Software:International Rugby Challenge

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Short description: 1993 video game
International Rugby Challenge
Developer(s)Domark
Tiertex (Mega Drive)
Publisher(s)Domark
Platform(s)Amiga, Mega Drive
ReleaseAmiga
Mega Drive
  • PAL: October 1993[1]
  • NA: 1995 (Sega Channel)
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

International Rugby Challenge (also known simply as International Rugby) is a rugby game on Mega Drive (Genesis) and the Amiga.

Reception

It received a review score of 2% in the UK magazine Amiga Power.[2] This review noted flaws including several spelling errors ("Murray Field", the Parc de Paris, "trys" [sic], "possesion" [sic]), the clock not stopping when the gameplay is paused, players often running over the ball without picking it up or coming under human control, and frequent crashes during long matches.

The Mega Drive version fared better, with Mega awarding 80%[3] and MegaTech scoring it 75%[4] This version of the game was also released in North American but only through the Sega Channel service.[5]

References

  1. "Review MD: International Rugby". Sega Force Mega (2): 56–57. September 1993. https://retrocdn.net/images/4/41/SegaForceMega_UK_02.pdf. 
  2. International Rugby Challenge Review. Amiga Power issue 26, June 1993.
  3. Mega review, Future Publishing, issue 11, page 41, August 1993
  4. MegaTech review, EMAP, issue 19, July 1993
  5. Gazza, Brian (November 27, 2008). "The Sega Channel". http://www.blamethecontrolpad.com/segachannel/segachannel.htm. Retrieved 2019-02-06.