Cue sports playing nine-ball. Snooker balls are smaller than American-style pool balls with a diameter of 52.5 mm ( in), and come in sets of 22 (15 reds, 6 "", and a cue ball). English billiard balls are the same size as snooker balls and come in sets of three balls (two cue balls and a red, an object ball). Other games, such as bumper pool, have custom ball sets. Billiard balls have been made from many different materials since the start of the game, including clay, bakelite, celluloid, crystallite, ivory, plastic, steel and wood. The dominant material from 1627 until the
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