Video Eight Ball

Hey dude. Have you ever played eight ball...on video?

Filler Text
Text from this game's source code appears in the first version of the game as filler text.

First block starts at : INVALID ASSEMBLED ORIGIN PROGRAM SIZE > 32K

Second chunk at : PHASE ** LINK EDIT VER 3.1 ** INVALID RECORD MULTIPLY DEFINED SYMBOL PHASE COMMAND REQUIRED BEGIN PASS 1

The third and largest block, starting at, is only partially intact. A best guess at the deleted text appears on the right.

Version Differences
There are two known versions of Video Eight Ball: The original version of the game, and a newer version that's labeled as Revision 1 in the MAME set.

Attract Mode
The palette of the text in the game was changed. Notably, the hard to see blue text was replaced with green, which is considerably easier to see against the game's dark blue background. And, for some inexplicable reason, "PLAYER" was changed to "PLAY".

Gameplay
The pool table graphics were improved, so now it actually looks like a pool table and not some abstract rectangle. The number of lives, hit counter, and speed counter were moved to the sides of the table.