Rack 'Em
Rack 'Em is a sports video game developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and published by Accolade. 'Em simulates five cue-sports, including pool and snooker. The game was released for both MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1988.
Rack 'Em
- Date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Accolade
- Genre
- sports video game
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Rack 'Em is a sports video game developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and published by Accolade. 'Em simulates five cue-sports, including pool and snooker. The game was released for both MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1988.
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Key facts
• Developer — Artech • Publisher — Accolade • Designer — Paul Butler Rick Banks • Artist — Grant Campbell • Composer — Paul Butler • Released — 1988 • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Gameplay
Gameplay
Rack 'Em has five different game modes: Snooker, Pool, 8-ball, 9-ball and Bumper Pool. A trick shot mode allows saving shots to disk. The game includes in-game editor for the bumper pool mode.
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1988
Rack 'Em published.
1988
Rack 'Em is recorded as published in 1988.
Reception
The game received a score of 708/1000 from ACE magazine in March 1989, that described the game as having "pretty realistic" game physics. However, the game does not have opponent artificial intelligence to play against, and ACE described this omission as the "sole disappointing aspect of Rack 'Em".
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- 1.GameSpot Tech info. GameSpot.
- 2.Shannon, L.R. Games That Mean Business. New York Times. 22 November 1988.
- 3.Oldenberg, Don. Playing the Sporting Life; From Billiards to Darts to Auto Racing, Games for Armchair Athletes. Washington Post. 12 December 1988.
- 4.Brown, Lonnie. Billiards game gets better with playtime. The Ledger. September 2010.
- 5.Jarratt, Steve. Rack 'Em reviewed on IBM PC. Advanced Computer Entertainment. 18. March, 1989. 64. March 1989.
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