Cricket Captain, formerly International Cricket Captain, is a series of cricket management by, and by Childish Things since, before which Empire went into administration. It rose to popularity in 1998, following the release of the first -based game in the series. The most recent version of the game is Cricket Captain 2019.The concept for International Cricket Captain was the idea of Chris Child, who programmed the original game engine as a project. Empire producer Brian Walker produced and co-designed the game in which the player takes control of an English County Cricket squad with the aim of leading them to success in the domestic competition and ultimately being asked to take up the position of. There is also an added option in later games in the ICC series to take control of one of the other Test playing nations.Taking inspiration from the hugely successful series of games which were also produced by Brian Walker, most aspects of a management sim are present in ICC, with the ability to coach players on their individual skills, scout opposition and buy and sell players at the end of each season.
There are also comprehensive statistics available in the form of career stats pages for each player and team. Graphs and charts help the gamer to select the strongest team possible against particular opposition.
Contents.Transition to console Although mainly a based series, there have been console cross-overs, most notably for ICC 2001 which appeared on the. However the PS version was limited in features compared to its PC cousin and as a result was not very successful. Aside from the lack of on-line play capability, gamers noted that the transition to the console meant for longer loading periods and a slightly more tedious controller-based interface.
Game engine revamp ICC III was released on 6 July 2007 including a new algorithmic method of calculating player performances and a 3D match engine with motion captured shots. These changes are arguably a result of the competition that International Cricket Captain now faces from the popular Cricket Coach series, developed by Rockingham Software. International Cricket Captain 2009 2P GamesChildish ThingsSeriesInternational Cricket CaptainReleaseJuly 2, 2009International Cricket Captain 2009 is the 2009 edition of the International Cricket Captain series, and the 12th game in the series so far. It contains all current cricket players from, and teams, and can be played in a career mode indefinitely, with repeating domestic and international fixtures generated for each year, along with youth players continually added and other players retiring to enable an open-ended career as coach of a national or domestic side. There have been many improvements in the game from the previous installment International Cricket Captain 2008. It was first released on 2 July as a download only from the Childish Things website, and the box version was released on 17 July 2009.
International Cricket Captain 2010 International Cricket Captain 2010Childish ThingsP2 GamesSeriesInternational Cricket CaptainReleaseJune 5, 2010International Cricket Captain 2010 is the 13th edition of the International Cricket Captain series. It contains all current cricket players from, and teams, and can be played in a career mode indefinitely, with repeating domestic and international fixtures generated for each year, along with youth players continually added and other players retiring to enable an open-ended career as coach of a national or domestic side. The game features all teams and competitions from the English Domestic Season, International teams and competitions including the and for the first time in the Cricket Captain series, all teams and competitions from the Australian Domestic Season.Players can choose to take control of one of the eighteen county sides and participates in the,. International Cricket Captain 2011 International Cricket Captain 2011Childish ThingsP2 GamesSeriesInternational Cricket Captain,Release8 June 2011International Cricket Captain 2011 is the 14th edition of the International Cricket Captain seriesICC 2011 received mixed reviews: concluded that 'international Cricket Captain 2011 doesn't break any new ground, but a wealth of real-life statistics married to a solid management sim makes it worth the investment for any budding cricket captains.'
International Cricket Captain 2012 International Cricket Captain 2013 International Cricket Captain 2013Childish ThingsP2 GamesSeriesInternational Cricket Captain,ReleaseJune 2013International Cricket Captain 2013 is a, the sixteenth installment of the International Cricket Captain series. Produced by Childish Things on and, it follows the release of International Cricket Captain 2012 the previous year.Built upon previous versions, with updated statistics for current players, ICC '13' also included new features: 'All-Time Greats' in which players can assemble teams of great cricketers from different eras; 'Classic England vs. Australia' in which players can replay one of five classic test matches from the; international on-line, enabling players to engage in international Test, and matches. Various graphical and interface upgrades were also introduced, as well as the ability to pick opposition teams in custom series. It was released on 29 June 2013, a day later than planned following the discovery of an unexpected error.