VIRTUAL POOL Interplay Productions, 17922 Fitch Ave., Irvine, CA 92714, (714) 553-6655, $39.95
If you like to play pool, you'll love the Virtual Pool CD-ROM. Its developers really sweated the details. All the physics of the real game are there, such as friction, cushion response, and cue ball spin. You can line up a shot by "walking" around the table, move closer, back away, and even attempt a trick massé shot.
In addition to eight-ball, you can play nine-ball, rotation, straight pool, and snooker. You can play against your computer, against a friend, or with other players via a modem or over a network. Virtual Pool runs under DOS 5 or higher on PCs with at least a VGA card, 2 MB of RAM, 2 MB of hard disk space, and a Sound Blaster-compatible sound card.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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