VIRTUAL POOL

Official Title	Virtual Pool
Common Title	Virtual Pool
Serial Number(s)	SLUS-00034
Region	NTSC-U
Genre / Style	Billiard
Developer	Celeris, Inc.
Publisher	Interplay.
Date Released	28 February 1997

Disc Number & Printed Serial Number	DISC 1 SLUS-00034
Serial Number In Disc	SLUS-00034
Media Disc ID	N / A
Number Of Tracks	1 ( 1 Data Track )
Approx. Image Size ( Image Format Used )	MB ( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc	MB
Approx. Archive Size ( Archive Type Used )	MB ( 1 RAR File with 2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s) ( UPC / EAN )	From the back cover. 040421891207 -

English

Menus and gameplay are in English.

After a successful debut on the PC, Virtual Pool comes home to the PlayStation! Featuring realistic pool angles and physics, it is usable as not only a game, but as a teaching tool for novice players. Outlined further in the manual, players are able to learn and master ball throwing, spin transfers, carom shots, bank shots, and spinning English shots.

Played from a 360-degree rotational 3D viewpoint, Virtual Pool gives players the ability to walk around the table to check out their next shot and take a closer look at ball positions. You can zoom around the table, look left or right, and even check out an overhead view from above, something unavailable in a real pool game. Once the cue ball is lined up in accordance with the wanted shot, fire away!

Virtual Pool features a few different pool games including 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Straight Pool, and Rotation. Each game features realistically designed ruling systems and objectives: the objective of 8-Ball is to sink seven striped or solid balls and then the eight ball; 9-Ball has players sinking the lowest numbered ball; Straight Pool is a points based game; and Rotation crowns the winner at 61 points. Fouls result in disqualifications, lost turns, and the deduction of points.

World Champion pool player "Machine Gun" Lou Butera offers his skills and techniques to make you a better pool player! He offers random tips including how to hold the cue stick, how much spin to use on a shot, and other general knowledge facts. Butera will also teach players over thirty famous trick shots designed to impress your friends!

Manufacturer's description:

Introducing Virtual Pool, the next generation of pool. Enter a real-time 360°, 3-D environment that allows you to play pool from any perspective. Choose from 8-ball, 9-ball, Straight Pool or Rotation. Then chalk up, position the cue and take your best shot. Realistic physics and geometry - designed by physicists and mathematicians to simulate all physical action including friction, speed, collision and roll. True computational ball tracking. Full screen, full-motion video - learn the history of the sport or take some trick-shot lessons from the world renowned pool champion 'Machine Gun' Lou Butera.

Features:

First person perspective.
3D graphics
Cartoon graphics
Billiard theme.

Number Of Players	1 or 2 Players
Number Of Memory Card Blocks	1 Block
Compatible Controllers Tested ( Official Gamepads Only )	Standard Controller ( Digital Controller compatible only )
Compatible Light Guns ( Official Light Guns Only )	None
Other Compatible Controllers ( Official Controllers Only )	Mouse compatible
Special Controllers Included Or Supported ( Official Only )	None
Vibration Function Compatible	No
Multi-Tap Function Compatible	No
Link Cable Function Compatibile	No

Emulator	ePSXe v.1.7.0
Video Plugin	Pete's OpenGL Driver v2.9 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 63, Compatibility=2,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
Audio Plugin	ePSXe SPU Core v.1.7.0
CD-ROM Plugin	ePSXe Cdrom plugin
Game Pad Plugin	N / A
Vibration Compatible	The game doesn't have it (Digital only) (Mouse compatible).
Console Bios Used	SCPH7502

NOTE: This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.

BASIC CONTROLS:
Aim: D-Pad
Shoot, go to shoot mode, zip to end of shot (while shot is playing) - X Button
Zoom - Circle Button
Go to aim mode, snap to overhead view in aim mode - Square Button
Move cue tip (apply english) - Triangle Button
Move cue ball - R1 Button
Flip to alternate button map - L1 Button
Move view point, go to view mode - R2 Button
Toggle amplify, fine tune - L2 Button
Enter menu - Select Button
Pause game - Start Button

ALTERNATE CONTROLS:
Aim: D-Pad
Shoot with tracking force - X Button
Move center of view - Circle Button
Vary force of tracking hit - Square Button
Raise butt - Triangle Button
Select ball to move (practice mode only) - R1 Button
Undo, replay shot - R2 Button
Cycle replay shot - L2 Button
Enter menu - Select Button
Pause game - Start Button

CONTROLS IN THE MOVIE PLAYER CONTROLS:
Attempt trick shot - X Button
Next movie - Circle Button
Previous movie - Square Button
Replay movie - Triangle Button
Return to the game - Start Button

MISC CODES:
Re-Shoot - After a missed shot is completed, hold R1 and press L2 to reshoot your missed shot.

- Jewel Case Covers
FRONT	BACK	INSIDE

CLICK THE IMAGE Dim. - 1385 x 1417 pix. Res. - 600 dpi File Size - 217 KB	CLICK THE IMAGE Dim. - 1736 x 1376 pix. Res. - 600 dpi File Size - 351 KB	CLICK THE IMAGE Dim. - 640 x 546 pix. Res. - 200 dpi File Size - 48 KB

- Disc Cover
DISC

CLICK THE IMAGE Dim. - 652 x 650 pix. Res. - 300 dpi File Size - 79 KB

PAL:

Virtual Pool [SLES-00234] -

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