The Micro User
1st March 1983
What a nice game! Gentle and thoughtful, it makes a civilised change from some of the hectic offerings reviewed.
The idea is straightforward enough, just a normal game of billiards with slightly different scoring. A cross directed by the cursor keys is used to aim the cueball. though allowance has to be made for the fact that the table is not quite flat.
Back spin is catered for, you choose on a range between 0 and 9, and also the force of the shot can be varied using the A to Z keys, A being a nudge, Z being a real whanger.
Simple in essence but with plenty of scope for skill, H & H have produced a satisfactory and involving game. Two people or two teams can play and it is a tribute to the programmers' ability that the agonised cries of "go in, go in" are exactly the same as to be heard around a real billiards table.
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