Bowling
By W&W Software Sales (Bob Weber)
1979
Tape 5, Program 1
Bally BASIC, 300-BAUD


Bowling is a game for the Bally Arcade/Astrocade.


Instructions

Uses hand controller.  Pull trigger when ball is where you want to throw it.  One player.


Archiving Notes:

- These program directions were transcribed from a printout on carbon paper of the instructions for W&W Software Sales, Tapes 1-7.  The seven pages faded by the time the pages were scanned in September of 2021.  This set of instructions can be downloaded here:

https://ballyalley.com/tape_manuals/misc/misc.html#WandWSoftwareSalesTapeInstructions

- Bowling (1979)(W&W Software Sales)(300 baud) - Adam Trionfo played this version on October 29, 2021.  He says, "This version loads and then writes the bowling alley on top of the loaded program; it does not clear the screen first.  After HALTing the game and manually clearing the screen, it works, but the screen still isn't cleared (you can still RUN on the screen).  This program runs properly after it's halted if the user types: "CLEAR; RUN"

- Bowling (1979)(W&W Software Sales)(300 baud)[a] -  This was archived from the Paul Zibits collection in August/October 2021 by Paul Thacker.  He notes, "Slightly different version than previously archived program"  Adam Trionfo played this version on October 29, 2021.  He says, "This version correctly clears the screen at the beginning of gameplay, so it can be started with just RUN.  I don't know if there are any other differences; it appears to play the same as the originally archived version."

