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Backstreet Billiards

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A feature-rich PlayStation pool and carom simulation with story, practice, trick-shot, and multiplayer modes.

The briefing

About this game

Backstreet Billiards combines an extensive selection of pool and carom games with timed, trick-shot, and practice modes. Its story mode follows a character searching for his father’s famous pool cue, with increasingly difficult opponents, different locations, hidden items, and ability upgrades.

Game Modes

  • Pool: 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Rotation, Basic Pool, 141 Continuous, Bowlliards, Cutthroat, 5-9, and One Pocket.
  • Carom: 3-Ball, 4-Ball, Free, One Cushion, and Three Cushion.
  • Timed, trick-shot, practice, and story modes.

Up to four players are supported, with or without a multitap. The game was developed by Argent and published by ASCII, with a release date of November 30, 1998.