Actua Pool

Actua Pool
2007 Nintendo DS cover
Developer(s)Gremlin Interactive
Mirage Ltd (additional physics, UK)
FrontLine Studios (DS)
Publisher(s)PlayStation/Windows
Gremlin Interactive (EU)
THQ (NA)
Nintendo DS
Zoo Digital Publishing (EU)
UFO Interactive Games (NA)
SeriesActua Sports
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS
ReleasePlayStation
  • EU: January 1999 (PS)
  • NA: June 17, 1999[1]
Windows
Nintendo DS
  • AU: January 1, 2007
  • EU: February 2, 2007
Underground Pool
  • NA: January 26, 2007
  • EU: July 27, 2007
Genre(s)Sports (pocket billiards)
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Actua Pool also known as Ultimate 8-Ball (depending on platform and market) is a sports simulation video game developed by British companies Gremlin Interactive and Mirage Ltd as part of their highly successful Actua Sports series of sport simulators of the mid-to-late 1990s. Actua Pool, a pool game (pocket billiards), was originally released on the Microsoft Windows platform and the Sony PlayStation home console in 1999; these versions were also published under the name Pool Shark. The game was very well received, praised for its realistic physics engine and challenging AI opponents, although the game spawned a sequel which was not as successful. In 2007, Actua Pool was ported to the Nintendo DS handheld game console.

  1. ^ "THQ's Ships Ultimate 8 Ball". PSX Nation. June 17, 1999. Archived from the original on February 25, 2001. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  2. ^ Fudge, James (June 22, 1999). "THQ's Ultimate 8 Ball Released". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on July 9, 2003. Retrieved October 27, 2020.