History of snooker History of snooker The game of snooker is a cue sport which emerged in its modern form in the late 19th century, with roots going back to the 16th century form of English billiards. Billiards was popular among the British Armed Forces stationed in India. As billiards was only a two player game, new games such as life pool and pyramid pool were developed in order to accommodate more players. Eventually, these two games were combined to form snooker. Billiards was first played in the 16th century. It was known as a "gentleman's game" because of its popularity among royalty.
Championship 3D Snooker Championship 3D Snooker Championship 3D Snooker is a sports simulation video game developed and created by Steven Walters and published by Zeppelin Games Limited in 1992. "Championship 3D Snooker" simulates the cue sport Snooker, and is an early pioneer of 3D computer graphics in Snooker games, first used in Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker, and would be adopted for most Snooker games that followed, including the Virtual Pool series. The game was released in 64 bit graphics for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. "Championship 3D Snooker" is played on a traditional Snooker table, with the ability to play against the