1988 · Artech Digital Entertainment · Sports

Rack 'Em

Rack 'Em is a two-player cue-sports simulator offering five game modes: standard pool, 8-ball, 9-ball, Bumper Pool, and Snooker, each recreating authentic rules. Players control shot mechanics by selecting the target ball, desired location, pace, and spin. The game includes a Bumper Pool editor and practice modes allowing shot retakes for skill development. Players can save favorite shots or games in progress, though this feature is unavailable in the C64 cassette version.

Released: 1988
Platforms: Commodore 64 Commodore C64/128/MAX MS-DOS
Genres: Sports
Developers: Artech Digital Entertainment
Publishers: Accolade
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric

About

Rack 'Em is a sports video game developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and published by Accolade. Rack 'Em simulates five cue-sports, including pool and snooker. The game was released for both MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1988.

Keywords

pool simulator

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

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.

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".