Side Pocket 3
{{Short description|1997 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Side Pocket 3
| image = SP3 Saturn Cover Art.jpg
| caption = Sega Saturn cover art
| developer = Data East
| publisher = Data East
| composer = Gamadelic
| series = Side Pocket
| platforms = Sega Saturn
PlayStation
| released = Sega Saturn
{{vgrelease|JP|July 18, 1997{{cite web
|url =https://sega.jp/archive/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html
|script-title=ja:[セガハード大百科] セガサターン対応ソフトウェア（ライセンシー発売）
|publisher =Sega Corporation
|accessdate =April 25, 2013
|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20090312003749/http://sega.jp/archive/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html
|archivedate =March 12, 2009
|url-status =dead
|language=ja}}}}Satakore
{{vgrelease|JP|November 19, 1998{{cite web
|url =http://www.dataeast-corp.co.jp/cont/nowgam.htm
|script-title=ja:発売中のゲーム
|publisher =Data East Corporation
|accessdate =April 25, 2013
|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20000304030513/http://www.dataeast-corp.co.jp/cont/nowgam.htm
|archivedate =March 4, 2000
|url-status =dead
|language=ja}}}}PlayStation
{{vgrelease|JP|April 16, 1998{{cite web
|url =http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slps01079.html
|script-title=ja:サイドポケット3
|publisher =Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
|accessdate =April 25, 2013
|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20130425015743/http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slps01079.html
|archivedate =April 25, 2013
|url-status =live
|language=ja}}}}
| genre = Cue sports
| modes = Single-player
Multiplayer
}}
{{Nihongo|Side Pocket 3|サイドポケット３|Saido Poketto 3|lead=yes}} is a Japan-exclusive pocket billiards video game for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. Like its predecessor, Side Pocket 2, it features the in-game likeness of a real-life professional pool player. In this case, it's JPBA member, Kyoko Sone.{{cite web
|url =http://dataeast-corp.co.jp/side3/sipo.htm
|script-title=ja:サイドポケット３
|publisher =Data East Corporation
|accessdate =April 25, 2013
|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/19971224190306/http://dataeast-corp.co.jp/side3/sipo.htm
|archivedate =December 24, 1997
|url-status =dead
|language=ja}} The game is the third and final installment of the Side Pocket series.
Gameplay
File:SP3 Overhead View.png version), showing an overhead view of the table.]]
Unlike the prior installments in the Side Pocket series, Side Pocket 3 renders the pool room environment with 3D polygons. In spite of this, the table can still be viewed in a traditional, top-down fashion.
Play modes consist of: story mode, training mode, trick game mode, and versus mode. Game variants include eight ball, nine ball, rotation, 14.1 continuous, bowlliards, cutthroat, carom billiards, poker, pocket game (a homage to the original game), and yotsudama.
Reception
Weekly Famitsu scored the PlayStation version at 25 out of 40, claiming that it was more or less the same as its Sega Saturn counterpart.{{cite web
|url =https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=2004
|title =サイドポケット3 [PSP] / ファミ通.com
|publisher =Enterbrain, Inc.
|accessdate =April 25, 2013
|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20130627011158/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=2004
|archivedate =June 27, 2013
|url-status =live
|language=ja}}
Brazilian magazine Ação Games gave the Saturn version 8 out of 10.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/acao_games_50/acao_games_120#page/n31/mode/2up|title = Ação Games}}
See also
- Side Pocket
- {{portal-inline|Cue sports}}
- {{portal-inline|Video games}}
References
External links
- [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/573527-side-pocket-3 Side Pocket 3 (PS)] at GameFAQs
- [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/saturn/576010-side-pocket-3 Side Pocket 3 (SAT)] at GameFAQs
Category:Cue sports video games
Category:Data East video games
Category:Japan-exclusive video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games