Publisher's Description
From baKno:
Simple and easy to play computer simulation of the popular 9-Ball and 8-Ball Pool games. In Nine-Ball Billiards, each player has to shoot the lowest ball on the table first, and the one who pockets the nine-ball wins. In Eight-Ball Billiards each player has to shoot his/her own group of 7 balls first, and the one who pockets the group and then the 8 ball wins.
Amazing Online Game Mode to enjoy hours of fun with connencted players around the globe. Give it a try downloading the evaluation version. Tell your friends (Win or Mac) to do the same and experience the emotions of playing real Pool from the convenience of your computer.
MacPool is the perfect complement to your iChat, Skype, MSN, or any other messenger application when you want to have some fun with your remote friends or family.
What's new in this version:
- Important bug fix
- Subscribed and Coins players can now play full online games
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"Nothing's changed"
Version: MacPool 10.8.3
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
This developer is asleep at the wheel. Or worse!
Despite the intense criticism earlier, nothing has changed. This "game" is still nothing more than a boring piece of ****! -
"Cute enough as a kids' game but not \"realistic\""
Version: MacPool 10.7.1
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Why is it that every friggin' game is un-mac-like? It seems so unnecessary to reinvent the wheel.
(In many cases â?? not in the case of MacPool but common enough to stick in my craw and make me indulge in catharsis here â?? something as simple as "quit" demands several mouse-clicks in unexpected places. Grrr.)
In the case of MacPool, what should be pull-down menu items are instead at the top of the game window. Click "Settings" (which would, in a compliant Mac world, be "Preferences") and you see several fields in the window. Some are "Click to Show" so you are forced to click again to see a pop-up list of choices. Damned annoying. Specially when the sort-of intuitive click-away does not close that list. One field is "Country" but only USA is possible. Irritating nationalism.
Your licence will, in theory, apply to only the first computer. The developer requires you to "re-set the registration" if you ever want to shift it to another computer. Fortunately, savvy users will easily discover for themselves how to avoid the nuisance of sending and receiving emails.
This app can never be called "realistic". Yes, the balls collide more or less as expected and they roll more or less as you want but, somehow, the movement is not realistic. I can't put my finger on it (he he) but it might be that there is inadequate friction with the table-top. Maybe a variable control setting would fix this. The balls just seem to float over the table, coming to a stop slower than I expect although they probably travel the correct distance. I really don't know what to say about this deficiency but it is so annoying i feel like not playing the game again.
I've returned here to update this comment: I have now decided that, indeed, the problem is insufficient friction. After a collision, say, the balls keep drifting longer than real life would suggest. And slowly, so the many milliseconds you must wait are annoying.
The balls are way too big for the pathetically-small table. And the graphic of the table itself is childish. The appearance in no way simulates a real table. And the balls have a strange "halo" around them. Why? If it's a simulated shadow, the lamp must be only a few centimetres above the ball.
I'm viewing the game on a quality two-monitor set-up. G5 dual, 4.6GB ram, OSX 10.5.6 and third-party graphics cards. The monitors are calibrated by sophisticated hardware and set, of course, to millions of colors. Yet the overall appearance of the game window makes it look like a 256-color configuration. Terrible.
Applying spin to the white ball is complicated. It should be possible to relocate the "line of attack" to reflect a wish to hit off-centre. At present, you must click-drag-and-hold the cue then use the arrow keys to relocate the strike position. Well, the click-drag-and-hold of the mouse is done by my right hand. So is the use of the arrow keys!
When a ball rolls down into a pocket, again the video is childishly unlife-like.
I've seen my kids play a competing game online where the illusion is vastly-superior. Furthermore, as well as a line of attack from the cue to the white ball, there are also guide lines showing where the white will travel. This might be undesirable for an experienced player but is surely helpful for either a learner of pool/billiards in general, or a learner of this particular game in try-out mode. Even-better would be further guide-lines showing where the balls will travel after being hit!
Sorry, this game is not ready for prime-time. How can it possibly be version 10? Beta 1 is more like it. -
"MacPool 10"
Version: MacPool 10.0.0.0
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I will simply say I DO NOT support Macpool 10.1 or any version of Macpool. I prefer to keep comments simple and to the point. I do not support MacPool. I have requested Version Tracker to delete my previous post referenceing Macpool 5.1.
Since my post was not removed as requested, it's essential that I give this feedback. -
"I agree"
Version: MacPool 9.1.2
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
The graphics are a decade old and the accuracy is off. I'm a really good pole players and there's no reason why I do so bad at this game. -
"graphics & physics 10 years behind"
Version: MacPool 8.9.0.5
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
The graphics and physics of this game don't begin to compare to even some Flash pool games online. -
"MAC POOL FULL SCREEN"
Version: MacPool 8.5
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
This game is great full screen. This is how to do it: Click -
A) Open Mac Pool
THEN
1) System Preferences
2) Universal Access
3) Zoom - ON
OPTIONS = ONLY WHEN POINTER REACHES THE EDGE
4) Maximum Zoom = slightly under 2
Minimum Zoom = slightly under 2
ZOOM PREVIEW = tick first 2 boxes
5) Exit
6) Press the two keys to the right of the space bar (apple, and alt) at the same time. Then press + key while pressing them.
GOES TO FULL SCREEN MAC POOL (same goes for any game!)
To exit Press apple and alt keys again but this time the (-) minus key to zoom out. Then go back into Universal Access and close down. HAVE FUN!
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"Buyers Beware!!!"
Version: MacPool 6.0.1
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
OK... I bought his lovely little game to waste some time - so I installed it on my laptop.
It was a great kick. I bought a new laptop... installed this POS on my new laptop - (the old one went to one of the guys I work with) - and I brought the old laptop to new - as in the Welcome window new... all other apps (including this one) wiped clean.
I decide I am going to run MacPOS on my new laptop. I use the same email address and rego number (no where on the website does it say that the copy you buy is tied to one machine & EMAIL ADDRESS - FOREVER and if you buy a new registration number (which I did - just to play it fair) and have it sent to the same email address that you cannot use it on any other machine than the OLD machine that was originally registered to that email address! So, I have to get e new email address just to keep these (oh I want to swear so bad right now!!) "duh-velopers" happy.
Oh, I also wan to load it on my Mcpro - so I can waste time on a 30" monitor too...
Easy - yes? NO - Have ot hve a seperate email addres to register the other machine to.
What a phuquen waste of time !!!! For $25 USD. I think I'd rather eat nails!
Oh, I wrote a letter. No response. they sure were haoy to take my money twice.
$10 first time and $15 the second time.
Am I pi$$ed - yes!! Why - because as slick as their website is an as good as the programme is - the registrtion process is a pain inthe a$$.
I have a $13,000 scientific analysis applicationthat I can run on three machines - that al it requires is I enter the rego number - do a send back and "boom!!!" I am a happy user on all three machines!
Why is this so friggen hard? -
"Buyers Beware!!!"
Version: MacPool 6.0.1
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
OK... I bought his lovely little game to waste some time - so I installed it on my laptop.
It was a great kick. I bought a new laptop... installed this POS on my new laptop - (the old one went to one of the guys I work with) - and I brought the old laptop to new - as in the Welcome window new... all other apps (including this one) wiped clean.
I decide I am going to run MacPOS on my new laptop. I use the same email address and rego number (no where on the website does it say that the copy you buy is tied to one machine & EMAIL ADDRESS - FOREVER and if you buy a new registration number (which I did - just to play it fair) and have it sent to the same email address that you cannot use it on any other machine than the OLD machine that was originally registered to that email address! So, I have to get e new email address just to keep these (oh I want to swear so bad right now!!) "duh-velopers" happy.
Oh, I also wan to load it on my Mcpro - so I can waste time on a 30" monitor too...
Easy - yes? NO - Have ot hve a seperate email addres to register the other machine to.
What a phuquen waste of time !!!! For $25 USD. I think I'd rather eat nails!
Oh, I wrote a letter. No response. they sure were haoy to take my money twice.
$10 first time and $15 the second time.
Am I pi$$ed - yes!! Why - because as slick as their website is an as good as the programme is - the registrtion process is a pain inthe a$$.
I have a $13,000 scientific analysis applicationthat I can run on three machines - that al it requires is I enter the rego number - do a send back and "boom!!!" I am a happy user on all three machines!
Why is this so friggen hard? -
"No Change"
Version: MacPool 5.1.0.0
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I was going to leave just a comment but this was so bad that I stared it. The graphics don't look real at all. It's slow, clunky, and not accurate at all. Most of the shots I made should have went in but didn't. I've played pool for 43 years and this has a long way to go before it even has the look, let alone the feel. -
"Pretty nice, but could use a couple changes"
Version: MacPool 5.1.0.0
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Overall, pretty fun. Worth $10. I just wish I could remove the "baKno" in 96 point type from the center of the pool table. Really detracts from an otherwise nice interface.
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