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A Tough Game To Control

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

While the graphics on this game are first-rate, and the physics of the ball and pins are accurate, there is one glaring omission from the game -- you don't know where the ball is going! The game doesn't show you the effects on your resulting show when you change your mark at the arrows and/or moving your feet on the approach. The result is that too often, what you think is a good strike shot the game thinks is a brilliant cross-lane gutter ball. Give the game a foul and move on to better bowling games that have come out since Ten Pin Alley.

This game is a lot of fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: November 18, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The graphics could use a little work but other than that this game is a lot of fun. I like the way you can control the bowl and try for trick shots.

I wish this game was on PS2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I sold my PS1, ten pin alley was one of the few games I saved. My only regret is that you can't save your games (PS1 games)on the PS2 memory card.

This was a really great game. As other have mentioned, it was very realistic (even the sound effects were realistic). The characters were kinda funny, and there was an option to change the color of their skin, hair, clothes. The tournaments were alot of fun too. They even have the wierd retro bowling option for those who like glow in the dark, friday night bowling. This isn't just one of the best bowling games ever, it's also one of the best PS1 games. It's also a great game to play with friends

It's a shame that ASC went out of buisness in 2000. I wish somebody would buy the license to this game and publish a sequel on the PS2 and X-box

The best REAL bowling game, EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As an avid 215-average league bowler of 18 years (and I'm only 23) I find that discovering a bowling video game that converts true-to-life pin physics and ball control to the TV to be rather difficult....until this masterpiece came out.

The control is top-notch, and probably the best possible way to accurately translate the skill required to bowl well.

This isn't arcade bowling, folks....with maybe 10 different pin reactions after the ball hits the pins....this game has MILLIONS of possible pinfall outcomes. I literally have not seen the same pin reaction twice, and I've had and play this game still ever since its release over 7 years ago.

I love this game so much, and it is SO REALISTIC that I actually can portray MYSELF and EVERYTHING about myself in real life, and put it in the game. I use a 16 lb. urethane ball. Done. I can stand in the same spot I usually do on a real lane, aim and put the same spin and power I do in real life on my character in the game and get damn near the same outcome. Hell, I am even averaging about 215-220 in the game via tracking my career stats. I've never gotten a 300 in real life (I've gotten 299 five times) and I can't even achieve a 300 in this game, no matter how perfect I think I'm throwing the ball....
Trust me, you'll be filled with tension too if you manage to get 11 strikes in a row in the game and then massively choke due to palm sweat and the jitters as you go for that magical 12th straight strike....

Sure, the first time I played this game, I bowled a 2. TWO points. THAT'S IT. I was about ready to throw the game in the toilet and flush it. But....I resisted, and over time....got the hang of the timing (which is CRUCIAL) and I got the hang of it....and slowly my game got better....and better....until the point where I could breeze through tournaments and rack up the dough. I must say though, bowling in the pro tournaments sure is a task to behold....friggin' Chucky (or the characters that look like him) have bowled multiple 300's against me....and I've lost bowling 269's, 279's, and once even bowling a 290. They RARELY mess up, and by mess up I mean actually missing a spare....they hardly EVER have any opens during the game, unless you're lucky enough to come into a tournament round playing one of the little kids....lol....it sure is a challenge.

One other thing....I refuse to play 9-pin tap tourneys....those are way too easy....and if you get a perfect game of 9-counts and strikes, it counts as a 300 in your stats....which I can't have cuz it's not the real thing. And to me, it's not an accomplishment unless its the real thing.

When I'm not bowling on a real alley, and I need a bowling fix, I play this game....10 out of 10. It's the best realistic bowling game ever....

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