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.
World Championship Snooker (video game) off reviews from PC Zone UK and PC Gameplay magazine. World Championship Snooker (video game) World Snooker Championship (Or, "WSC") is a sport simulation video game, released for the PC on 9 February 2001, and later released on PlayStation. The game was the first of the World Snooker Championship video games series, which would run until 2011. The game featured player likenesses from the real world, including Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan. The game was developed by Blade Interactive and published by Codemasters and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. It was followed by "World Championship Snooker