Reviews
Game
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.
Music
The only music that's played in the game is a catchy ragtime piano tune similar to the theme of the UK television show, Pot Black. While it's certainly not going to become one of your greatest hits, it does fit the mood of a nice proper game of snooker. The unused Toccata track was also recorded even though it's not played anywhere in the game.
Ripping
The type 0 MIDI music is located in the root installation folder. There are two files, but only Snooker.mid is ever played. 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, the file exists. Perhaps the music was meant to be included, but wasn't finished in time for production. This recording was made using a Roland MT-32. The game does use SysEx data, but it has yet to be captured.
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_White%27s_%27Whirlwind%27_Snooker
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