Videocart-21: Bowling

Videocart-21: Bowling

released on Mar 01, 1978

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Videocart-21: Bowling

released on Mar 01, 1978

The object of the game is to knock down as many pins in 10 frames of bowling. The game gives the player an overhead view of a bowling lane. The player's bowling ball starts out moving left and right across the front of the lane. This has the player trying to get the lane position they want the ball to start traveling down. Once the ball starts rolling down the lane, the player can curve the ball left or right. Once the curve has started, it can't be changed further. The game has 18 variations. They involve choosing the combination of number of players (1 or 2), then speed of play (slow, normal, fast, and fastest), and selecting a regular or split game. Regular games start with all pins standing in each frame while the split games have a random number of pins missing and the player has 2 balls to knock down the remaining ones. This preprogrammed cartridge plugs into the console of the Fairchild Video Entertainment System for more TV fun on the Channel F Network.


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Certamente um jogo de boliche para o Fairchild.

Fast-paced and simple, my preferred design of these "recreation of other game" type games. At first it seems as simple as just moving the ball to hit pins (Which look more like Hockey Pucks by the way) but there actually is some form of pins being knocked into other pins allowing you to get spares and strikes by curving the ball. The second game mode even allows for some more strategy since it gives you more random pin layouts to test your skill. Pretty fun.