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The game is also the first released on a handheld console, as the World Snooker Challenge 2005 on the PlayStation Portable. The game features a playable "League of Champions" mode, where famous past snooker matches can be replayed. The game includes additional modes such as bar billiards. In "free play" mode, variables such as table size can be ...
The games in the series focus on delivering a realistic interpretation of pool and snooker. The original title was released on Microsoft Windows on 10 November 2000, with a sequel entitled Cue Club 2 arriving on 4 July 2014, on the same platform.
The game featured licenses and likenesses to players from within the top 32 players of the World Snooker Tour. The game allowed players to create an in-game character to play in various modes, including tournaments, on-off matches, and the official world championship. The game also featured a "Master Class" mode, that featured as an in-game ...
Snooker 19 was released on 17 April 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Nintendo Switch version came out on 23 August 2019. [14] [15] In April 2020, a Virtual Snooker World Championship took place, contested by the top 16 players on the PS4 version of the game. The matches were released on the official World Snooker Tour ...
The Pool mode from WSC 2005, displaying an altered sized table. This is the first game in the series to use the official World Snooker Championship moniker for the game. The game features modes similar to the previous entry in the series, with a career mode, tournament mode, and online modes, as well as quickplay and training modes. [2]
The game was also released with a version specifically designed to play in English pubs and bars. [5] The game features commentary from both Dennis Taylor and (for the first time) John Virgo. [6] John Virgo also lends his name to the unlockable trick shot mode, similar to the one seen in the snooker-based TV gameshow Big Break. [7]
The game features Career, Quick Play and Trickshot modes. The game also includes eight-ball, nine-ball, and blackball pool. For a series first, the game also allows players to play Snooker online, via a modem. [5] There is also the option to create your own custom tournaments for play against the AI, or another player. [6]
The game is played on many themed snooker tables across many areas, such as a traditional Snooker hall, a desert area in the Maldives or an outside area stylized over Stonehenge. [ 7 ] [ 5 ] As with other entries into the series, the game features "floating hands" that play against the player as the opponent, and also act as the game's referee.