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Welcome to the most realistic billiards game you can play from your browser! Java Pool supports many sophisticated features that may take a minute to download. To play, click one of the buttons above when they appear. In the mean time, read on. If you are not using Internet Explorer or Netscape 4.7 or greater, be sure to read the warning below.
Open the Hoover Bros' Pool Games for rules to the games you can play right now with Java Pool.
Click on demo to pause.
(Some visitors have whimpy machines that can't handle the intense graphics of Java Pool. So don't be discouraged by this watered-down demo. Try Java Pool in all it's glory by clicking a button above.)
Not all browsers support Java properly. Here's a breif summary of my experience with Java Pool on different platforms. You may wish to press the "stop" button on your browser and close all other applications. Then press "reload" in your browser.
Java Pool is more than just an oline video game; it is a billiards resource. With Java Pool you can learn the greatest new pool games which you can take with you when you logoff and head to the pool hall. You may even learn pool physics that will improve your game and impress your friends. But most of all, it's free, it's fun, and it only takes a mouse click to play, so enjoy!
Steve Hoover
Creator of Java Pool and
coauthor of the Hoover
Bros' Pool Games
Detailed instructions are available, however Java Pool is relatively intuative. There is a message bar at the bottom of the window that explains what to do. Try the menu options and see what they do. With spin enabled there will be a masse indicator on the left which indicates the elevation of the cue. Spin is determined by the position of the mouse click on the cue ball. Consult the detailed instructions for more information. Game rules are available on the Hoover Bros' Pool Games page and on the Billards Congress of America's three most popular pool games.
For the curious, there's more detail than most people care to know about the implementation of Java Pool in the Java Pool implementation documentation.
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Link to it!: This page has a
permanent address of http://javapool.cjb.net which is the best link
and bookmark.
Put a Java Pool table on your own web page!:
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FREE, no catch, and the advertising is minimal. However, if you
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For fun, test your pool physics IQ. But be careful, you might actaully learn something that will help your pool game.
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Java Pool may be the best Java pool game, and the only place on the web where you can try out the Hoover Brother's Pool Games, but it is not the only Java pool game in town. Here are some other good ones, best first:
Gallus Pool,
by Raymond Glennie
9-ball with great physics including spin
and masse. Realistic rolling balls. Play others on the internet.
EagleDomain
Play 8-ball, 9-ball, and 3-ball with others
on the internet. Chat rooms and tournaments.
3-D 9-Ball,
by Georg Erhardt
Wow! 3-D 9-ball. Excellent graphics. Decent physics.
Merkin's Pool Hall, by Alex A
Play 8-ball with others on the internet! Or
practice yourself. Quality graphics, mediocre physics with spin.
Pretty Good Pool, by
CleverMedia
Good graphics. Great physics. Shows ball trajectories as
you line up your shot.
Java Pool, by Frank Calzada
Good graphics. Great physics. Shows ball trajectories as
you line up your shot.
FreeArcade 9-Ball, by Shigeru Oohara
Play 9-ball against a computer opponent.
Playground Pool, by Daniel
Abplanalp
Simple pool applet with good physics, and a
high score list.
Web Billiard, by Michael Gnatz
Networked pool with decent graphics but poor physics.
Virtual Pool, by Eric Soroos
Not bad, but nothing special about it. Mediocre physics.
pool, by
Geoffrey Wade
A toy.
Other great game sites are indexed by www.gamespotter.com.
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