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10-Pin Bowling
Console icon Game Boy Color

Game icon

Developer

Morning Star Multimedia

Publisher

Majesco Entertainment

Genre

Sports - Bowling

Released

August 1999

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Achievements

Author: rabbids4eva (6)

There are 6 achievements worth 35 (118) points.

Sort: Normal ^ - Won By - Points - Title - Type 

  • Score 25 points

    872 (526) of 875 – 99.66%

    60.11% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    99.66% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Beginner

    (3) (3)

    Score 50 points

    720 (478) of 875 – 82.29%

    54.63% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    82.29% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Amateur

    (5) (5)

    Score 75 points

    517 (378) of 875 – 59.09%

    43.20% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    59.09% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Score 100 points

    307 (243) of 875 – 35.09%

    27.77% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    35.09% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Halfway House

    (10) (25)

    Score 150 points

    155 (111) of 875 – 17.71%

    12.69% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    17.71% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Expert Bowler

    (10) (76)

    Score 200 points

    74 (30) of 875 – 8.46%

    3.43% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    8.46% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

Recent Players

FenrizD FenrizD

11 Dec 2024, 5:00am

Playing 10-Pin Bowling

foli135 foli135

10 Dec 2024, 7:55pm

Frame: 4, Score: 42

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10 Dec 2024, 5:22am

Playing 10-Pin Bowling

HobbieswithJose HobbieswithJose

10 Dec 2024, 2:42am

Frame: 1, Score: 0

Echont Echont

09 Dec 2024, 7:20pm

Scoreboard

kewlio250 kewlio250

09 Dec 2024, 1:25am

Frame: 1, Score: 0

kalegamer1357 kalegamer1357

08 Dec 2024, 10:34pm

Frame: 9, Score: 40

jejethekiller jejethekiller

08 Dec 2024, 9:58pm

Playing 10-Pin Bowling

jqueasy jqueasy

08 Dec 2024, 8:19pm

Entering the name

sparktrap sparktrap

08 Dec 2024, 5:30am

Frame: 1, Score: 7

Recent comments

(See all 28)
Hexadigital 28 Jul 2023 15:22
Glad it helped ^_^
Timmay 30 Jul 2023 03:46
Is there a way to avoid splits? I keep getting 7-4 6-10 splits...
velto 5 Sep 2023 01:17
Mastered, rnjesus has blessed me
Thanks rabbids4eva for the set! (:
Chemnitz 23 Jan 2024 16:40
Like others have said, this bowling game is more luck based than skill based. In my frustration I played on softcore to complete and noticed that the closer I got to 200, the more I kept getting those splits that are impossible to clear. It may be my imagination, but the game engine makes it harder to succeed the higher your initial score is in the early frames. I still want that 200 point achievement to master the game, but will probably just let it go for now.
LMRogersG13 1 Mar 2024 01:43
Mastered!
Caelixx 23 Mar 2024 04:10
lol, I come back to this game every night in an attempt to see if luck might be in my favor to get the 200 achievement since it's also the game completion criteria but not quite yet. Highest is like 178 I think... will be so happy when I finally get it.
Acrostiche 29 Mar 2024 22:36
Ok, let's be honest two minutes. Isn't that ONLY RNG based ? It seems like I could throw my controller out of the window and jump to catch it back realizing my mistake, and it will do the same result as playing normally. I've tried so much strategies that it has become spiritism.
Yandere 13 Apr 2024 07:29
I literally cannot get a single strike with Hexa's method. I'm also worse at this video game than I was at actual, real life bowling when I tried it for my first time in elementary school.
Yandere 13 Apr 2024 08:01
Okay, I got a strike but it still feels like pure luck. I feel like a lot of what I'm doing just doesn't matter at all and I'm just throwing blind. Got 100 in half an hour but probably won't get 200 ever. Good luck guys.
Dust24and7 22 Jun 2024 17:34
My record for this game is 192 points (8 more points left before I got this achievement) and I got a little bit frustrated on the 200 points, but I'll try my best (I'll NEVER give up on this one).
mynoots 25 Jul 2024 19:36
The only thing that is consistent in this game is the god damn split XD
FnWinner 9 Aug 2024 06:35
I will comeback and let you guys know how many it takes for me to get to 200.
ZevLov3X
ZevLov3X 21 Aug 2024 23:05
Mastered #5
Easy as hell
Acrostiche 22 Aug 2024 06:23
@ZevLov3X More like lucky as hell XD Your comment is nearly disrespectful for everyone ahah!
ZevLov3X
ZevLov3X 22 Aug 2024 08:32
@Acrostiche Hahahaha i know that was kinda lucky XD
The moment when I managed to do all these achievements for the first time I scream out with happiness hahaha XD
Resplash 30 Aug 2024 02:31
Mastered. Took about two hours of attempts. Got 190, then choked a 192, and got it a few tries later.
What worked for me was standing in the center (don't move) and throw full power with no curve. Aim to stop the bottom meter at the CENTER of the circle one to the right of the center. This gave me the most consistent strikes.

If you split, aim to clear two. If you split more than a couple of times restart.
If you leave one to two pins on the edge, move about 75% in the direction that the pins are. Throw light power, no curve, and stop the bottom meter near the edge of whichever side the pins are on.

Still takes some luck, but if you can consistently hit the right circle, you'll bowl strikes a lot more efficiently.
Neonsoldaat 10 Sep 2024 16:43
Never mind I give up. I can’t even get 150 so 200 is impossible for me unfortunately.
eazytheskeazy 17 Sep 2024 07:54
I’ve gotten 150 a few times. Hexadigitals method works for that, but not 200 it seems. Will come back to it at some point.
septomor 20 Sep 2024 04:18
Hey guys, after a lot of annoyance with the game I decided to disassemble it and read the code. For those wondering, it is extremely random. There is absolutely no way to guarantee a strike at any given moment.

The best strategy is to not move at all, use no spin, and throw max power. The bottom bar does not matter at all, it has 0 effect on the outcome of which pins are knocked down. It only matters when checking if a bowl is started or fouled or reset. There is no way to manipulate the RNG as far as I can tell. Launching the scoreboard for instance with A and pausing do not affect this. For those extra curious, the 'RNG' is deciding weather or not you're on an 'odd/even frame' of the game. Those are in quotes because it's not actually a frame, but determined by the number of clock cycles that have passed. If you think you can count those, know there are about 70 thousand of them per frame, so good luck. Oh, and it performs this check 11 times per bowl.

TL;DR, every bowl at max speed, no curve, at starting position is guaranteed to get you 6 pins minimum. If you are lucky you can knock down an extra 4 for a strike. If you get the 4-6-7-10 split, it is impossible to get a spare, the program logic does not allow it, you can only knock down 2 of those remaining 4 pins. The only split you can get a spare on is the 7-10 split for whatever reason.
eazytheskeazy 29 Nov 2024 18:41
@septomor
Just came back and noticed your comment. Thanks for the hard work. Explains why this game is an unplayable piece of shit.