Pool

Moby ID: 89407

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Released: 1954 on Mainframe
Credits: 1 person

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 2 players

Genre: Sports
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Interface: Text parser
Sport: Pool / snooker

Business Model: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain

See Also

Pool (1977 on Xerox Alto)
Pool (1981 on Atari 8-bit)
Pool (1983 on BBC Micro, 1984 on Electron)
Pool (1983 on ZX Spectrum)
Pool (1983 on ZX Spectrum)
Pool (1987 on Amiga, Atari ST)
Pool (2009 on iPhone, 2015 on tvOS, 2017 on iPad)
Pool (2018 on Nintendo Switch, 2020 on PlayStation 4)

Description

The Pool game on the MIDSAC allows players to shoot some pool. The 13 inch CRT display shows the position of the balls and the pool cue. The player can position the cue and take a shot after which the computer will compute the location and speed of each of the 17 balls and display their simulated trajectories on screen.

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Credits (Mainframe version)

Programmed by

William George Brown

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Related Games

Super Pool
Released 1984 on BBC Micro, Electron

Inferno Pool
Released 2008 on iPhone

Electronic Pool
Released 1986 on Atari ST, Amiga

Pool Party
Released 2007 on Wii

Real Pool
Released 2000 on PlayStation 2

Video Pool
Released 1976 on Arcade

Pub Pool
Released 2003 on J2ME

Pool Puzzles
Released 2021 on Nintendo Switch

Pool Island
Released 2007 on Windows

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MobyGames ID: 89407

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Game added by vedder.

Game added May 30, 2017. Last modified February 22, 2023.