| World Championship Snooker 2002 | |
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| Developer(s) | Blade Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Codemasters |
| Series | World Snooker Championship |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
World Championship Snooker 2002 is a sports video game developed by Blade Interactive and published by Codemasters exclusively for PlayStation 2.
Following on from its predecessor, graphical and textural implementations have been improved. [1] The game offers the ability to set a "handicap" when playing against an AI opponent, or a friend, whilst also offering the ability to change the AI's difficulty level. [1] There are aiming and potting "aids", to help the player, with a virtual line on screen displaying the line that the cueball would take [1]
| Aggregator | Score |
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| GameRankings | 72% [2] |
World Championship Snooker 2002 received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator GameRankings. [2]
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