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Developer(s)	Artech
Publisher(s)	Accolade
Designer(s)	Paul Butler ; Rick Banks
Artist(s)	Grant Campbell
Composer(s)	Paul Butler
Platform(s)	Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release	1988
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player

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Rack 'Em is a sports video game developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and published by Accolade. Rack 'Em simulates five cue-sports, including pool and snooker. The game was released for both MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1988.

Gameplay

Rack 'Em has five different game modes: Snooker, Pool, 8-ball, 9-ball and Bumper Pool.^[2] A trick shot mode allows saving shots to disk.^[3] The game includes in-game editor for the bumper pool mode.^[4]

Reception

The game received a score of 708/1000 from ACE magazine in March 1989, that described the game as having "pretty realistic" game physics. However, the game does not have opponent artificial intelligence to play against, and ACE described this omission as the "sole disappointing aspect of Rack 'Em".^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "GameSpot Tech info". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.
^ Shannon, L.R. (22 November 1988). "Games That Mean Business". New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
^ Oldenberg, Don (12 December 1988). "Playing the Sporting Life; From Billiards to Darts to Auto Racing, Games for Armchair Athletes". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
^ Brown, Lonnie (3 December 1988). "Billiards game gets better with playtime". The Ledger. Retrieved 2009-08-19. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Jarratt, Steve (March 1989). "Rack 'Em reviewed on IBM PC". Advanced Computer Entertainment. Issue 18 (March, 1989): 64. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

External links

Rack 'Em at MobyGames

[gamespot-1] "GameSpot Tech info". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.

[2] Shannon, L.R. (22 November 1988). "Games That Mean Business". New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

[3] Oldenberg, Don (12 December 1988). "Playing the Sporting Life; From Billiards to Darts to Auto Racing, Games for Armchair Athletes". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

[4] Brown, Lonnie (3 December 1988). "Billiards game gets better with playtime". The Ledger. Retrieved 2009-08-19. ^{[dead link‍]}

[ACE-5] Jarratt, Steve (March 1989). "Rack 'Em reviewed on IBM PC". Advanced Computer Entertainment. Issue 18 (March, 1989): 64. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

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+{{Short description|1988 video game}}
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 | title          =
 | image          = Rack 'Em Cover.jpg
-| caption        = Cover art of '''Rack 'Em'''
+| caption        =
-| developer      = [[Artech Digital Entertainments, Inc.]]
+| developer      = [[Artech Digital Entertainment|Artech]]
-| publisher      = [[Accolade (company)|Accolade]]
+| publisher      = [[Accolade, Inc.|Accolade]]
-| designer       = Paul Butler<ref name="gamespot">{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/c64/puzzle/rackem/tech_info.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123230032/http://uk.gamespot.com/c64/puzzle/rackem/tech_info.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2013-01-23|title=GameSpot Tech info|website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> <br>Rick Banks<ref name="gamespot"/>
+| designer       = Paul Butler<ref name="gamespot">{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/c64/puzzle/rackem/tech_info.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123230032/http://uk.gamespot.com/c64/puzzle/rackem/tech_info.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-23|title=GameSpot Tech info|website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> <br>Rick Banks<ref name="gamespot"/>
 | artist         = Grant Campbell
 | composer       = Paul Butler
 | released       = 1988
-| genre          = [[Sports game|Sports]]
+| genre          = [[Sports video game|Sports]]
 | modes          = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
-| platforms      = [[DOS]]<br />[[Commodore 64]]
+| platforms      = [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]]
 }}
-'''''Rack 'Em''''' is a [[sports]] [[simulation]] video game developed by [[Artech Digital Entertainments, Inc.]] and published by [[Accolade (company)|Accolade]]. ''Rack 'Em'' simulates various types of cue-sports, including [[Pool (billiards)|Pool]], and [[Snooker]]. The game was released for both MS-[[DOS]] and [[Commodore 64]] in [[1988 in video gaming|1988]].
+'''''Rack 'Em''''' is a [[sports video game]] developed by [[Artech Digital Entertainment]] and published by [[Accolade, Inc.|Accolade]]. ''Rack 'Em'' simulates five cue-sports, including [[Pool (cue sports)|pool]] and [[snooker]]. The game was released for both [[MS-DOS]] and [[Commodore 64]] in 1988.
-==Overview==
+==Gameplay==
-''Rack 'Em'' offer's five different game modes; [[Snooker]], [[Pool (cue sports)|Pool]], [[8-ball]], [[9-ball]] and [[Bumper Pool]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/22/science/peripherals-games-that-mean-business.html|title=Games That Mean Business|last=Shannon|first=L.R.|date=22 November 1988|work=New York Times|accessdate=2009-08-19|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522074141/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/22/science/peripherals-games-that-mean-business.html|archivedate=22 May 2014|df=}}</ref> As well as this there is a [[trick shot]] mode allowing the player to save their shots onto disk.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73650199.html?dids=73650199:73650199&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12%2C+1988&author=Don+Oldenburg&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Computers%3B+Playing+the+Sporting+Life%3B+From+Billiards+to+Darts+to+Auto+Racing%2C+Games+for+Armchair+Athletes&pqatl=google|title=Playing the Sporting Life; From Billiards to Darts to Auto Racing, Games for Armchair Athletes|last=Oldenberg|first=Don|date=12 December 1988|work=Washington Post|accessdate=2009-08-19|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105102341/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73650199.html?dids=73650199:73650199&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12,+1988&author=Don+Oldenburg&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Computers%3B+Playing+the+Sporting+Life%3B+From+Billiards+to+Darts+to+Auto+Racing,+Games+for+Armchair+Athletes&pqatl=google|archivedate=5 November 2012|df=}}</ref> The game also boasts an in-game editor for the bumper pool mode.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_7QSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_vsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4770,1196020&dq=|title=Billiards game gets better with playtime|last=Brown|first=Lonnie|date=3 December 1988|work=The Ledger|accessdate=2009-08-19}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
+''Rack 'Em'' has five different game modes: [[Snooker]], [[Pool (cue sports)|Pool]], [[8-ball]], [[9-ball]] and [[Bumper Pool]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/22/science/peripherals-games-that-mean-business.html|title=Games That Mean Business|last=Shannon|first=L.R.|date=22 November 1988|work=New York Times|accessdate=2009-08-19|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522074141/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/22/science/peripherals-games-that-mean-business.html|archivedate=22 May 2014}}</ref> A [[trick shot]] mode allows saving shots to disk.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73650199.html?dids=73650199:73650199&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12%2C+1988&author=Don+Oldenburg&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Computers%3B+Playing+the+Sporting+Life%3B+From+Billiards+to+Darts+to+Auto+Racing%2C+Games+for+Armchair+Athletes&pqatl=google|title=Playing the Sporting Life; From Billiards to Darts to Auto Racing, Games for Armchair Athletes|last=Oldenberg|first=Don|date=12 December 1988|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2009-08-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105102341/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73650199.html?dids=73650199:73650199&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12,+1988&author=Don+Oldenburg&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Computers%3B+Playing+the+Sporting+Life%3B+From+Billiards+to+Darts+to+Auto+Racing,+Games+for+Armchair+Athletes&pqatl=google|archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> The game includes in-game editor for the bumper pool mode.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_7QSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_vsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4770,1196020&dq=|title=Billiards game gets better with playtime|last=Brown|first=Lonnie|date=3 December 1988|work=The Ledger|accessdate=2009-08-19}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
 ==Reception==
-The game received a score of 708/1000 from [[ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)]] magazine in March 1989, where they described the game as having "pretty realistic" [[game physics]]. However, the game does not have opponent [[Artificial Intelligence]] to play against, and ACE described this omission as the "sole disappointing aspect of Rack 'Em".<ref name="ACE">{{cite journal | url=https://archive.org/stream/ace-magazine-18/ACE_Issue_18_1989_Mar#page/n62/mode/1up | title=Rack 'Em reviewed on IBM PC | author=Jarratt, Steve | journal=[[Advanced Computer Entertainment]] | volume=Issue 18 | issue=March, 1989 | pages=64 | deadurl=no | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007232121/http://archive.org/stream/ace-magazine-18/ACE_Issue_18_1989_Mar#page/n62/mode/1up | archivedate=2016-10-07 | df= }}</ref>
+The game received a score of 708/1000 from ''[[ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)|ACE]]'' magazine in March 1989, that described the game as having "pretty realistic" [[game physics]]. However, the game does not have opponent [[artificial intelligence]] to play against, and ''ACE'' described this omission as the "sole disappointing aspect of Rack 'Em".<ref name="ACE">{{cite journal | url=https://archive.org/stream/ace-magazine-18/ACE_Issue_18_1989_Mar#page/n62/mode/1up | title=Rack 'Em reviewed on IBM PC | author=Jarratt, Steve | journal=[[Advanced Computer Entertainment]] | date=March 1989 | volume=Issue 18 | issue=March, 1989 | pages=64 | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007232121/https://archive.org/stream/ace-magazine-18/ACE_Issue_18_1989_Mar#page/n62/mode/1up | archivedate=2016-10-07 }}</ref>
 == References ==
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 {{Snooker Video Games}}
-[[Category:DOS games]]
+[[Category:1988 video games]]
+[[Category:Accolade, Inc. games]]
+[[Category:Artech Studios games]]
 [[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
 [[Category:Cue sports video games]]
+[[Category:DOS games]]
+[[Category:Single-player video games]]
 [[Category:Snooker video games]]
-[[Category:1988 video games]]
 [[Category:Video games developed in Canada]]

v t e Snooker video games
Steve Davis	Steve Davis Snooker (1984) Steve Davis World Snooker (1989)
Jimmy White	Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker Jimmy White's 2: Cueball Jimmy White's Cueball World Jimmy White: Snooker Legend
Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ronnie O'Sullivan's World Snooker (2010) Ronnie O'Sullivan's Snooker (2012)
Virtual Pool	Virtual Snooker Virtual Pool Hall Virtual Pool 3 Virtual Pool: Tournament Edition Virtual Pool 4
World Snooker Championship	World Championship Snooker 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 Season 2007/08 Real 08 Real 11
Other	Snooker (1983) Alex Higgins' World Snooker (1985) Classic Snooker (1987) Rack 'Em (1988) Snooker Manager (1989) Championship 3D Snooker (1992) Arcade Pool (1994) Actua Pool (1999) Cue Club (2000) FooBillard (2002) Pool Paradise (2004) Pool Shark 2 (2004) Pool Party (2007) Pool Revolution (2008) Hustle Kings (2009) Snooker 19 (2019)