📖 About 8-Ball Pool
Category:
Arcade
What is it? 🎱
Classic 8-ball pool in your browser. Play against the computer or a friend with realistic ball physics. No sign-up—just pick your cue and sink the balls. Works on mobile, tablet and desktop.
How to play 🎮
- Start – Choose to play against the computer or a friend (2 player). Toggle sound with the speaker button (upper right).
- Difficulty – When playing vs computer, select a difficulty level.
- Aim & shoot – Move the hand to reposition the cue ball. A line shows aim and predicted ball trajectories. Drag and release the cue stick to shoot. The white sphere (bottom left) is the cue ball; the red dot is the impact point. Change the impact point to add spin.
8-Ball rules (simplified) 📋
- Objective: Pocket all your balls (stripes or solids), then the 8-ball to win.
- Break: First player breaks; if they sink a ball, they continue.
- Choosing groups: The first ball legally pocketed decides stripes or solids.
- Turns: Hit your group first. Pocket a ball to keep playing.
- Fouls: Not hitting your group first, cue ball off the table or pocketed.
- Winning: Clear your group, then call and pocket the 8-ball legally.
About the game – HTML5/JS billiards game; no Flash needed.