Sharkey's 3D Pool

About

Sharkey's 3D Pool is a digital pool game that brings real-world billiards to classic computers. You take aim by rotating the table and adjusting the cue ball's position, then strike with precision to sink your target. The game supports head-to-head matches or solo challenges against a basic AI, with winners decided over multiple frames. Its 3D perspective allowed players to view shots from angles not common in earlier 2D pool games. The game claimed to be the first 3D computer pool simulation when it launched in late 1989. It ran on everything from DOS to ZX Spectrum, a rare reach for its era. While the physics feel rough by today's standards, the ability to tweak angles and plan bank shots was a novelty back then. A relic of late '80s experimentation with 3D perspectives in sports games.