Bowling is a 1979 sports video game developed by Larry Kaplan and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600. It is a simulation of tenpin bowling and sees the player attempting to knock down as many pins as possible with a ball in order to acquire a high score. There are six game modes that can selected from that influence the ball's movement and if a second player can participate for competitive multiplayer.
Gameplay
Bowling is a sports video game that simulates tenpin bowling. The player controls a bowler on the left end of a horizontal lane and is tasked with getting a high score by the end of ten turns. At the start of each turn, the player is given two tries to hit as many of the ten bowling pins positioned on the lane as possible with their ball. The player's bowler can be moved up and down the lane to aim their ball's shot before releasing it at the pins. Each pin gives one point when hit, however knocking down all of them in one try awards the player a "strike" while hitting every pin in two tries gives a "spare". The player's final score is determined by how many points, strikes, and spares are earned, with the maximum score possible being 300 points.