Pocket Pool | |
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![]() North American box art of Pocket Pool | |
Developer(s) | Hyper-Devbox |
Publisher(s) | Conspiracy Entertainment, Eidos |
Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
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Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Pocket Pool is a game released for the PlayStation Portable gaming system, developed in France by Hyper-Devbox Japan and published by both Conspiracy Entertainment and Eidos. The game was originally expected to have the Girls Gone Wild license [1] but the publishers were unable to negotiate terms. [2]
The game is a 3D pool game, featuring 13 different play modes. [3] Players can set the speed of the balls before they start a match. [4] Players use the d-pad to aim and to adjust the power of their shots, and can adjust the spin and angle of their shots as well. [4] Players can preview where the ball will land after a shot, and can change the camera angle to have a better idea of the playing field. [5]
The game includes ad-hoc local multiplayer. [4]
Every time the player wins a match, they unlock a new table, cue stick, set of balls, or an erotic image or video of one of the various models presented in the game, [4] which can be viewed using a basic gallery feature. [5]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 37/100 [6] |
Publication | Score |
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GameSpot | 3.4/10 [4] |
GameZone | 3.8/10 [3] |
IGN | 4/10 [5] |
The game was mostly panned, with critics considering the game to have poor physics [3] [4] [5] and disappointing unlockable items. [4] [5]
All of the model videos featured in the game were released by Conspiracy Theory under the title Dream Models, a UMD movie.