Quoted from Methos:Nine Ball is a great game. The drop bank is integrated nicely, but I wouldn't expect anything else from a Kirk game. I wonder if this was the last one he designed for Stern....
Yep, Stars, Meteor, and Nine Ball were Kirk's 3 classic Stern games. All are awesome (as is Quicksilver, good luck to the OP for finding one, it's worth finding)!