Billiard (POOL
8-Ball, 9-Ball, PYRAMID) v.2.0
Developer : Megasoft
Ltd.
Platform : Palm OS
Platform: Palm OS
3.0, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5 (B/W), 3.5 (Color)
Files can be installed by
using the Desktop S/W or just any other application.
1.
For Palm
OS 3.0, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5 (B/W) – Billiard_Black.prc
2.
For
Palm OS 3.5 (Color) – Billiard_Color.prc
You may play against
Palm or with yourselves or with another man.
You may select “Table Speed (1-10)” and “Rail Rebound (1-5)”, Balls and
Pockets.
POOL 8-BALL
This game is based on the
original BCA Rules : http://www.bca-pool.com
Peculiarities of this game:
Note: After FOUL
the incoming player may place the cue ball anywhere on the table (tap stylus)
POOL 9-BALL
This game is based on the
original BCA Rules : http://www.bca-pool.com
Peculiarities of this game:
- Push out ,
- Lowest-numbered object ball on the table.
- For changing the player`s
turn
Note: After FOUL the incoming player may
place the cue ball anywhere on the table (tap stylus)
PYRAMID:
Objective of the game - to score
eight balls as the first.
Balls to be used - while playing
you can use 16 balls, each of them can be considered to be a cue ball or an
object one.
Positioning the balls - 15
object balls are positioned in the form of a pyramid with the top directed to
the rear index.
Initial stroke - the
initial stroke is made by hand "from home".
Game process - you can play
any object ball or a cue ball. It is not required to announce an order. In case
if the balls were hit in a proper way you can be given points for all balls
brought to the pockets.
Balls setting - all balls
hit or brought to the pockets in a improper way (without touching the other
balls) as well as penalty balls should be put close to the middle of the rear
edge. If this place is occupied the ball should be put at the short edge as
close as possible to the preventing ball.
Penalties for violation of
the game rules - for breaking the game rules the player is penalized. The
penalty is one ball. If by this moment the player has no scored balls the
penalty is imposed after the first ball has been scored.
In order to start the game
it is necessary with the help of Stylus by single pressing – to select the ball
intended for a stroke.
Starting the Game:
The name of the player who
is going to start the game is black high-lighted. Before playing, you may place
cue ball in any point of the field's first quarter.
There is an information
field below where statistics about the “balls in each pocket” as well as text
information are displayed. The billiard-pocket where the latest ball has been
pocketed by the certain player is black high-lighted. In the centre of the
information field there is an information about fouls (for 9-Ball and PYRAMID).
Attention! The information
field displays only the information concerning the active player (the player
whose name is black high-lighted).
In
order to start the game it is necessary:
1. With the help of Stylus - to select the point of the movement
direction on the dack active rectangle around the table.
For
more precise correction of the stroke direction you may use the following
correction buttons:
2.
To select the stroke power.
The
stroke power is graduated from 0 up to 100 with scale division equal to 2
units. The digital value and graphic image of the stroke power are displayed in
the two neighboring windows. You may select the strength of the stroke by
touching the power indicator itself. For more precise correction you may use two buttons with up and down symbols
located to the right of power indicator.
3. For hitting the ball press the “GO!” button
Strike
theory.
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After collision of balls,
"object ball" (red) rebounds by the line which connect the centers of
the balls at the moment of contacting (blue line), "cue ball"
(white) rebounds approximately perpendicularly to the line which connects the
centers of the balls at the moment of contacting. (90 deg). You should remember that the
rebound angle of cushion is equal to the strike angle. |
AUTHOR, LICENSE, ETC.
Billiard was written by
Alexey Orlov and Arthur Asloyan.
Billiard is commercial.
Demo on 5 full games human versus computer player.
If you find it useful,
please register.
http://megasoft2000.homepage.com
http://megasoft2000.tripod.com
To contact the author,
e-mail: rash@mv.ru
Enjoy Billiard!
Copyright (c) 2000 Megasoft
Ltd
All rights reserved.