How to Play EA Sports Cricket 2004 on Windows 11

Cricket 2004 on Windows 11, How to Play EA Sports Cricket 2004 on Windows 11 (Fix Crash & Mods Guide)

The “Instant Crash” Fix (Copy-Paste)

“If your game crashes to the desktop immediately after double-clicking the icon, do not panic. Windows 11 tries to force high-quality color settings that this 20-year-old game cannot understand.

The Solution (16-Bit Color Mode):

1. Right-click the Cricket2004.exe file.
2. Go to Properties > Compatibility.
3. Check ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for:’ -> Select Windows XP (Service Pack 2).
4. Crucial Step: Under ‘Settings’, check the box ‘Reduced color mode’ and select 16-bit (565) color.
5. Click Apply and Run. The game will launch instantly.”

The “Blurry Player” Fix

“If the player names in the scorecard look blurry or unreadable:

1. Go to your Documents > EA Sports Cricket 2004 folder.
2. Find and delete the file named 3dconfig.dat.
3. Restart the game. It will generate a fresh configuration file.

Essential Mods (The “Expert” Touch)

“The vanilla game has outdated squads. To get the best experience, search for ‘Sam’s EXE Patch’ or ‘Boss’s CoolGamePlay Patch (CGPv4)’ on the PlanetCricket forums. These community patches fix the bug where AI batsmen never get out.

Cricket 2004 Review, Download, Minimum Requirements

Cricket 2004 by EA Sports was released on PC as well as Playstation 2. Game has better graphics compared to previous versions, but gameplay is different when compared to 2002 version. Commentary remains albeit the same by Richie Benaud and Jim Maxwell. There are numerous teams and domestic competitions along with the ICC events to take part.

Features

• 56 Teams with over 1000 players
• 61 Stadiums from around the world
• Game Introduces all new player editor in which one can change the weight, look and playing attributes of one’s team as a create a wrestler found in THQ’s WWE Smackdown.
• Array of gameplay options including practice nets, World Series, Knockout, ING Cup, Pura Cup, International Tours and County Championships as well.
• All new season modes which not only able to trade or customize one’s player or even team itself for tournament and play a career mode.
• Coming on to game presentation, features TV-Style Presentation like TV Overlays and statistical graphs.
• Infinite camera angles and instant replays.
• Game graphics is improved.

Game-pads can be used as well. Gameplay is bit complicated at start, anyone finding it difficult can play practice net to learn batting for respective delivery bowled like bouncer, yorker and to defend, play drives.

Minimum Configuration

Operating System Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

Processor Pentium 3 500MHz

Memory 64MB (128MB Required for Windows 2000/XP)

Video Card 32MB Direct3D Video Card with DirectX 8.1 Compatible drivers

HDD Space 1050MB

CD ROM Speed 4x

Sound-card Sound Card with DirectX 8.1 compatible Drivers

DirectX 8.1

Multiplayer Single system – Up to Four Players On one PC

Cricket 2004 PC Game Download at Abandonware here

Note: The ISO provided for download is a backup disc that means you must have your own serial number to install the game, meaning you have purchased the game legally.

Game Rating : 8 out of 10