Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend
Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (released in Japan as Side Pocket 2) is a pocket billiards video game for the Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn, featuring famed billiards player Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone. It…
Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend is a sport developed by Data East, released 31 March 1995 on Sega Saturn and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend is
Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend is a sport game developed by Data East and released in 1995. It is available on Sega Saturn and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (released in Japan as Side Pocket 2) is a pocket billiards video game for the Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn, featuring famed billiards player Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone. It was released as a sequel to Data East's earlier success, Side Pocket. The objective is to travel through different cities and defeat AI-controlled hustlers. The player can also take on another human player in order to prove his worthiness at the pool table. The player can participate in a story mode and play against a set of pros in six different pool halls in an attempt to face off against Minnesota Fats himself. There are seven different variations of pool to play: Eight-Ball…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend launched on 31 March 1995, within three weeks of Chrono Trigger, Discworld, Mortal Kombat 3 and Gex.
Released around the same time: Chrono Trigger, Discworld, Mortal Kombat 3, Gex.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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