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Bowling

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A classic bowling game for one or two players

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About this game

Bowling is a sports game developed and published by Atari. It supports one-player and two-player games, with the objective of achieving the highest score.

Each game has ten frames, and players get up to two rolls per frame to knock down ten pins. Clearing all pins on the first roll earns a strike, while clearing them on the second earns a spare. Failing to clear all pins produces an open frame. The ultimate challenge is rolling 12 consecutive strikes for a perfect score of 300.

Released on October 1, 1979, Bowling is available for Atari 2600 and Microvision.