Super Bowling - for SNES

Super Bowling brought the lanes home on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992, developed by Kid and published by Athena. It is bowling at its most straightforward and most charming: the thrill of a three strike turkey, the heartbreak of a seven ten split, all inside your own 16 bit bowling center. Super Bowling stood out at the time as the console's take on a sport almost everyone has played for real, which makes it one of the easiest Super Nintendo games to pick up and understand in a single throw.

Four characters are on offer, each with a different feel on the lane: Pins Peterson blends style and strength, Spinner Spencer brings the curves, Red Randall has the precision game down pat, and Muscles Maxwell supplies pure pin busting power. Choosing between them is the strategy, since the approach and the release are where games are won. Super Bowling supports up to four players, so a full lane of friends can take turns the way a real league night works, and solo play gives you room to learn how each character's ball behaves and where to aim for the pocket.

Super Bowling endures because bowling translates so well to a controller: one simple motion, endless small corrections, and a score everyone can read. It is a reliable party game, quick to explain and genuinely tense when a strike is needed, and the four player support makes it one of the more sociable sports titles on the system. Collectors keep Super Bowling around for that reason, it is the kind of cartridge that comes off the shelf when guests arrive, and a neat example of the early nineties habit of giving every sport a bright, character led 16 bit version.

• Genre: Bowling
• Players: 1-4
• Region: NTSC
• Release Year: 1992
• Developer: Kid

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