most nail-biting moments in World Championship history. - All the real tournaments of the current snooker season and the top snooker arenas in accurate detail. - Increased realism and fluidity of movement with unique player animations. - Updated John Virgo?s Trickshots, now with snooker and pool challenges. - Comprehensive unlock and rewards including classic video footage. - Commentary from John Virgo and Dennis Taylor. - Featuring 8-Ball and 9-Ball pool, with new tables, ball types, and refined opponent AI. System Requirements for World Championship Snooker 2004 on PC | | Windows XP/2000/ME/98 | Athlon/Pentium III 800 MHz (1.4 GHz Recommended) | 128 MB (256 MB Recommended) | Supported 32 MB Graphcis Card* | DirectX 9.0b (Included) | | 8X CD-ROM Drive | DirectX 9.0b Compatible Sound Card | 1.4 GB Hard Drive Space | Mouse and Keyboard | LAN and Online Play supported ** | Other Informations | * Supported Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 7xxx, 8xxx, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800. NVidia nForce 1 & 2, GeForce 2, GeForce 3, GeForce 4, GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950. Recommended Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 8xxx and above, nVidia GeForce 3 and above.
** TCP/IP mode (2+ player) requirements:
- Broadband Internet Connection - 150kbps download/upload and above
- TCP/IP network
- Any other 100% Microsoft DirectPlay supported network
Consumer Advice: General | Official Links for World Championship Snooker 2004 | | Official Website: http://www.codemasters.com/snooker2004/ | Screenshots (click to view larger picture) |     |
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