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World Bowling

Review
Also known as
ワールド ボーリング

Compete across six countries, mastering ball weight and timing to achieve high scores.

World Bowling was released for the Game Boy in 1990 by Athena/Romstar; no earlier release of this exact game version on any platform is known.


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Released
1990
Genre
Perspective
3rd-person (Other)
Size
17.48 KB
Rating
1 vote

About World Bowling

World Bowling presents a global challenge across alleys from six nations: England, China, Japan, Canada, France, and the USA. Success requires meeting a rising points target from 200 to 250 across all locations consecutively, with a single failure resetting progress to the first alley, making the overall structure challenging.

Gameplay involves selecting a character, as the male is more effective with heavier balls and the female with lighter ones. Ball weight is a trade-off, where increased power reduces control. The throwing process is segmented into positioning, control, and power. Positioning is a simple alignment, while control and power are determined by timed button presses during a moving marker's sweep, influencing the throw's straightness and speed respectively.

World Bowling Screenshots

6 images
Title Screen.
Choose your country.
Ready to bowl.
The ball is on it's way.
One pin left.
Got the Spare.