Sharkey's 3D Pool
DOS - 1990
Also available on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Atari ST - BBC Micro - Commodore 64
Description of Sharkey's 3D Pool
Sharkey's 3D Pool is an excellent pool game that introduces 3D perspective long before Celeris' Virtual Pool. The game is fast, easy to learn, and a lot of fun. You can play against the computers with different skills (including tournaments), another human player, or see if you can replicate trick shots performed by real pros. Traditional top-down view is available in addition to the very attractive 3D view that lets you view the action from any angle.
The game offers two types of standard pool games: 8-ball and 9-ball, either of which can be played in a standard "ladder"-style tournament in which you compete for money prizes. The only thing that is missing from the game is the appearance of the cue stick itself-- you only see an outline of it on the screen, since you must select the point of the ball to hit, direction, force, and spin from the top menu bar.
In many ways, Celeris' Virtual Pool is a logical evolution of Sharkey's 3D Pool -- but this predecessor already packs more than enough punch to keep pool fans entertained for hours. I found the trick shots section especially fun, and challenging. Definitely a breakthrough as far as pool games go, and a must-have for fans of the sport. Two thumbs up!
Review By HOTUD
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Comments and reviews
BananaJane 2023-07-28 0 point
Is the manual to this game still impossible to find online, I could get it scanned into a PDF once I get my printer working again
ArayaScreams 2020-01-28 2 points
I remember my brother coming home with this one day, early-mid '90s. It was such a big jump technically over other computer pool games I'd played by then, and some of it funny as hell. And the trick shots can be such a pain, but so satisfying when you figure out the trick!
BWyuh 2019-05-10 1 point DOS version
Bought this many years ago. Love it, have won it many times and still play it.
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DOS Version
98 KBAmiga ROM
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Firebird Software, Kixx
- Developer: Aardvark Software
Amstrad CPC Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Firebird Software
- Developer: Aardvark Software
Atari ST ROM
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Firebird Software, MicroProse Software, Inc., Mirror Image
- Developer: Aardvark Software
BBC Micro Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Firebird Software
- Developer: Aardvark Software
Commodore 64 Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Firebird Software, Kixx, MicroProse Software, Inc.
- Developer: Aardvark Software
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