Atari ST - Firebird (UK) - 1989
3-D Pool
- Genre
- Sports - Pool / Billiards / Snooker
- Year
- 1989
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- Firebird (UK)
- Controls
- Mouse / Keyboard
- Distributor
- Telecomsoft
- Players
- 1 / 1 vs. 2 / Demo
- Developer
- Aardvark Software
- Resolution
- Low
- Licensed from
- —
- Programmer(s)
- Pelling, Nick
- Country
- Graphic Artist(s)
- [unknown]
- Software
- English
- Game design
- Pelling, Nick
- Box/Instructions
- English
- Musician(s)
- [n/a]
- License
- Commercial
- Sound FX
- [unknown]
- Serial
- —
- Cover Artist(s)
- —
- ST Type
- ST, STe, TT / 0.5MB
- MIDI
- —
- Version
- —
- Dump
- Download
- Number of Disks
- 1 / Single Sided
- Dump format
- Pasti
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (4)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
See P. Putnik's site for adapted versions for hardware like HxC Floppy Emulator, Atari harddisk, TT, Falcon030 and more: The Atari ST Game Archive
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INSTRUCTIONS (1)
ADS (2)
VIDEOS (2)
TRIVIA (4)
Graphics
Features digitized graphics (introduction screen)
Features up to 72 colours on-screen simultaneously (introduction screen)
Features up to 72 colours on-screen simultaneously (introduction screen)
Sound
Features digitized sound fx at 4.9KHz
Charts
Top UK charts position: 11 (09/1989 full price), 6 (09/1991 budget)
Months on charts: 4 between 09/1989 - 02/1992
Months on charts: 4 between 09/1989 - 02/1992
Releases
First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Commodore 64 (4/1989), ZX Spectrum (6/1989), Amstrad CPC (6/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (5/1989), Amiga (10/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (5/1989), Amiga (10/1989)
Based on the review data, the Atari ST version was released first on the 16-bit market in Europe, and ported later for other 16-bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (9)
ST Action · July, 1989Rating: 67 %
The One · June, 1989 · by Penn, GaryRating: 88%
ST / Amiga Format · July, 1989Rating: 71%
Atari ST User · September, 1989Rating: 9/10
The One · May, 1991Rating: 4/5
ST Format · June, 1991Rating: 87%
ST Action · August, 1991Rating: 70%
The One · February, 1992Rating: 5/5
ST Review · January, 1993Rating: 64%