Trick Shot
Platform: Atari 2600
Region: USA
Media: Cartridge
Controller: Joystick
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1982
Developer: Imagic
Publisher: Imagic
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Name your game: Pool, English Billiards, or Trickshot combinations test your poise and accuracy, while 9 Practice Shots allow you to refine your skills even further. Line up with your joystick-controlled cue. Decide how powerful an impact to apply and use just the right amount of "English." One or two players compete for the winner's trophy, striving all the while to perfect each shot.

~From the Manual

Trick Shot was released alongside Demon Attack and Star Voyager as Imagic's first three titles. Trick Shot is the only pool simulation available in the 2600's library, but it does its job quite well. However, the Atari 2600's limitations do come into play in that Trick Shot only displays three balls in addition to the cue ball on screen at once. There are three different types of games available: Trickshot, Pool, and English Billiards. Trick Shot was programmed by Dennis Koble, who went on to write Atlantis, Solar Storm, and Shootin' Gallery. (Contributed by sdamon)

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