{"id":753,"date":"2011-04-04T09:05:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T14:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2011-04-04T11:52:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T16:52:42","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-pool-15-atari-800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/753\/retro-scan-of-the-week-pool-15-atari-800","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Pool 1.5 &#8211; Atari 8-bit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/atari_pool_15_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/atari_pool_15_small.jpg\" alt=\"Rexall Typewriter Paper Pad Cover - circa 1950s - 1960s\" class=\"centered\"\/><\/a><span class=\"freecaption\"><em>&#8220;Now you too can play Pool 1.5&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have fond memories of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atariarchives.org\/creativeatari\/Pool_1_5.php\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pool 1.5<\/em><\/a> for the Atari 8-bit computer line.  I remember finding a neglected copy of it in the back of our Atari disk box as a kid and playing it for hours.  Despite it&#8217;s age, I still enjoy playing <em>Pool 1.5<\/em> more than any other billiards simulation.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;1.5&#8221; designation in the name is interesting and somewhat unusual for a game.  I assume it&#8217;s a version number, but I&#8217;ve never heard of, say, &#8220;Pool 1.0.&#8221;  Maybe it&#8217;s a title that metaphorically suggests improvement on the real game of Pool, similar to how we say &#8220;Revolution 2.0&#8221; today.  Or maybe not.<\/p>\n<p>If you get a chance, you should try it out.  The game holds up surprisingly well.<\/p>\n<p><center><em>[ From Compute!, June 1982, p.17 ]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> What&#8217;s your favorite pool\/billiards video or computer game?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Now you too can play Pool 1.5&#8221; I have fond memories of Pool 1.5 for the Atari 8-bit computer line. I remember finding a neglected copy of it in the back of our Atari disk box as a kid and playing it for hours. Despite it&#8217;s age, I still enjoy playing Pool 1.5 more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,7,13,27,26,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-games","category-computer-info-and-history","category-video-game-info-and-history","category-regular_features","category-retro-scan-of-the-week","category-retrogaming","category-computers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}