Championship Bowling - for NES

Championship Bowling is a sports game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Another and published by Athena in 1989. Its aim is exactly the one you would carry into a real bowling alley: score the highest and win. Championship Bowling stands out by keeping its scope deliberately narrow. There is no clutter around the edges, just the lane, the pins and the throw, which makes it one of the most straightforward and welcoming sports cartridges on the console.

The depth in Championship Bowling comes from the things that shape a throw. You account for whether a bowler is left handed or right handed, then set spin, power and the weight of the ball, and each of those choices changes how the ball travels and how the pins fall. Learning to combine them is the whole game, and the difference between a respectable score and a great one is a matter of small adjustments repeated with care. Up to four players can take part, so a full set of friends can bowl a session together, frame by frame, with the scoreline doing all the talking.

Championship Bowling is still played because bowling suits this kind of simple, honest treatment. A game lasts about as long as a coffee, the scoring needs no explanation to anyone who has visited a lane, and the control over spin and weight gives regular players something to keep refining. Four player support makes it an easy choice when people are over and nobody wants to learn a new set of rules. For collectors, Championship Bowling represents the quieter, more practical end of the NES sports library, the sort of cartridge that gets picked up far more often than the flashier ones. A dependable, friendly addition to any shelf.

• Genre: Bowling
• Players: 1-4
• Region: NTSC
• Release Year: 1989
• Developer: Another

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