3D Pocket Pool
3D Pocket Pool is a 2001 pool game for the Game Boy Color, developed by Aardvark Software and published by Virgin Interactive.
Gameplay
Image:3D [Pocket Pool Screenshot.png|thumb|right|The start of a game]3D Pocket Pool allows players to billiards on a simulated 3D table. The game contains four modes: Practice, Tournament, Two-Player, and Killer, and features several variations of billiards rules. "Two-Player" mode allows two human players to play a game with the same Game Boy by alternating turns. "Killer" mode pits the player against two opponents with custom rules that require the player to sink a ball every turn. The game features a selectable range of characters to add variety to the tournament play.
Development
3D Pocket Pool was developed by developers Nick Pelling and Jeff Ferguson. Aardvark Software was the company Nick Pelling had used in the 1980s to develop software for personal computers, such as Frak! and Firetrack. 3D Pocket Pool bears similarities to 3D Pool, a 1990 title developed for the Amiga by Aardvark Software.The game experienced an unorthodox production due to a lack of interest and marketing of the game. Requested by publisher Virgin Interactive to handle the public relations in-house, Pelling had "tried everything else to get the game some attention", and decided to pitch a redesign of the game to Nintendo as Wario Pool, going so far as to develop an introductory sequence for the game featuring Wario. This pitch failed to come to fruition, and 3D Pocket Pool was released as originally planned."