Real Pool Explained

Developer:Astroll
Platforms:PlayStation 2
Genre:Sports video game
Modes:Single player, multiplayer

Real Pool, known in Japan as, and in Europe as International Cue Club, is a video game developed by Astroll for the PlayStation 2. This is a retooling of a Microsoft Windows and Mac OS game, also called Real Pool, which was published by WizardWorks in August 1998.[1]

A sequel to the game, called Real Pool 2, was released for Windows in 2002.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Mike Wolf of NextGen said of the game, "The uninspired play control and average game modes make this one pool game to avoid." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40. GamePro said earlier that the PC version "offers games of 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Straight Pool, Rotation, Carom Billiards, and Bumper Pool, and at first glance, it looks hot. Too bad it feels about three years out of date."[2]

The game sold 200,000 units in the UK in 2005.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ocampo . Jason . July 30, 1998 . Real Pool Announced . . Strategy Plus, Inc. . https://web.archive.org/web/20030523230444/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/013/118/real_pool_announced.html . May 23, 2003 . August 31, 2020.
  2. Hudak . Chris . Real Pool Review for PC on GamePro.com . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20050113233151/http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/688.shtml . January 13, 2005 . August 31, 2020.
  3. Web site: July 11, 2005 . International Cue Club has golden balls! . Midas Interactive Entertainment . https://web.archive.org/web/20060116085156/http://www.midasinteractive.com/news.php?news_id=14&osCsid=0417721b4c22d6941bb67bd99f3f9be4 . January 16, 2006 . November 29, 2023.