---
title: Bowling
tags:
- bowling
- sport
years:
- '1977'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/rca%20studio%20ii%20-%20bowling%20ss0.png
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1977'
  - label: companies
    value: RCA
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: built-in system
  - label: systems
    value: RCA Studio II
  - label: number of players
    value: 2 players (alternate)
  - label: staff
    value: Joseph Weisbecker (Programmer)
  screenshots:
  - title: Let's play bowling !
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/rca%20studio%20ii%20-%20bowling%20ss0.png
  - title: oops ! pins missed...
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/rca%20studio%20ii%20-%20bowling%20ss1.png
  - title: Frame 5 scores
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/rca%20studio%20ii%20-%20bowling%20ss2.png
  - title: Ball is striking the pins
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/rca%20studio%20ii%20-%20bowling%20ss3.png
  - title: Spare, 15 points
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/rca%20studio%20ii%20-%20bowling%20ss4.png
  - title: Final score
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/rca%20studio%20ii%20-%20bowling%20ss5.png
  - title: Instructions from RCA Studio II manual
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/rca_studio_bowling_doc.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/rca-studio-ii
  company: /companies/rca
  oc_id: 18
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230327100725/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=18
    date: '2023-03-27'
---

Simple bowling game for two players. Your ball is moving continueously up and down on the left side of the screen. Players just have to choose the right moment to throw the ball with the desired effect: hook upward, straight or hook donwnward.

Pretty simple but one of the most enjoyable game for the RCA Studio II.

Also maybe the earliest Bowling video-game as the first arcade bowling version (Meadow Lanes) is dated 1977, and the bowling cartridge for Fairchild Channel F console was released in 1978.