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((short description|Video game for the Atari 2600 from 1979))
((Refimprove|date=May 2015))
((Infobox video game
|title = Bowling
|image = Bowling video game cover.jpg
|developer = [[Atari, Inc.]]
|publisher = [[Atari, Inc.]]
|designer = [[Larry Kaplan]]
|engine = 
|released = ((vgrelease|NA|January 26, 1979<ref>((cite web |title=Bowling (Registration Number PA0000174632) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=[[United States Copyright Office]] |access-date=1 June 2021))</ref>))
|genre = [[Sports video game|Sports]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Atari 2600]]
|caption = 
|alt = 
))

'''''Bowling''''' is a [[sports video game]] published in 1979 by [[Atari, Inc.]] for the Atari VCS (later renamed the [[Atari 2600]]). It was programmed by [[Larry Kaplan]] who left Atari to co-found [[Activision]] the same year. The game is an interpretation of the sport [[bowling]], playable by one or two players.

==Gameplay==
[[File:Bowling-2600.png|thumb|Gameplay screenshot]]
In all six variations, games last for 10 frames, or turns.  At the start of each frame, the current player is given two chances to roll a [[bowling ball]] down an alley in an attempt to knock down as many of the ten [[bowling pin]]s as possible.  The bowler (on the left side of the screen) may move up and down his end of the alley to aim before releasing the ball.  In four of the game's six variations, the ball can be steered before it hits the pins.  Knocking down every pin on the first shot is a ''strike'', while knocking every pin down in both shots is a ''spare''.  The player's score is determined by the number of pins knocked down in all 10 frames, as well as the number of strikes and spares acquired.

Odd-numbered variants are one player games, while two players alternate on frames in even-numbered games.

* '''Games 1/2:''' The bowling ball can be moved in one direction after being thrown.
* '''Games 3/4:''' The bowling ball can be moved up and down after being thrown.
* '''Games 5/6:''' The ball moves straight and cannot be moved.

==Development==
''Bowling'' was designed by [[Larry Kaplan]]. It was his final game for [[Atari, Inc.]] before leaving the company to co-found [[Activision]].<ref name="atari50">((cite video game |title=Atari 50 |developer=[[Digital Eclipse]] |publisher=[[Atari SA|Atari]] |date=December 5, 2023 |platform=Nintendo Switch |quote='''Bowling''': A fan favorite from 1979 [...] [Bowling] was Larry Kaplan's last VCS game for Atari before leaving the company to co-found Acitivision.))</ref>

==Reception==
''Bowling'' was reviewed by ''[[Video (magazine)|Video]]'' magazine in its "Arcade Alley" column where it was praised as "an enjoyable version of a sport that is perfectly suited to the video arcade format". The reviewers singled out the graphics (including the automatic frame-by-frame scoring and "deft" character animation) as "one of the game's best points".<ref name=kunkel>((cite journal |last1= Kunkel |first1= Bill |author-link1= Bill Kunkel (journalist)|last2= Laney |first2= Frank |author-link2= Arnie Katz|date= April 1980 |title= Arcade Alley: Faster Than A Bullet - Atari's Super Game |journal= [[Video (magazine)|Video]]|publisher= Reese Communications|pages= 18, 76, and 77 |issn= 0147-8907))</ref>((rp|18, 76))

''Bowling'' was added to the ''[[Atari 50]]'' (2022) compilation release in 2023.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration-gets-a-few-more-forgotten-classics-today/1100-6519699/|work=[[GameSpot]]|title=Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Gets a Few More Forgotten Classics Today|last=Bonthuys|first=Darryn|date=December 5, 2023|accessdate=December 5, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205162812/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration-gets-a-few-more-forgotten-classics-today/1100-6519699/|archivedate=December 5, 2023))</ref>

==See also==
((Portal|Video games))
*[[List of Atari 2600 games]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-bowling_s7059.html ''Bowling''] at Atari Mania

[[Category:1979 video games]]
[[Category:Atari games]]
[[Category:Atari 2600 games]]
[[Category:Bowling video games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]

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