STEVE DAVIS SNOOKER
Steve Davis Snooker was released on Commodore 64, as well as Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4 and Electron. Published by CDS Software Ltd, Blue Ribbon Software
Steve Davis Snooker is a 1985 video game developed by CDS Software Ltd and published by Blue Ribbon Software. The game was released for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4 and Electron.
Steve Davis Snooker was a sports game developed for Commodore 64 home computer, published by CDS Software Ltd. The game was released in 1985, and sold over 100,000 copies in United Kingdom. It was also released on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4 and Electron.
1985 was a great year for snooker fans, and gamers in general. The same year the classic Steve Davis Snooker was released, Nintendo launched their first console in Japan (the Family Computer, or Famicom), and the Apple Macintosh would be released to the public later that year. Commodore 64 would release its first disk-based operating system (Commodore DOS 3.2) and the MECC programming language LOGO would debut on many home computers.
The Commodore 64 version of Steve Davis Snooker is an excellent example of what made Commodore 64 so popular at the time. It was one of many games distributed by UK-based publishers CDS Software Ltd, who had a relationship with publisher Firebird, who also published Amiga versions of C64 games such as Batman.
Many of these games were ports from other systems and the quality often varied depending on what platform they were originally built for, but Steve Davis Snooker is a very well done translation that actually improves on some details and adds new features not found in other versions. There are two different game modes: “World” mode lets you play against six computer opponents across five levels of difficulty for each opponent; “Match” mode allows you to compete in either one-frame matches or best