3D Pocket Pool allows players to billiards on a simulated 3D table.

The game contains four modes: Practice, Tournament, Two-Player, and Killer, and features several variations of billiards rules.

The game features a selectable range of characters to add variety to the tournament play.

Requested by publisher Virgin Interactive to handle the public relations in-house, Pelling had "tried everything else to get the game some attention", and decided to pitch a redesign of the game to Nintendo as Wario Pool, going so far as to develop an introductory sequence for the game featuring Wario.

[3] This pitch failed to come to fruition, and 3D Pocket Pool was released as originally planned.