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Ultimate Pool 1.1
Programming by James Shaw & Colleen Wirth
Artwork by Jason Rainbows
Date: May 12, 1997
email: qnote@kagi.com
URL: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhs/shareware
Ultimate Pool system requirements
Ultimate Pool is a computationally intensive game, which takes full
advantage of the Power PC's RISC processor. These processors are
designed to compute many floating point calculations very quickly.
Unfortunately, due to the huge number of these calculations needed to
compute the physics of pool, we were unable to get acceptable speed
on the older 680x0 processors. We tried, but it just wasn't possible,
so for now, Ultimate Pool needs a Power PC Macintosh. Below is the
minimum system configuration needed to run Ultimate Pool:
A Power PC Macintosh!
System 7.0 or greater.
A monitor supporting 256 colors or greys.
A screen resolution of 640 x 480
(resolutions of 832 x 624 and 1024 x 768 are awesome!).
Sound Manager 3.0 or greater.
5.5 Meg of available RAM.
4 Meg of hard drive space.
If you have any problems running the game, send us email and we'll do
our best to figure out why.
How to play
Ultimate Pool was developed on the Apple Macintosh, and consequently
has an elegant and intuitive user interface. All of the controls you need
to play the game are displayed below the pool table, and the mouse is
used to position the cue ball and aim the cue. All options that you can
specify (including choosing a new opponent) are located in the game's
Preferences menu.
For a quick and easy introduction to Ultimate Pool, select the "How to
Play..." option under the game's apple menu. This brief overview will
get you started and explains the basic controls used in the game. Once
you have familiarized yourself with the controls, you can consult the
Ultimate Pool User Guide for more in depth information on the controls
and various keyboard shortcuts. In addition, the User Guide describes
all of the games that come with Ultimate Pool and their rules.
What's new with version 1.1
The Ultimate Pool PPC 1.1 upgrade includes these much requested
and excellent new features:
English/spin control. It is now possible to add spin to the cue
ball with an intuitive control panel addition.
Keyboard shortcuts. You can use the keyboard to shoot, fine tune
your aim, shift the cue ball while aiming, extend the guideline to
the cushion, and add spin to the cue ball.
Draggable dialogs. All dialogs that pop up during the game and
ask you to make a choice are draggable and window shadeable,
so you can make a more informed choice.
Next ball display. The games of House and Tournament 9-ball,
and the new game of Rotation, show you the color of the current
(lowest-numbered) object ball.
Improved ball physics. We loosened up the ball physics a little
after real pool players indicated that they were a bit too stiff.
Rotation. A challenging new game that really takes advantage of
the new English/Spin Control.
New & improved 8-ball. This isn't really a new feature, but we
fixed the really embarassing scratch on 8-ball bug.
Translators wanted for Ultimate Pool User Guide
Ultimate Pool is a popular game around the world. In order to broaden
its appeal, we are looking for people who are able to speak any of the
following languages (in addition to English) who might be willing to
translate the User Guide:
French German Italian Japanese Portuguese Spanish
If you like to play Ultimate Pool, please write and let us know if
you'd be interested in translating the manual. We'll give anyone who
translates a free copy of the game, plus lots of acknowledgement.
And your efforts will definitely be appreciated by people all over
the world.
If your country's language is not listed, and you think Ultimate Pool
would be more popular where you live if there was a manual available
in the native language, just let us know and we'll consider it.
How (and why) to register
Ultimate Pool is shareware and costs U.S. $20.00. This means that
you can try out the program for 30 days and see if you like it and
enjoy playing. If you do continue to enjoy the game, then please send
in your shareware fee. Shareware authors are not salaried employees
who draw a paycheck no matter what. We only get paid if honest
people send in their payments.
Without continued support from the Macintosh community, we can't
afford to continue developing games. I already know far too many
people who say: "I have a PC cause there aren't enough good Mac
games". That phrase depresses me more than any other and I make
every effort to convert people to the Mac whenever possible. And
quality games go a long way in converting people. If you're trying to
decide whether or not to register, just ask yourself if you'd really
like to live in a world where you can only run Windows 95.
Registering Ultimate Pool is pretty easy. Just run the register
program that came in the Ultimate Pool folder. If you don't have a
register program, then run the Ultimate Pool application, select
"Register Pool..." under the Preferences menu and then click in the
"Create Register" button at the bottom of the dialog. Once you have
the registration program, run it and choose the payment method
that you would like to use and enter your personal information.
If you pay by credit card, then you can either email, fax, or postal
mail the form, whichever you prefer. If you pay by email, then send
the appropriate form to sales@kagi.com. If you prefer to fax the
information, the fax number is: 1-510-652-6589.
To pay by postal mail, print out the form and mail it with your
credit card information or a check or cash to:
Kagi Shareware
1442-A Walnut Street #392-JS
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
You will receive your registration code via email (preferred) if you
have an email address. It will usually be sent within 3 to 5 business
days after Kagi receives your payment. If you don't receive it after a
week, send email to qnote@kagi.com and we'll investigate.
If you don't have email, please request a postal receipt and your code
sould arrive with it in about 1 week or so (more or less, depending on
where in the world you live). If there's a long delay, then send a note
with your original payment information and an explanation of the
problem to Kagi who will handle your request. If possible, please
enclose an email address, since this is the easiest way for us to reach
you. Thanks!
To CD distributors
Ultimate Pool is shareware and may be distributed freely, provided
permission is asked for and received from the author. To contact
us, send email to qnote@kagi.com. All documentation and registration
information must accompany any distribution of the program. In order
to ensure that you have a complete "package", download the copy on our
Web page: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhs/shareware.
ゥ Copyright 1997 Quarter Note Software. All rights reserved.