Lunar Pool
| Lunar Pool | |
|---|---|
NES box cover | |
| Developer | Compile |
| Publishers | Pony Canyon (Japan) FCI (Worldwide) |
| Composer | Masatomo Miyamoto |
| Platforms | PC-8800 series, NES, MSX; re-release: Wii Virtual Console |
| Release | PC-88
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| Genre | Sports |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Lunar Pool (known as Lunar Ball (ルナーボール, Runā Bōru) in Japan) is a sports video game. It was developed in 1985 by Compile for the NEC PC-8000 series (in Japan), the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES, in Japan, North America, and Europe), and the MSX (in Japan), and re-released for the Wii on the North American Virtual Console on October 22, 2007. The game combines pool (pocket billiards) with aspects of miniature golf. The object is to use a cue ball to knock each object ball into one of the pockets on pool tables of various shapes. The game offers sixty levels, and the friction of the table is adjustable. Lunar Pool was distributed by Pony Canyon in Japan and Fujisankei Communications International for the rest of the world.