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
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