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Pool:Shark

Actua Pool is a sports simulation video game developed by British company Gremlin Interactive as part of their highly successful Actua Sports series of sport simulators of the mid-to-late 1990s. Actua Pool, a…

1 January 1999

Pool:Shark is a sport developed by Mirage, released 1 January 1999 on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Pool:Shark is

Pool:Shark is a sport game developed by Mirage and released in 1999. It was published by Gremlin Interactive. It is available on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Actua Pool is a pool simulation game with dozens of game modes, including eight-ball, nine-ball, three-ball, ten-ball, killer rules, cutthroat rules, bank rules, speed pool, one-pocket, various foreign styles and traditional snooker rules. There are dozens of venues, unique individual opponents and even different-shaped and unique tables are also available to unlock. In one player mode, called "Hustle Mode", the character must hustle your way through smoke filled bars, casinos, pool halls and nightclubs and aim to black ball up to 18 challengers of ever-increasing skill across a range of challenging tables. There is an interactive tutorial if the player wishes, and the player can learn…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Pool:Shark launched on 1 January 1999, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.

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When did Pool:Shark come out?
Pool:Shark was released on 1 January 1999 for PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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