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Pool Hustler

POOL HUSTLER is a straight-ahead billiards simulation. If you consider yourself a rookie when it comes to pool, there's a great Lesson mode that teaches all aspects of pool, from aiming shots to jumping balls…

64 1 February 1998

Pool Hustler is a sport, released 1 February 1998 on PlayStation.

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What Pool Hustler is

Pool Hustler was released in 1998. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

POOL HUSTLER is a straight-ahead billiards simulation. If you consider yourself a rookie when it comes to pool, there's a great Lesson mode that teaches all aspects of pool, from aiming shots to jumping balls. The Two-Player mode offers 9-Ball, Rotation, 8-Ball, and 14-1 Continuous games, while the Trick Shot mode lets you execute 30 multiball trick shots you can use to impress your friends. And there's also a Practice mode, where you can perfect your skills. You can also bet against the computer or a friend in nearly all the modes. You can also take on a friend in the Versus mode, or play the Story mode that takes you into the life of a pool hustler, as you try to make a name for yourself…
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How it was received

Pool Hustler holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Pool Hustler launched on 1 February 1998, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes and Resident Evil 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Resident Evil 2.

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When did Pool Hustler come out?
Pool Hustler was released on 1 February 1998 for PlayStation.

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