Carom3D
| Carom 3D | |
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Carom 3D | |
| Developer(s) | Comworm |
| Publisher(s) | Neoact |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release date(s) |
1999 |
| Genre(s) | Sports simulation – pool |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multi-player |
Carom 3D is a 3D, freeware online sports simulation video game released by Neoact in 1999. [1] It was at initially a school project of a Korean student known as Comworm. It quickly gained in popularity in Korea in the beginning of 2000, and the year after there were several thousand players all over the world. It is a multiplayer online simulation of pool and billiards.
Overview
Carom 3D is at least in part an accurate simulation of eight-ball, nine-ball, rotation pool, three-ball, four-ball and original six-ball game.[2] The game can be played in two different modes : first-person 3D perspective and fixed overhead view.
Until 2005 it was a completely freeware software product. Then it progressively became a free-to-play game with a lot of bonus items (cues, custom 3D character and profile, participation to daily tournaments) sold from 1 to 5 USD.
The main aspect of Carom 3D is online confrontation with players from all over the world. Winning allows aplayer to get a better cue needed to perform high strength and full spin shots. Spinning, as in real life pool and billiards, takes an important role in Carom 3D, specially in pocketless games where most shots are not even possible without a deep knowledge of pool physics and spinning.
Closure of the server
From 2005 to 2010 more than one thousand users were playing at the same time every day on the Neoact servers, but the number of online players then decreased due to the lack of updates and Neoact focusing on other games (Astronest, Texas Hold'em, Fantasy Masters, Pokermania). At the end of 2013, the expected closure of the servers occurred. Neoact communicated the decision on the official website "www.carom3d.com" with the statement:[3]
!! CLOSING GAMEIS GAMES !!Dear ALL GameIS Players,
We are very sad to announce that we will be forced to close the GameIS.com system and CLOSE ALL GAMES on 10th, December due to decreased revenue and increased server costs.
We can not afford to keep these servers open any longer as they have been in a financial losing state for quite some time.
We appreciate everyone's support and cooperation during this hard time and hope that you can understand our business decision.
THIS CLOSURE WILL AFFECT ALL GAMEIS.COM GAMES.
From now until the closing date, we have DISABLED all Methods of buying Cash or Chalks on the GameIS.com website.
We would also like to sincerely thank all Moderator teams !! Without these hard working people to monitor these games on a DAILY BASIS, we could not have kept the GameIS.com
Thank you.
Sincerely,
GameIS
References
- ↑ "네오액트 - Online game and solution". Neoact.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ "Test du jeu vidéo Carom3D sur PC". Emunova.net. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/CAROM3D/posts/10152061709179629