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- ARCADE POOL
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- ¾Arcade Pool Review
- ¢By²:¹ Plugster/Defiance
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- ²There haven't been many good
- two-player games for the CD32. There
- have been some attempts at them
- though. Some like CD FOOTBALL and
- BRUTAL FOOTBALL succeeded, while
- others like DANGEROUS STREETS and
- SUMMER OLYMPIX have missed the mark.
-
- ARCADE POOL attempts to recreate the
- experience of going down to the local
- pool hall and shooting a few games.
- The CD32 version goes so far as to
- include a constantly running track of
- background noise from a pub, complete
- with laughter, conversation and
- coughing to "enhance" the experience.
-
- ARCADE POOL includes UK and US
- versions of the game as well as
- trickshot and tournament modes.
- Instant replays of the last shot and a
- statistics screen are also available
- at anytime during the game.
-
- I'm sure most of you are familiar with
- the basics behind pool and it's
- various games. All of the major games
- are included here: US and UK 8 ball,
- US 9 ball and 15 ball. The rules are
- all very easy to learn and you may be
- finding yourself playing a game you'd
- never think you'd play. (I've been
- playing a lot of the UK 8 ball, for
- some reason.)
-
- One major downfall with most computer
- billiards games is the correct
- application of physics to the
- ¶²software. If the programmers can't
- accurately make a shot act as it
- should in real-life, there's no point
- in the game. The physics in ARCADE
- POOL are among the best I've seen in
- an electronic pool game. Bank shots
- and cuts are very much like they'd be
- on a real pool table. The only
- quibble is the size of the balls.
- They're a bit on the large side.
-
- I have no major gripes about the game
- at all. The accurate physics and easy
- to learn shot mechanism make ARCADE
- POOL a satisfying solitaire game and
- an outstanding two-player game.
-
- ¾Ratings:
-
- Graphics: 80%
- Gameplay: 90%
- Control: 90%
- Sound: 85%
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- ¹OVERALL RATING: 87%
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