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Championship Bowling for Genesis

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Review #4099 Championship Bowling Dollar store Super Bowling Genesis 1993 Mentrix Software Sports Sports › Bowling F 58 / 100 Not Bad, but Flawed Screenshot used for review/reference purposes. 3 / 5 Gameplay Same controls as every other bowling game. Tap, tap, tap. Not much to it. 3 / 5 Level Design Only a single game (practice or vs) and then a bonus mode where you get points for hitting various of the pins. They're always all set up but each give different point values. Everything about this game is patterned after Super Bowling, but not quite as good. 3 / 5 Theme Minimal personality. Pick one of four bowlers. Your avatar shows and gives a brief reaction after each bowl. 3 / 5 Art Style ...

Super Bowling for SNES

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Review #559 Super Bowling Wii Bowling meets Baseball Stars Professional SNES 1992 Technos Sports Sports › Bowling E 69 / 100 Your mileage may vary Screenshot used for review/reference purposes. 3 / 5 Gameplay It's bowling. Controls are decent with two meters - one for spin and another for power. Not much to it. 4 / 5 Level Design Has the regular mode plus an interesting Golf Mode where the pins are setup in unique formations and you try to knock them down in the fewest throws. This would be a fun party game. 3 / 5 Theme Very arcadey game. Looks like a Neo Geo bowling game. Was there one of those? Still just a bowling game. 4 / 5 Art Style Cute cartoony graphics. Huge sprites. Bright bo...

Brunswick World Tournament of Champions for SNES

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Review #82 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions Remember to shine your shoes SNES 1997 T*HQ Sports Sports › Bowling G 49 / 100 Bad Screenshot used for review/reference purposes. 3 / 5 Gameplay This isn't so much a sports game as it is a rhythm-based mini-game with only one event. Basically, just find the right spot to stand, the right location to aim at, and then hit the power and spin dials at their apex to get a strike every time. I get that there's a bit of strategy when shooting for a spare, but if you can ace that initial bowl the game becomes quite uninteresting. That said, the physics and gameplay on display here are impressive. Wii Sports has forever tainted my view of bowling games, but this is pretty good. 2 / 5 Level Design Has tournament...