PrinceWatercress plays Trick Shot - Part 1 of 2

...and now, pool for one. Here, I show off how to beat all the screens in Trick Shot Mode.

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In this game, you play pool with three balls, mostly due to hardware and game limitations. Despite that, the game is still fun if you're looking for simple entertainment.

Here are the game modes (which are selected with the game mode switch):

1T: One-Player Trick Shot. See if you can pull off the odd shots needed to get all the balls in the pockets

2T: Two-Player Trick Shot. Same as above, but with two players taking turns.

1P: One-Player Pool: Sink all the balls until you get 25 points.

2P: Two-Player Pool: Same as above, but with two players taking turns. This mode is more exciting, as both of you compete to see who reaches 25 points first.

2B: Two-Player English Billiards: A game of English billiards with modified rules due to hardware and game limitations. I do not play this mode.

1, 2 ... 9: Trick Shot Practice Modes. These allow you to practice all of the screens in Trick Shot Mode as long and as much as you want.

By tapping Left and Right on the joystick, you can position the cue (the dot behind the white ball) behind the white cue ball. This will dictate where you hit the white ball from. The fire button hits the ball. The longer you hold the fire button, the harder your shot. By holding Up or Down, you can control the English on the ball to make it slower or faster. If you hear a ripping sound, that's the cue rubbing against the pool table (which doesn't punish you in any way).

Here are all the solutions for all nine screens in Trick Shot Mode:

1. Get the dot to the left of the cue ball and hold the fire button down for long enough to get the brown ball in the upper-left pocket.

2. Tap Left twice, then shoot the cue ball at the blue ball.

3. Aim the cue ball in this direction and hole fire for a few seconds. (Take the cue to the left, then aim it here.) The cue ball will bounce off all the balls and sink them.

4. Get the cue to the left, then tap Right on the joystick and shoot. You'll take the long way to get to the orange ball, but you'll sink both.

5. Tap left once and shoot. That's it, really.

6. Put the cue below the cue ball, then tap right four times and shoot. Once again, you have to take the long round-about way to hit both balls.

7. Aim for the orange ball. 

8. Tap right twice and shoot.

9. Get the white ball up and to the left, just above the top of the white ball. If you do it right, you'll bounce off two walls, knock the blue ball in, then sink the yellow one.

If you can sink all of the balls, you'll get a perfect score of 37 and a trophy next to your score.