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Meadow Lanes	bowling sport	1977	specs screenshots machines company oc_id source label value year of release 1977 label value companies Meadows Games label value type game label value media arcade cabinet label value systems Arcade label value number of players 1 - 2 players (alternate) title subtitle text image title screeninsert coin null title subtitle text image menu / options null title subtitle text image let's start a one player game null title subtitle text image strike null title subtitle text image end of game null title subtitle text image 2 players game null title subtitle text image spare null title subtitle text image player 2 won null title subtitle text image null /museum/misc-arcade-video-games /companies/misc 329 url date 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.