International Cricket

International Cricket is a

There were no attempts to release a cricket video game to the North American, Japanese, or European markets. The reason is that baseball games dominated the North American and Japanese markets, while football dominated the European market during that era. Two buttons are used to control the action; one for hitting the cricket ball while the other allows the player to slog around.

One of the shortcomings in the game is the simple

The game featured all the major Test cricket–playing nations but no official team and player licensing in place. This meant that player names within the game, particularly for the Australian team, were parodies on the actual names of cricket players at the time. Following is a list of player names from the game and their respective actual names from Test-playing teams.

• A. Boulder – Allan Border
• M. Sailor – Mark Taylor
• D. Boost – David Boon
• G. Swamp – Geoff Marsh
• J. Dean – Dean Jones
• S. Mars – Steve Waugh
• I. Hilly – Ian Healy
• R. Bruce – Bruce Reid
• M. Ewes – Mark Waugh
• C. McDirt – Craig McDermott
• H. Mervyn – Merv Hughes
• P. Tail – Peter Taylor
• T. Oldman – Terry Alderman

Variations of player names for other countries do not appear to be as obvious; however, there is a player in the West Indies team called "R. Marley", possibly a reference to Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley.^{[original research?]}

Hidden features

Players can activate a sound test mode that allows them to hear the 24 songs and four sound samples that appear in-game. A hidden squad known as the Beam Team can be accessed by the player with little effort, requiring the repetitive use of two buttons.^[4]

Sequels

International Cricket was followed by an updated sequel for the