Indoor Sports

Indoor Sports is a computer game developed by DesignStar's SportTime and first published in the U.S. by Mindscape in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It was converted to many other platforms, particularly in Europe where it was published by Databyte, Advance Software and Tynesoft (depending on platform).

For the comic strip, see Tad Dorgan. For new type of activity, see Screen sports. For physical sports played indoors, see Indoor games and sports.
Developer(s)SportTime (DesignStar Consultants)
Publisher(s)Mindscape (US)
Databyte, Advance, Tynesoft (EU)
Platform(s)Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
Release1987
Genre(s)Sports

Gameplay

This game simulates bowling, darts, ping-pong and air hockey.[1] The C16/Plus/4 version only has the first 3 events.

Reception

Info gave the Commodore 64 version of Indoor Sports four stars out of five, describing it as "an unusual and mixed bag". Approving of all four games' graphics and gameplay, the magazine concluded that "it's unusual titles like this that keep us fascinated with computer gaming year after year!"[2] Computer Gaming World called the bowling game "quite difficult and badly executed" but said that the other games were much better, with darts being the best.[3] The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #133 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 2 out of 5 stars.[1]

Reviews

References
  1. Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (May 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (133): 46–52.
  2. Dunnington, Benn; Brown, Mark R.; Malcolm, Tom (January–February 1987). "64/128 Gallery". Info. pp. 14–21.
  3. Teverbaugh, Rick (June–July 1987). "Sports Scoreboard". Computer Gaming World. p. 41. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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