Virtual Pool PSX
Game Information
After a successful debut on the PC, Virtual Pool comes home to the PlayStation! Featuring realistic pool angles and physics, it is usable as not only a game, but as a teaching tool for novice players. Outlined further in the manual, players are able to learn and master ball throwing, spin transfers, carom shots, bank shots, and spinning English shots. Played from a 360-degree rotational 3D viewpoint, Virtual Pool gives players the ability to walk around the table to check out their next shot and take a closer look at ball positions. You can zoom around the table, look left or right, and even check out an overhead view from above, something unavailable in a real pool game. Once the cue ball is lined up in accordance with the wanted shot, fire away!
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| Released | Nov 17, 1997 |
| Developer | Celeris |
| Publisher | Interplay |
| Players | 2 |
| Co-Op | No |
Game Rarity
| Average Price (USD) | Rarity | Popularity | $5.24 | 996 | 58 |
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Additional Information
Played from a 360-degree rotational 3D viewpoint, Virtual Pool gives players the ability to walk around the table to check out their next shot and take a closer look at ball positions. You can zoom around the table, look left or right, and even check out an overhead view from above, something unavailable in a real pool game. Once the cue ball is lined up in accordance with the wanted shot, fire away!
Virtual Pool features a few different pool games including 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Straight Pool, and Rotation. Each game features realistically designed ruling systems and objectives: the objective of 8-Ball is to sink seven striped or solid balls and then the eight ball; 9-Ball has players sinking the lowest numbered ball; Straight Pool is a points based game; and Rotation crowns the winner at 61 points. Fouls result in disqualifications, lost turns, and the deduction of points.
World Champion pool player "Machine Gun" Lou Butera offers his skills and techniques to make you a better pool player! He offers random tips including how to hold the cue stick, how much spin to use on a shot, and other general knowledge facts. Butera will also teach players over thirty famous trick shots designed to impress your friends!
Controls: Gamepad/Joystick, Mouse
Box Description
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Introducing Virtual Pool, the next generation of pool.
Enter a real-time, 3600, 3-D environment that allows you
to play pool from any perspective. Choose from 8-Ball,
9-Ball, Straight Pool, or Rotation. Then chalk up, position
the cue and take your best shot.
Four great pool games - played by professional rules - 8-Ball, 9-Ball,
Straight Pool, and Rotation, plus practice mode and trick-shots.
Realistic Physics and Geometry - designed by physicists and
mathematicians to simulate all physical action including friction, speed, collision
and roll. True computational ball tracking.
Full-Screen, Full-Motion Video - learn the history of the sport or take
some trick-shot lessons from the world-renowned pool champion "Machine Gun"
Lou Butera.
Easy controls and simple user interface - make game play more fun
- use true English and position the cue for follow, draw and curve shots.
Jukebox - Eight rock, jazz & blues tunes to enjoy while you play.
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ISBN 1-57629-123-5
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Interplay Productions. 16815 Von Karman Irvine, CA 92606 (714) 553-6678
0 1996 Celeris Inc. All rights reserved. Virtual Pool and Interplay are trademarks of Interplay Productions. All
rights reserved. Exclusively licensed and distributed by Interplay Productions.
Licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America for use with the PlayStation game console. PlayStation and
the PlayStation logo are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. The ratings icon is a trademark of the
Interactive Digital Software Association. Manufactured and printed in the U.S.A. THIS SOFTWARE IS
COMPATIBLE WITH PLAYSTATION GAME CONSOLES WITH THE NTSC WC DESIGNATION. U.S. AND
FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING.
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