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.
Virtual Snooker Virtual Snooker Virtual Snooker is a sports simulation video game developed by Celeris and published by Interplay Productions as an entry in the "Virtual Pool" franchise, the second in the series after "Virtual Pool" and the first spin-off from pool games, focusing on the game of snooker. The game was released on MS-DOS in July 1996 and is the first game in the series game to contain snooker as a playable game (the next was "Virtual Pool Hall in 1999)". "Virtual Snooker" was released the year after the original "Virtual Pool", and uses the same game engine many of the