JIMMY WHITE'S WHIRLWIND SNOOKER (?) (?)

Enter Trick Shot mode. At any time on the table press F7, F4 and F1. A double click sound will be heard. Return to the Control menu and access the Demo mode menu - there should be a third option 'DO A RANDOM 147 BREAK'. Select it and watch the computer perform 147 breaks all day long.

When all the red balls are off the screen you can choose the color of the next ball to hit the pocket by pressing:

2: YELLOW - 3: GREEN - 4: BROWN - 5: BLUE - 6: PINK - 7: BLACK

During a One-Player game if you commit a foul press BOTH MOUSE BUTTONS to get another shot.

PLAYERS GUIDE:

The best way of improving your snooker is to buy a book or video of snooker tips. The best way of getting to grips with Archer Maclean's 3D spectacular is to apply some of these handy hints.

These tips aren't designed to help you win every game. What Archer has kindly done is to highlight some areas of the game you might have missed.

That said, these should still improve ypur game - there are, after all, a staggering 164,000,000 possible shots, an accuracy of upto a 64th of a degree, 88 levels of power and 81 different spin combinations. Anything that can help you out with all that can't be too bad can it?

CHALK:

If you are hitting a straight shot, with no spin at all, you don't need any chalk. The more spin you apply to the cue ball, the more chalk you need. As a general rule, chalking your cue three times is safe for almost any shot.

AIMING:

To get the computer to pot any ball automatically, turn on both view lines and touch the ball of your choice with the right mouse button. If the shot is possible, it will set the angle and power correctly. If you're not sure which shot to go for, click on the question mark icon with the right mouse button; the computer will then work out the best shot to take and set it up. In a normal game you can't get the computer to take your shot without going thru a long process. When there's a tricky shot to be played, save your game to disk then load it into the trick shot editor. Ask the computer to play the shot and watch. Then repeat the process as closely as possible when you reload the game. Alternatively, you could turn on the two view lines and click on the desired ball with the right mouse button. This will line up the shot dead centre, from where you can adjust the the angle slightly left or right, depending on the shot. Naturally, the overhead view is best to use for this. When starting a normal game the computer usually sets up the best opening shot for you. Just set the power and spin and away you go.

CAMERA TRICKS:

Not many people have realised (despite it being mentioned numerous times) that after you've taken a shot, the camera can follow the balls around the table. A quick recap. After clicking on the take shot icon:

TRICK SHOTS:

To complete a trick shot (or to see if you can stump the computer), simply set up any layout and go to the demo mode, starting from that layout. You can then watch the computer play the shot (if its possible). A word of warning. If all the colours aren't on the table the computer will probably set them up anyway. If you have a red on the table it will set up every colour, but if you only have a blue and a black it will also set up the pink (thinking that you want the last three colours). It is possible to save layouts to a seperate disk (possibly to challenge a friend with). Go into the disk features menu and save the current game (or layout) to disk. When this happens, the computer loads in all the current layouts on the disk, so just swap the disk for a spare one, select an empty slot and save game. All the layouts will now be copied to this disk which you can give to a friend (and Archer Maclean say's its ok to do this, just don't copy the game itself because that is illegal (hehe!)). One more thing. When loading a game, hold down the left mouse button as you move the pointer as you move up and down the saved games. You'll be able to see each layout, making your game selection easier.

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