Snooker The sport has become increasingly popular in China. The origin of snooker dates back to the latter half of the 19th century. In the 1870s, billiards was a popular activity amongst British Army officers stationed in India and several variations of the game were devised during this time. One such variation originated at the officers' mess of the 11th Devonshire Regiment in 1875, which combined the rules of two pocket billiards games, pyramid and life pool. The former was played with fifteen red balls and one black positioned in a triangle, while the latter involved the potting of designated coloured
Balls of Steel (video game) game and original voice-overs by Nukem actor Jon St. John. Pinball missions include fighting monsters like octabrains and pig-cops, and using powerups such as jetpacks and the Holoduke, from the Duke Nukem 3D video game. Graphics of a pinball game named "Balls of Steel" appear in "Duke Nukem 3D" itself, in the first level, "Hollywood Holocaust", when Duke encounters the table. "Balls of Steel" reappears in "Duke Nukem Forever". "Balls of Steel" was a finalist for "Computer Games Strategy Plus"s 1998 "Classic Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to "Centipede". The editors wrote that "Balls of Steel" "demonstrated