Real Pool 2

by Atari

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005Y4Q3
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: February 27, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,596 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Get ready to run the table as you hustle your way to the top. Real Pool2 brings you photo-realistic real-time 3-D graphics and 360-degree freedom of movement. Shoot stick in single-player "Pool Shark" mode. Take on challengers, each with their own distinct traits and skill levels, or play online with others. Sophisticated physics give the balls realistic movement, speed, friction, top-spin, side-spin, bottom-spin, banking, collisions and more. Earn and win your way to play in the Grand Championship and be on your way to becoming the Pool Champion.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Real Pool 2 Is Not That Realistic, February 18, 2003

By 

Mike King "Mike Vegas King" (Taunton, MA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Real Pool 2 (CD-ROM)

Real Pool 2 features 4 games: 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Straight Pool and One Pocket. You can play pool in 4 settings: the Basement, the Championship Room, Le Palace and Lucky's Tavern. You have the option of playing against one of many computer opponents. Since each player is only represented by a face and a name, which opponent you pick doesn't make much difference. Your opponent's pool cue floats in mid-air during game play, which makes it feel like you're playing against the invisible man. The game's graphics are good, but the background music does get annoying after a while. The Championship Room is my favorite place to play pool, since there is NO background music in that setting. There are two displays: the billiard balls in play are shown in the bottom left corner, and a play by play of the action is displayed in the bottom right corner. So, if a ball is sunk in either lower corner, you don't get to see that shot. Another component of play I don't like is the fact that you only get 1 minute to make a shot. Worst of all, the game has frozen up or crashed a couple of times, usually near the end of a game. For its low price, you do get your money's worth, but the game still leaves something to be desired.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Pool 2: Better than real !..., November 29, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Real Pool 2 (CD-ROM)

Real Pool 2 is the best game that I have ever played! That may just seem like an opinion to you but ALL of my friends think so too! And its not just that I really like pool either. It really is better than real. I could play that game for hours at a time! I play it almost every day and I am still trying to beat it. It is chalanging so it makes for a lot of hours of play. Take it from me, Real Pool 2 is the best pool simulater there is.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Graphically nice, Performance Awful., February 22, 2004

By 

M. Antalek (Dracut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Real Pool 2 (CD-ROM)

The reason this gets 2 not one star is that the graphics are crisp and clean. The music is completely obnoxious however you won't have to worry about it too much because the game crashes like mad, at least for me it did. The number of games available are pretty expansive and the gameplay itself is fairly solid. The animation though is slow and at times laggy. It doesn't have an authentic feel, the sound of the balls hitting is hollow and the physics seem just off. It feels like your hitting the ball across a wet soggy table. I'd stay away from it at all costs there are better pool games out there.

If your curious about hardware issues my system when having the crashing issues is a P4 1.9 with 640 RAM and ATI Radeon 8500LE.