Nine-Ball Pool

About Nine-Ball Pool

A standalone HTML/CSS/JS nine-ball pool game with canvas-based rendering, local two-player flow, practice drills, and expandable high-contrast themes.

A standalone HTML/CSS/JS nine-ball pool game with local two-player play, practice drills, optional sound feedback, bold high-contrast themes, and a prominent match scoreboard.

The theme selector updates both the interface and the pool table palette.

Help and Basic Nine-Ball Rules

How to shoot: drag from the cue ball toward the target line. A longer drag creates more power. Release to strike the cue ball. Use the sliders or arrow keys for top/draw and left/right spin.

1. In rules mode, the cue ball must contact the lowest numbered object ball first.
2. A scratch, no object-ball contact, wrong first ball, or no rail/pocket after contact is treated as a foul.
3. After a foul, the incoming player gets ball in hand and may click a legal open spot to place the cue ball.
4. Legally pocketing the 9-ball wins the rack. If the 9-ball is pocketed during a foul or push-out, it is spotted again.
5. After a legal break, the next shooter may call a push-out. After the push-out, the opponent may accept the table or pass the shot back.

Practice: use Practice Drills to load repeatable shot setups without changing the current theme. The top scoreboard clearly shows when scoring is paused in Practice Mode.

Shortcuts: R = new rack, B = toggle ball in hand, Space = stop motion, Esc = close popups, arrow keys = adjust spin.

Practice Drills

Load a repeatable table setup, then aim and shoot normally. These drills are useful for practicing shot control, fouls, rail contact, and 9-ball finishes.

Practice Drills do not change the selected color theme. Loading a drill resets the current rack layout for practice.