Jonah Lomu Rugby is a simulator developed by Rage Software, released 18 April 1997 on PlayStation, Sega Saturn and DOS.
What Jonah Lomu Rugby is
Jonah Lomu Rugby is a simulator game developed by Rage Software and released in 1997. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on PlayStation, Sega Saturn and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Jonah Lomu Rugby is a sports video game developed by Rage Software and published by Codemasters in 1997. It was released for MS-DOS, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It was the first rugby union game released on the Saturn or PlayStation platforms. It has five game modes: Friendly, World Cup, Tournament, Territories Cup and Classic Matches. The title of the video game refers to former New Zealand winger Jonah Lomu.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Jonah Lomu Rugby holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Jonah Lomu Rugby launched on 18 April 1997, within three weeks of Star Fox 64, Doom 64, Need for Speed II and Descent Maximum. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Star Fox 64, Doom 64, Need for Speed II, Descent Maximum.
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