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The features that went beyond realistic pool were especially praised as enhancing the game's play.
Reviewing the Super NES version, GamePro praised the variety of modes, the audio and graphical improvements over the NES version, and the realistic details.
They praised the game for its trick shots and generally strategic gameplay and gave it a 6.25 out of 10.
In Japan, Game Machine listed Side Pocket on their August 1, 1986 issue as being the eighth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
In reviewing the NES version, Computer Gaming World declared it "far and away the best billiards simulation ever published for any system".
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