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Meadow Lanes

bowling

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1977

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year of release	1977

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companies	Meadows Games

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media	arcade cabinet

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systems	Arcade

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number of players	1 - 2 players (alternate)

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230602110139/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=329	2023-06-02

This is one of the first Bowling arcade video games, coming just after Robot Bowl by Exidy released at the begining of the same year. The only bowling game released as early as 1977 for a home console is the RCA Studio II version.

It seems like Meadows Games copied directly (and obviously) Robot Bowl, but doing the impossible: designing graphics even cruder than those of Robot Bowl.

Apart from that, the gameplay is exactly the same. To play the game (1 or 2 players), you have to move the bowler into position, bowl the ball fast or slow, and then hook the ball left or right.

In opposition to most other early Bowling games released later, you place your bowler where you want. Sadly this tend to make the game much too easy, strikes being fairly easy to achieve. Other games usually move automatically your bowler (or ball) continueously from left to right, challenging the player to throw the ball at the right moment.

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