Side Pocket 3
| Side Pocket 3 | |
|---|---|
 Sega Saturn cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Data East |
| Publisher(s) | Data East |
| Composer(s) | Gamadelic |
| Series | Side Pocket |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn PlayStation |
| Release | Sega Saturn Satakore PlayStation |
| Genre(s) | Cue sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer |
Side Pocket 3 (Japanese: サイドポケット３, Hepburn: Saido Poketto 3) is a Japan-exclusive pocket billiards video game for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. Like its predecessor, Side Pocket 2, it features the in-game likeness of a real-life professional pool player. In this case, it's JPBA member, Kyoko Sone.[4] The game is the third and final installment of the Side Pocket series.
Gameplay[edit]
Unlike the prior installments in the Side Pocket series, Side Pocket 3 renders the pool room environment with 3D polygons. In spite of this, the table can still be viewed in a traditional, top-down fashion.
Play modes consist of: story mode,[4] training mode, trick game mode,[4] and versus mode. Game variants include eight ball, nine ball, rotation, 14.1 continuous, bowlliards, cutthroat, carom billiards, poker, pocket game (a homage to the original game), and yotsudama.
Reception[edit]
Weekly Famitsu scored the PlayStation version at 25 out of 40, claiming that it was more or less the same as its Sega Saturn counterpart.[5]
Brazilian magazine Ação Games gave the Saturn version 8 out of 10.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ [セガハード大百科] セガサターン対応ソフトウェア（ライセンシー発売） (in Japanese). Sega Corporation. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
- ^ 発売中のゲーム (in Japanese). Data East Corporation. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
- ^ サイドポケット3 (in Japanese). Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
- ^ a b c サイドポケット３ (in Japanese). Data East Corporation. Archived from the original on December 24, 1997. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
- ^ "サイドポケット3 [PSP] / ファミ通.com" (in Japanese). Enterbrain, Inc. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
- ^ "Ação Games".