1997 · Data East · Cue sport · Sports
Side Pocket 3
Timed Sega exclusive
Side Pocket 3 is a Japan-exclusive pocket billiards video game for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. Like its predecessor, Side Pocket 2, it features the in-game likeness of a real-life professional pool player. In this case, it's JPBA member, Kyoko Sone.
- Released
- 18 July 1997
- Platforms
- PlayStationPlayStation 3PlayStation PortableSega Saturn
- Genres
- Cue sportSports
- Developers
- Data East
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Non-fiction
- Country
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Composers
- Gamadelic
About
Side Pocket 3 (Japanese: サイドポケット３, Hepburn: Saido Poketto 3) is a Japan-exclusive pocket billiards video game for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. Like its predecessor, Side Pocket 2, it features a real-life professional pool player. In this case, it is JPBA member, Kyoko Sone. The game is the third and final installment of the Side Pocket series.
Keywords
- baseball
- billiards
- playstation network
- digital distribution
- licensed game
- psone classics
- superdeformation
- playstation tv support
- backwards compatibility
- japan only
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Unlike the previous installments in the Side Pocket series, Side Pocket 3 renders the pool room environment with 3D polygons. In spite of this, the table can still be viewed in a traditional, top-down perspective.
Play modes consist of: story mode, training mode, trick game mode, and versus mode. Game variants include eight ball, nine ball, rotation, 14.1 continuous, bowlliards, cutthroat, carom billiards, poker, pocket game (a homage to the original game), and yotsudama.
Reception
Weekly Famitsu gave the PlayStation version a 25 out of 40, claiming that it was more or less the same as its Sega Saturn counterpart.
Brazilian magazine Ação Games gave the Saturn version an 8 out of 10.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Follows
- Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend
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Collections2 collections
Platform libraries
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