Maximum Pool - SEGA Dreamcast - Match & Gameplay of Eight Ball Pool, Cutthroat & Snooker [4K60]
9Sierra Sports Maximum Pool is another region exclusive game for Dreamcast this time from North America. As the only other cue sports game on the Dreamcast Jimmy White's 2: Cueball only released in Europe, it's interesting to compare the two. While Maximum Pool, has rather poor presentation it does feature far more games and online play than Jimmy White's 2. Mode wise it includes Basic Pocket Billiards, Carom Billiards, Cutthroat, Eight Ball, Nine Ball, Rotation & Snooker.
Graphics and sound are decent for the time, but nothing special. The controls are also somewhat awkward for a pool game and take a little while to learn. The A.I. has a decent spread with the different characters including Buddy the dog. While the hardest A.I. is unstoppable at pool, it doesn't seem to know how to play Snooker all that well. By all account you need to play this online with friends to get the most out of it.
Time stamp and chapter details:
0:00 - Game details and Menus
1:46 - Road Race Beginner Class-A Sports Car Setup
9:20 - Cutthroat Match Three Players
26:58 - Snooker Match
Also known as: Sierra Sports Maximum Pool (Full title) マックス・プールは日本未発売
Year: 2000
Developer: Dynamix
Publisher: Sierra On-Line
Genre: Cue Sports
Players: 1 - 4
Version Shown: NTSC/U
Format: Sega Dreamcast (DC) / ドリームキャスト (Sony PlayStation / PS1 / PSX / プレイステーション )
Sierra Sports Maximum Pool was also released on PC, but has not been re-issued.
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Outros included in this video, template from Panzoid by Magnus DZN, edited by Riven, outro music is Kawaii! by bad snacks. The song Game Plan was added to the Bleem section and the intro music was replaced with the City Night Lights also from Bad Snacks and are in the YouTube Music Library.
Footage is captured directly from a SEGA Dreamcast using a VGA cable via an Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro and outputted via an Xbox One. Upscaled to UHD 4K to improve the video bit rate, watch in HD or UHD for best video playback on YouTube.
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