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9 Ball Champ!

by Roughfish World Software
Version 1.0 for Windows

Freeware License agreement: By running this software you agree that Roughfish World Software will not be held liable for any damage real or imagined that may befall you! You may redistribute the application and files unchanged. That includes this license agreement. If you would like to have your logo displayed (for a minimal fee) in the official distribution contact us here.
You may be the next Ron Alacano (who was the first one?). Try your 9 ball skills in this classic pool game.

Instructions:
To position the ball for a break or after a scratch use the left mouse button to position and the right mouse button to lock in your position.
Use the mouse to guide the cue stick. Push it at the cue ball (do I have to explain everything?)
Esc-ends the game.

Here are the rules of 9 ball:
1) OBJECT OF THE GAME
Nine-Ball is played with nine object balls numbered one through nine and a cue ball. On each shot, the first ball the cue ball contacts must be the lowest numbered ball on the table, but the balls need not be pocketed in order. If a player pockets any ball on a legal shot, he remains at the table for another shot, and continues until missing, committing a foul, or winning the game by pocketing the 9-ball. After a miss, the incoming player must shoot from the position left by the previous player, but after any foul the incoming player may start with the cue ball anywhere on the table. Players are not required to call any shot. A match ends when one of the players has won the required number of games.

2) RACKING THE BALLS
The object balls are racked in a diamond shape, with the 1-ball at the top of the diamond and on the foot spot, the 9-ball in the center of the diamond, and the other balls in random order, racked as tightly as possible. The game begins with cue ball in hand behind the head string.

3) ORDER OF BREAK
Winner of the lag has the option to break. In 9-Ball, the winner of each game breaks in the next, unless otherwise specified by the tournament organizer. The following are common options that may be designated by tournament officials in advance:
(a) Players alternate break.
(b) Loser breaks.
(c) Player trailing in game count breaks the next game.

4) LEGAL BREAK SHOT
The rules governing the break shot are the same as for other shots except:
(a) The breaker must strike the 1-ball first and either pocket a ball or drive at least four numbered balls to the rail.
(b) If the cue ball is pocketed or driven off the table, or the requirements of the opening break are not met, it is a foul, and the incoming player has cue ball in hand anywhere on the table.
(c) If on the break shot, the breaker causes an object ball to jump off the table, it is a foul and the incoming player has cue ball in hand anywhere on the table. The object ball is not re-spotted (exception: if the object ball is the 9-ball, it is re-spotted).

Requirements:
You will need OpenGL 1.1 and a compatible video driver to run 9 Ball Champ.
Any pc running 32-bit Windows built after 1997 should do.
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