Pool, also known as pocket billiards, is the general term for a family of cue sports played on a pool table with six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.
Outside the cue sports industry, the sport is almost exclusively referred to as "pool", due to perhaps an association with the "poolrooms" where gamblers "pooled" their money to bet remotely ("off-track") on horse races. Because these venues often provided billiard tables, the term "pool" became synonymous with billiards. Though the original "pool" game was played on a pocketless carom billiards table, the name stuck to pocket billiards as it gained in popularity. Though the traditional view of billiards as a refined and noble pastime did not blend well with the low-class connotations of gambling, the billiards industry's attempts to distance itself from the term "pool" beginning in the late 19th century were largely unsuccessful.
There are hundreds of pool games. Some of the more well known include eight-ball, nine-ball, straight pool, and one-pocket. The game of snooker is played on a table with pockets but is considered to be its own cue sport and is governed internationally by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (professional) and International Billiards and Snooker Federation (amateur). There are also hybrid games combining aspects of both pool and carom billiards, such as English billiards, American four-ball billiards, cowboy pool and bottle pool.
As a competitive sport, pool is governed internationally by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), which has national affiliates such as the US Billiard Congress of America (BCA), and which represents pool in the World Confederation of Billiard Sports, which in turn represents all forms of cue sports in the International Olympic Committee.
Voice Idol Collection - Pool Bar Story is a billiard game that is a sort of sequel to the Data East Pocket Gal arcade machine game series.
In this game the player can play and enjoy the pool bar competition against 8 different girls (that the game shows with real image actress).
Game Modes:
1 - Date: You can try to date one of the eight girls, but before they let you date her you got to win her in one of these pool modes:
- Eight Ball
- Nine Ball
- Rotation
- One Pocket
- 14.1 Continuous
- Bowlliard
After winning her you go to the dating part in there you got different answers to some questions that she will ask you, if you answer the right ones she will be happy and give you "her number", the game them will let you make a save that will be used to unlock a movie of that girl in the second cd.
2 - Tournament: Compete in a pool tournament. Pool modes:
- Eight Ball
- Nine Ball
- Rotation
- One Pocket
- 14.1 Continuous
3 - Trick: Challenge mode in which there are 16 tricks for the player to pass.
Manufacturer's description:
Billiard game featuring live-action footage of eight people, starting with the popular voice Haruna Ikezawa. Enjoy the authentic voice of yearning pool showdown. Animechikkuboisuchenji feature movies, poetry, NG · backstage scenes, special movies, has collected plenty of fans happy and rich features for voicemail messages.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Pool theme.
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