Wikipedia:WikiProject Cue sports/Wanted cue sports miscellany

Missing articles that need to be created, that don't fall under the categories already covered at WP:CUEBIOS, WP:CUEORGS or WP:CUEEVENTS or showing up as missing game articles at the top of WP:CUETODO (or as redlinks in the game list at Cue sport). Things like films, books, equipment, companies, etc. that need entire articles (not just WP:CUEGLOSS entries) go here.

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles.

Cue manufacturers

 * Diamond Billiard Products (official name is Diamond Billiard Products Inc. and a common error to redirect would be Diamond Billiard Products, Inc. The best-reputation "" mfr. in the US (they have less market penetration that Valley-Dynamo, but that's because of the price and because of decades-standing coin-op vending contracts, and etc. Players almost unversially prefer the Diamond tables, because they play more like the big ones – tight corner pockets, highly predictable cushion rebound angles, etc.)
 * Joss Cues (a top US cue mfr., and sponsor of a major pro tour, the Joss Tour; redlink from Virtual Pool franchise)
 * Lucasi (major cue mfr.; weirdly, they appear to have no website; based in St. Augustine, FL)
 * Meucci (company) (one of the top cue manufacturers; needs DAB page; actually should be under official full name of company)
 * Schön Custom Cues (a top Eur. cue mfr., and sponsor of a major pro tour; redlink from Virtual Pool franchise; redir from Schon Custom Cues)
 * Viking Cues (a top US cue mfr., and sponsor of a major pro tour; redlink from Virtual Pool franchise)

Supplies manufacturers

 * Creative Innovations (a top US mfr. of cue accessories like tip tools & cases; redlink from Virtual Pool franchise; redir from Joe Porper & Joe Porper's Creative Innovations [full name of company])
 * Tweeten Fiber Company (top cue chalk mfr., and major billiard cloth supplier; redir from Tweeten)
 * Iwan Simonis (top billiard cloth mfr.; effective redlink from Cue sport and Carom billiards; needs DAB at Simonis)

Table manufacturers

 * Olhausen (Brunswick Corporation's main modern competitor; actually should be under official full name of company)
 * Presidential Billiards (actually a subsidiary of a more general furniture company, the lowest-cost teak supplier in the US; do article on that company, with Presidential Billiards section)
 * Master Billiards (possibly the leading mfr. in Australia; based in Sydney)

Media, publishing and promotion

 * Accu-Stats Video Productions (redlink at U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships; filmers of the finals of most major pro events)
 * Bebob Publishing (most productive of the dedicated publishers)
 * Billiard Club Network (redlink at U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships; seem to be responsible for getting much of the pool footage on U.S. TV aired)
 * Dragon Promotions (US- and S. Korea-based sponsors of World Straight Pool Championship, ten-ball events, and others; redlink from Thorsten Hohmann, Ten-ball and World Straight Pool Championship, probably others)

Venues

 * Hollywood Billiards, Hollywood, CA (founded by an old pro, I forget which; kind of legendary; had a branch in San Francisco that was sold around 2002)
 * Chesapeake Conference Center, Chesapeake, VA (home of, and redlink at, the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships since 2007; possibly notable in its own right more generally)
 * Q-Master Billiards (original home of, and redlink at, the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships and still involved (maybe owner); redir from Q-Masters, it's nickname)
 * Rileys (British chain of pool, snooker, darts and poker clubs; operates some kind of pool & snooker instructional program; really is spelled "Rileys", not "Riley's"; official website)

Schools

 * British Snooker Academies (BSA) (based in Portgual, despite the name; http://www.bsa.pt)
 * Rileys (British chain of clubs with an instructional program; see under "Venues" above for details)

Equipment/products

 * Sardo Tight Rack (high prominence in pro. tournaments, and an engineering marvel; deserves mention at Rack (billiards), and will need photos which means one of us has to buy the thing)
 * Delta-13 rack (as of 2010-2011 also has high prominence in pro tournaments; very thin - especially good for straight pool)

Draft articles (media)

 * PoolTV – User:SMcCandlish/Incubator/Pool TV (rescued from AfD; anyone should feel free to work on this and take it "live") - Likely non-notable after search :(  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 09:18, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Films

 * 9-ball: The Movie (still in production or possibly post-production as of October 2011)
 * Kiss Shot (1989) (Whoopie Goldberg & Dennis Franz made-for-TV movie; exists on DVD; IMDb)
 * Number One (1985 film) (and update Number One (film) dab page; Bob Geldoff & various others; made for UK TV; rarely available on VHS, and possibly only in PAL video format, no DVDs; IMDb)
 * The Baron and the Kid (1984) (Johnny & June Carter Cash, Claude Akins, and numerous pro cameos; made for TV; available on DVD; IMDb)
 * 道頓堀川（1982) (name translation needed from Japanese)
 * ナイン（2000) (name translation needed from Japanese)
 * A Game of Pool (film) a.k.a. The Pool Shark (1913) (a silent comedy short; may be the earliest known pool film, but little is known about it at IMDb; starred Edgar Kennedy, Fred Mace, Ford Sterling, and Mack Sennett who also directed and produced; redlink at some of these bio pages, and at A Game of Pool DAB page
 * Carambola (2003 film) (2003) (Spanish-language comedy about a billiard hall; available on DVD (w/ English subtitles); ; not to be confused with the two earlier westerns by this name)
 * Operación Carambola (1967) (Spanish-language, maybe or maybe not with Eng. subtitles - probably, as DVD is R1 and R4; comedy about billiards and apparently also a caper film; available on DVD )

Television

 * If not individually notable, start a Cue sports on television article or something.


 * Ultimate Pool Party (defunct ESPN pool show hosted by Ewa Mataya Laurance)
 * Trick Shot Magic (ESPN annual televised trick shot tournament)
 * Amsterdam (TV show) (pool game show started by comedian David Brenner; pilot featured Jeanette Lee, then still an amateur, comedian Richard Lewis and actor Steve Landesberg; cover story of Pool and Billiard mag. September 1990 issue; pilot may never have actually aired, and regardless was never picked up; named for Amsterdam Billiards, Brenner's pool hall)
 * PoolTV (see "Draft articles (media)", above)

Periodicals & websites

 * Billiards Digest (magazine; redlinked from Jose Parica; one of the three surviving national cue sports mags in the US)
 * Pool & Billiard Magazine (redlinked from Thorsten Hohmann; one of the three surviving national cue sports mags in the US)
 * InsidePOOL Magazine (one of the three surviving national cue sports mags in the US)
 * ''AzBilliards.com (the most prominent e-magazine on the topic)
 * Billiards (magazine; redlinked from Jose Parica; defunct, but once one of the two or three national cue sports mags in the US at that time)
 * American Cueist (magazine, defunct since ca. 2003; may not be notable enough for an article.)
 * Pro9.co.uk (UK-based, Europe-focused resource site that concentrates on nine-ball and "American pool" generally; tagline "The European Pool Player Resource")

Books

 * Daly's Billiard Book (1800s, by champion Maurice Daly (billiards player); perhaps the first mass-produced, general-audience book on the topic; should start as a section in his bio and possibly stay that way)
 * The Compleat Gamester (1674, by Charles Cotton; the earliest known written rules in English for billiards games, among many others; possibly should just be part of Cotton's article, but probably not, as it had its own lasting significance, and wasn't even attributed to Cotton until considerably later.

Fiction

 * Lush Life (1992 novel) (by Dallas Murphy; "Life gets 'interesting' again for Artie Deemer – introduced in Lover Man, 1987 – when he falls for pool-shark Crystal Spivey, a woman wanted by bankers, mobsters, and the CIA ..."; Atria hardcover ISBN 9780671685553, Pocket Books mass-market paperback ISBN 978-0671685560 and paperback ISBN 978-0671685560; has pool scene on cover)

Video games

 * ''Billards Champ 3D (Win 98/ME/XP/V, GDL Multimedia, 2007) - likely non-notable  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 09:38, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Crazy Pool (square table; found here) - likely non-notable  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 09:39, 7 February 2019 (UTC)


 * DDD Pool (Win XP; Papirkari, 2004; found hereAmazon, too) - likely non-notable  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 09:39, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Funk the 9 Ball (Game Boy Color; TamSoft, 2000; Japanese, and may not exist for other languages; full title may be Pocket Billiards: Funk the 9 Ball or something like that, in Japanese or Engrish or whatever)
 * Game Party 3 (Wii)
 * Hoyle Table Games (Win 98/ME/2000/XP; SelectSoft Publishing, year unknown; 18 games of various sorts, with the pool one called "Maximum Pool" so redir that to this one.)
 * The Hustle: Detroit Streets (XBox Live, PSP, PS2; Activision, 2006)
 * iSnooker (Windows XP, Vista, 7; 3D snooker simulator from http://www.thesnookerclub.com/ with online player-vs-player action via the Internet; may have Len Ganley voice work)
 * King of Pool (Wii; may be PAL-only; "Join the world of pool sharks and have the opportunity to play in five unique locations. Choose from one of the biggest selections of snooker and pool games available, triumph against your rivals in career mode, demonstrate your skills in Trick Shot mode, or use Free Play mode to test yourself.")
 * Multimedia Poo (Windows 3.1/95; Softkey; "Step into the ultimate multimedia pool hall")
 * Polar Games 2 (Windows XP/Vista; Mumbo Jumbo, 2008; includes a golf game and "Polar Pool", a pool-themed adventure game that is not really a simulated cue sport)
 * Pool 3D Training Edition (Windows; found here)
 * Pool Hall Pro (Wii; Playlogic International, 2009)
 * Pool House (Windows, PocketPC/WinCE, and PalmOS; found here)
 * Pool Hustler (Nintendo 64?; mentioned in review of another game)
 * "Pool Master" or Pool Master (franchise) or Pool Master franchise or whatever (might be better as one article):
 * Pool Master: Live Billiards (Win 98/ME/XP; eGames, 2003; may be same as pool game included in Bar Room Blitz, above)
 * Pool Master: Live Billiards 2 a.k.a. Pool Master 2: Live Billiards (Win XP; EBC Marketing, 2005; may be same as pool game included in Bar Room Blitz, above)


 * Pool Shark (PC video game) (subtitle: "The Best Pool Game...Ever!"; Cosmi/THQ, 1999, Win., CD-ROM; modes: single player (AI opponents), multiplayer, same machine, multiplayer LAN, multiplayer Internet; 3 table types, but pool only; 3 skill levels; 3 virtual venues; ESRB: E)
 * Power Play Pool (Nintendo DS; Conspiracy, 2007)
 * Pub Pool (J2ME game by IOMO)
 * Pub Pool 3D (J2ME game by IOMO)
 * QuickSnooker (found here)
 * The Billiard (a game in the never-ending Simple series, a.k.a. various different names on different platforms (with links here to their entries at [List of Simple series video games]]: Simple 1500 Series for PlaysStation Vol. 10: Billiards, and Vol. 50: The Billiard 2; Simple 2000 Series for PlayStation 2, Vol. 14: Billiards Xciting; and Simple DS Series for Nintendo DS, Vol. 2: Billiard Action; could collectively have an article, but an article for each would be insane overkill)
 * Tournament Pool (Wii; Destineer, 2009, ESRB: E, UPC: 828068212797)
 * Trick Shot (video game) (Atari 2600 game by Imagic)
 * Trickshot Pool (J2ME game by Infospace)
 * ''Underground Pool (Nintendo DS; UFO Interactive, 2006)
 * Yahoo Games game, name unknown (has been around since at least 2004; not listed at Yahoo Games yet)

Video game devices

 * CTA Pool Stick for Wii (CTA Digital)
 * PoolShark (input device) (PC, pre-USB, now a rare collectors' item)
 * Wii 9-in-1 Sports Pack
 * Wii ezCue Pool Stick
 * Wii Billards Cue Sticks Set (Hyperkin, 2008)

Pinball & arcade games

 * Star Pool (a pinball machine produced by Williams Electronics, ca. 1980s)
 * Poolshark (arcade game) (Atari, 1977)
 * Pool Sharks (pinball) (Bally Midway, 1990; User:SMcCandlish has art from manual - appears to be B&W line art version of some of the art from the backboard, with the characters, anthropomorpized sharks - not sure if useful for article; game has eight-ball and nine-ball scoring modes)

Handheld electronic games

 * Bank Shot Electronic Pool (Parker Brothers, 1980; LED-based game)

Theatre

 * Billiards (play) (possibly the only stage production about cue sports; comedy by Edwin F. Thorne; mentioned at Yank Adams; google E. F. Thorne" billiard', etc., for sources)

Laws

 * Crooks Act, Canada (upheld in Hodge v. The Queen (1883) 9 App Cas 117; repealed when?; forbade "billiards" in any public place without a liquor license)

Unusual equipment

 * Irregular octagon (long sides) tables: User:SMcCandlish has photos from late 1800s Germany
 * Round tables: 2) History; 2) Silent Running
 * Coffin-shaped tables

Non-notable crap
Stuff to avoid. See also the list of non-notable games already speedied/CfD'd at bottom of WP:CUEGAMES.
 * Chalk to win (alleged academic theory, successfully AfD'd, of one "Dr. M. Lee" that putting chalk on the cue leads to a higher chance of winning, not because chalk is useful but because it just increases confidence)

False positives

 * Billiard (number) (mathematics)
 * Billiard knot, billiard curve (mathematics)
 * Dynamical billiards (physics)
 * Artin billiard
 * Billiard ball computer
 * Outer billiard
 * Sinai billiard
 * Eight-ball (disambiguation) - everything listed here
 * Multiplying billiard balls (stage magic trick)
 * Pool Shark'' (slot simulator) (by Pokies4Fun; an Australian Windows PC video game simulator of a 5-reel, 20-payline poker-style slot machine or "pokie" in .au slang, with a pool theme - the numbers are pool balls, and special symbols include a rack of balls, a cue and ball, a player at a pool table, etc.; not included above as a cue sports video game, since it's not really, it's a casino game sim)
 * The 9 Ball Diaries (movie, out on DVD now; despite the title and a big 9 ball on the cover, it has nothing to do with pool, and is about cyclocross racing! WTF?; by DH Productions & Video Action Sports, 2011, UPC 730475623601)