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Dragon graphics aren't up to producing a playable game of snooker - not enough colours! - so Microdeal has come up with this version of pool instead. It's a simplified game with no scoring. The first to pot all their own balls and the eight ball wins.

It's a two-player game, though you can play yourself if you can't talk anyone else into it. Play is controlled by joysticks. You position the cue ball (if necessary), press the fire button, position the cue, press the button again, select spin by positioning a small dot on a ball at the top, then hold down the fire button while a "power bar" grows to the appropriate length for the force you want. The balls move smoothly around, making a fairly authentic click when they collide and disappearing if they reach a pocket.

Sound effects are good, though limited, and graphics adequate. There is a choice of three screen colours, but with the traditional green table the balls are non too easy to distinguish. It's clearer in black-and-white. It's not much like the real thing, but fun to play all the same.

M.N.