Arcade Pool

Arcade Pool is a pool simulation game developed and published in 1994 by Team17, initially for the Amiga home computer system. The game was later ported to the PC, and a special CD32 release soon followed.

Arcade Pool
Developer(s)	Team17
Publisher(s)	Team17
Designer(s)	Mario Savoia
Composer(s)	Allister Brimble
Platform(s)	Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS
Release	1994 (snooker version, 1995)
Genre(s)	Sports simulation – pool
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

The game is a top-down pool simulator. Although simple, the physics are surprisingly accurate. The game featured many British and American variations of pool as well as two variations of ball set (standard UK red and yellow, and standard US circles and stripes).

Computer-controlled players are named after members of Team17 Staff (with Creative Director Martyn Brown being the most difficult computer-controlled player). The computer-controlled players with the lowest difficulty are all named after staff of Future Publishing-owned Amiga gaming magazine Amiga Power, adding more fuel to the fierce rivalry between the two companies.

A particular point of humour in the game stems from an Illegal Move message that appears, stating that you have "pocketed your opponent's ball(s)". This, of course, refers to pocketing balls which do not belong to you.

Sequel

Arcade Pool 2
Developer(s)	Team17
Publisher(s)	Hasbro Interactive
Designer(s)	Mario Savoia
Composer(s)	Allister Brimble
Platform(s)	PC
Release	1999
Genre(s)	Sports simulation – pool
Mode(s)	Single player, two player (either hotseat or via Internet IP play/LAN)

A sequel, Arcade Pool 2, was published in 1999 by Hasbro Interactive through their MicroProse label. It was essentially an updated and overhauled version of the original, albeit with Internet play and additional play modes.

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