<s>
Jimmy	B-Application
White	I-Application
's	I-Application
'	I-Application
Whirlwind	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Snooker	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Archer	O
Maclean	O
,	O
released	O
by	O
Virgin	O
Games	O
in	O
1991	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
(	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
was	O
planned	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
Whirlwind	O
 '	O
Snooker	B-Application
is	O
a	O
realistic	O
snooker	B-Application
simulator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
simulate	O
snooker	B-Application
(	O
or	O
pool	O
)	O
in	O
3D	O
,	O
it	O
used	O
the	O
processing	O
power	O
and	O
graphics	B-Device
capabilities	I-Device
of	O
16-bit	B-Device
home	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
then	O
ground-breaking	O
realism	O
and	O
easy-to-use	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACE	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
closest	O
thing	O
to	O
being	O
on	O
a	O
real	O
snooker	B-Application
table	O
which	O
existed	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
player	O
to	O
refine	O
real-life	O
snooker	B-Application
skills	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
an	O
accurate	O
and	O
serious	O
simulation	B-Application
of	O
the	O
sport	O
,	O
Maclean	O
's	O
irreverent	O
sense	O
of	O
humour	O
was	O
prominent	O
throughout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
music	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
(	O
and	O
probably	O
intended	O
to	O
pay	O
homage	O
to	O
)	O
that	O
of	O
snooker	B-Application
TV	O
programme	O
Pot	O
Black	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getting	O
this	O
word	O
wrong	O
three	O
times	O
caused	O
the	O
word	O
FAIL	O
to	O
appear	O
over	O
the	O
screen	O
many	O
times	O
(	O
after	O
which	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
the	O
computer	O
was	O
rebooted	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
shot	O
is	O
effectively	O
pre-played	O
while	O
the	O
is	O
being	O
the	O
position	O
and	O
movement	O
of	O
each	O
ball	O
being	O
calculated	O
frame-by-frame	O
and	O
kept	O
in	O
a	O
list	O
in	O
memory	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
frame	O
of	O
the	O
next	O
shot	O
is	O
then	O
displayed	O
by	O
rendering	O
each	O
ball	O
from	O
this	O
list	O
,	O
frame-by-frame	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
rendering	O
it	O
in	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maclean	O
also	O
explained	O
that	O
a	O
closed	O
environment	O
like	O
a	O
snooker	B-Application
table	O
allowed	O
certain	O
optimizations	O
that	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
possible	O
in	O
3D	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Elite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regional	O
heats	O
were	O
held	O
at	O
Virgin	O
's	O
stores	O
;	O
the	O
eventual	O
winner	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
challenge	O
Maclean	O
himself	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
series	O
of	O
Channel	O
4	O
's	O
GamesMaster	O
with	O
snooker	B-Application
pro	O
Jimmy	O
White	O
commentating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UK	O
magazine	O
Mean	O
Sega	O
Machines	O
scored	O
the	O
game	O
highly	O
,	O
with	O
92%	O
,	O
particularly	O
enjoying	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
pick-up	O
and	O
play	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
accurate	O
portrayal	O
of	O
snooker	B-Application
,	O
saying	O
"	O
JWWS	O
brings	O
simulation	B-Application
into	O
the	O
90s	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
destined	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
benchmark	O
other	O
sims	O
are	O
measured	O
by.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
named	O
Whirlwind	O
Snooker	B-Application
the	O
37th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Gamesradar	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
45th	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Best	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis/Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
games	O
of	O
all	O
time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Archer	O
Maclean	O
's	O
Pool	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
Jimmy	B-Application
White	I-Application
's	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cueball	I-Application
in	O
1999	O
and	O
Jimmy	B-Device
White	I-Device
's	I-Device
Cueball	I-Device
World	I-Device
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
