''Rack 'Em'' is a sports video game developed by

Artech Digital Entertainment Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. (stylized as ARTECH studios) was a video game developer formed in 1982 in Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Artech Studios, the company developed games such as ''Raze's Hell'', ''Monopoly (2000 vid ...

and published by

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. ''Rack 'Em'' simulates five cue-sports, including pool and

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. The game was released for both MS-DOS and

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in 1988.

Gameplay

''Rack 'Em'' has five different game modes:

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, Pool,

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and Bumper Pool. A trick shot mode allows saving shots to disk. The game includes in-game editor for the bumper pool mode.

Reception

The game received a score of 708/1000 from '' ACE'' magazine in March 1989, which described the game as having "pretty realistic" game physics. However, the game does not have opponent artificial intelligence to play against, and ''ACE'' described this omission as the "sole disappointing aspect of Rack 'Em".

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