Pool, snooker and billiards

It's time for another multi-game month! After skiing, pinball, cricket and golf, we sat down for a nice game of computer pool. And snooker. And billiards. Basically anything where you use a cue stick to hit a ball on a table. Turns out there are quite a few of these for MS-DOS, but perhaps not as many as you'd think.

Joining hosts Martijn ("Tijn") and Florian ("rnlf") we have DGC members Richard ("Pix") and DRS ("dr_st") on the show. None of us are pool experts really, but we're trying our best!

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Thanks to our producer Pix for helping with organising the podcast, and thanks to DGC member Console for editing the audio.

Thanks to all who make this show possible, we couldn't do this without you!

RELEVANT LINKS:

* 1986-1989: PC Pool/PC Pool Challenges, Alex Higgins' World Snooker, Pub Pool, Rack-Em, Billiards Simulator

* 1990-1995: Sharkey's 3D Pool, Jim Kobbe's Pool Game in 3D, Pool Shark, Billiards and Arcade Pool

* Archer Maclean put out two notable games: Jimmy White's “Whirlwind” Snooker and Archer Maclean's Pool. There's also a fun little YouTube video about him.

* One title that stood out was 1994Pool+, which blends billiards with elements from other genres.

* Celeris Inc. released two excellent games: Virtual Pool and Virtual Snooker.

* Honorable mentions go to two well-loved freeware titles: Another Pool by Gerrit Jahn and Biliardo 2 by Marco Chiesi.