{{short description|2000 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Maximum Pool | collapsible = | state = | image = Maximum Pool cover.jpg | caption = | developer = Dynamix | publisher = Sierra Sports | series = 3D Ultra | engine = | platforms = Windows, Mac OS, Dreamcast | released = '''Windows'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|September 8, 2000<ref>{{cite web |last=Fudge |first=James |date=September 8, 2000 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/029/129/mp.html |title=Maximum Pool Ships |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030525152727/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/029/129/mp.html |archivedate=May 25, 2003 |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref>|EU|October 2000<ref name=PCZone/>}}'''Dreamcast'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|November 16, 2000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Churchill |first=Sarita |date=November 16, 2000 |title=PC, Macintosh, and Dreamcast Users Unite - Online That Is! |url=http://www.sierra.com/corp/mr/release/0,2760,505,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010305031724/http://www.sierra.com/corp/mr/release/0,2760,505,00.html |archive-date=March 5, 2001 |access-date=July 3, 2024 |website=Sierra Entertainment}}</ref>}} | genre = Sports | modes = Single-player, multiplayer }}
'''''Maximum Pool''''' is a video game developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line under their Sierra Sports label for Windows and Dreamcast in 2000. It is the tenth game in the ''3D Ultra'' series, and the successor to the 1999 game ''Cool Pool''.
==Reception== {{Video game reviews | align = left | SDC = true | PC = true | na = true | GSpot_SDC = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=December 12, 2000 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/maximum-pool-review/1900-2664039/ |title=Maximum Pool Review (DC) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> | GSpot_PC = 6.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Poole |first=Stephen |date=September 6, 2000 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/maximum-pool-review/1900-2618913/ |title=Maximum Pool Review (PC) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> | GameZone_SDC = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Da bomb mom |date=January 15, 2001 |url=http://dreamcast.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15135.htm |title=Sierra Sports Maximum Pool Review - Dreamcast |website=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927165451/http://dreamcast.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15135.htm |archivedate=September 27, 2008 |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> | GameZone_PC = 8.6/10<ref name=GameZone>{{cite web |last=Shif |first=Gil Alexander |date=July 18, 2000 |url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15135.htm |title=Sierra Sports Maximum Pool Review - PC |website=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003070203/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15135.htm |archivedate=October 3, 2008 |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> | IGN_SDC = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Chau |first=Anthony |date=December 15, 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/16/maximum-pool |title=Maximum Pool (DC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> | IGN_PC = 7.9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Scott |date=September 28, 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/09/29/maximum-pool-2 |title=Maximum Pool (PC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> | PCZone_PC = 59%<ref name=PCZone>{{cite magazine |last=Steinberg |first=Scott |url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_095_2000-11_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n79/mode/2up |title=Maximum Pool |magazine=PC Zone |publisher=Dennis Publishing |issue=95 |date=November 2000 |page=81 |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> | MC_SDC = 59/100<ref name=MCDC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/maximum-pool/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast |title=Maximum Pool for Dreamcast Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> | MC_PC = 71/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/maximum-pool/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Maximum Pool for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> }}
The game received "mixed or average reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.<ref name=MCDC/><ref name=MCPC/> ''GameZone'' gave the PC version a favorable review, nearly two months before it was released.<ref name=GameZone/>
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==External links== * {{moby game|id=/maximum-pool}}
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