Cool Pool

{{Short description|1999 video game}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox video game | title = Cool Pool | collapsible = | state = | image = Cool Pool.jpg | caption = | developer = Dynamix | publisher = Sierra Attractions | series = | engine = | platforms = Windows | released = {{Video game release|WW|1999}} | genre = Sports, Cue Sports | modes = |alt = }} '''''Cool Pool''''', also marketed as '''''3D Ultra Cool Pool''''', is a 3D pool computer game by Sierra Attractions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=1903 |title=3-D Ultra Cool Pool |last=Hudak |first=Chris |work=Electric Playground |date=16 April 2004 |accessdate=11 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040705125543/http://www.elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=1903 |archive-date=5 July 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/024/170/ultracpool_review.html |title=3-D Ultra Cool Pool |last=Todd |first=Brett |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |date=8 December 1999 |accessdate=11 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406122955/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/024/170/ultracpool_review.html |archive-date=6 April 2005 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ag.ru/games/3-d-ultra-cool-pool/review |title=Обзор игры 3-D Ultra Cool Pool |last=Мартынов |first=Андрей |work=Absolute Games |date=7 October 1999 |accessdate=11 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316050114/http://www.ag.ru/games/3-d-ultra-cool-pool/review |archive-date=16 March 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and the ninth game in the ''3D Ultra Series''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/3-d-ultra-series|title = 3-D Ultra series}}</ref> It has an online playing feature. This game offers classic pool games such as eight-ball, but it also includes its own fantastical pool games such as Chameleon Ball and Mad Bomber, which use elements that cannot exist in real life such as color changes and explosions. This game also allows online play one on one against other players and offers text based chat during play.

A successor to the game, called ''Maximum Pool'', was released for Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast in 2000.

On 16 August 2007 Sierra shut down the public pool game servers used by ''Cool Pool''. "Online Forever" is a project started at PAuth.com which aims to keep ''Cool Pool'' running online,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/Products/PC/coolpool/ |title=Minimum requirements |work=neoseeker.com |access-date=30 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520074548/http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/Products/PC/coolpool/ |archive-date=20 May 2007 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pauth.com |title=Cool Pool and Maximum Pool Patch for online rooms after Aug 16, 2007 |work=pauth.com |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110001732/http://pauth.com/ |archive-date=10 January 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> though that has since also shut down.

With the help of a patch, the game will see the public pool rooms now being hosted by members of the community. Both ''Cool Pool'' can be patched to see these pool room servers.<ref name="ag.r_3-DU">{{Cite web |title=3-D Ultra Cool Pool - рецензия и обзор на игру на AG.ru |work=ag.ru |access-date=6 January 2019 |url=http://www.ag.ru/games/3-d-ultra-cool-pool/review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316050114/http://www.ag.ru/games/3-d-ultra-cool-pool/review |archive-date=16 March 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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Category:1999 video games Category:Cue sports video games Category:Sports video games Category:Dynamix games Category:Sierra Entertainment games Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games