Super Bowling (SNES) Review
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System SNES
Developer KID Publisher Technos Genre Sports # of Players 1-4 Release Date September 1992 |
Pros
Good gameplay It is a bowling game on the SNES Cons Repetitive after a few games |
Review
by Thonos
6/19/2015
When I found this game at a local game store I had no idea what I was getting. While I was familiar with the company that published the game, I didn't know how the game was going to play or if it was any good. This was a purchase based on my past experience with Technos games. While this can be risky, I feel in this case it paid off.
The game has three game modes: Turkey, Golf and Practice. Before each mode you pick between four characters to use, if your left or right handed, weight of the bowling ball, how much oil is on the lane and the difficulty of the game. The four playable characters have there advantages and disadvantages and there is one to suit your playstyle. The ball weight and amount of oil on the lane had a noticeable affect on my gameplay experience. The difficulty setting I felt was kind of pointless since all it did was make the spin and power bars harder to pick which levels you want to use.
Turkey Mode is a standard game of bowling. You have ten frames to get the highest score that you can. Golf mode has you clearing each frame using the least amount of tries and the one who beats all the frames with the least amount of tries wins. Practice mode lets you place pins on the lane in any formation you want so you can practice hitting pins. Turkey and Golf modes hit the marks with me finding Turkey mode a little more enjoyable. It nice that practice mode lets you place your own pins, but it got annoying when the game doesn't remember your last setup and you have to keep setting it up over and over.
Gameplay is pretty straight forward. You pick which angle you are aiming for, decide how much spin you want on the ball and how much power is in your throw. You can also change your standing position form where you throw your ball right up until you release it. When you throw in the oil option that effects your balls spin and your balls weight that effects its power and spin, you have a lot of options to contend with. Overall I found the game play to be fun and something I would come back to.
I liked the graphics in the game. While not the greatest on the SNES, I did enjoy the semi cartoony feel the game had to it. The audio worked for the game and is passable. One thing I would have liked is when you play turkey and golf mode if there were AI players going against you. It also would have been nice if they would have told you what the advantages ans disadvantages of the four playable characters are.
What you get here is a bowling game that, while simple, does have some fun to it. The game does get repetitive quickly though. If you don't like bowling this game won't change your opinion. Even if you do, unless you play with friends, this is a game best played in short bursts when you get bored.
Only one player mode was tested for this review.
by Thonos
6/19/2015
When I found this game at a local game store I had no idea what I was getting. While I was familiar with the company that published the game, I didn't know how the game was going to play or if it was any good. This was a purchase based on my past experience with Technos games. While this can be risky, I feel in this case it paid off.
The game has three game modes: Turkey, Golf and Practice. Before each mode you pick between four characters to use, if your left or right handed, weight of the bowling ball, how much oil is on the lane and the difficulty of the game. The four playable characters have there advantages and disadvantages and there is one to suit your playstyle. The ball weight and amount of oil on the lane had a noticeable affect on my gameplay experience. The difficulty setting I felt was kind of pointless since all it did was make the spin and power bars harder to pick which levels you want to use.
Turkey Mode is a standard game of bowling. You have ten frames to get the highest score that you can. Golf mode has you clearing each frame using the least amount of tries and the one who beats all the frames with the least amount of tries wins. Practice mode lets you place pins on the lane in any formation you want so you can practice hitting pins. Turkey and Golf modes hit the marks with me finding Turkey mode a little more enjoyable. It nice that practice mode lets you place your own pins, but it got annoying when the game doesn't remember your last setup and you have to keep setting it up over and over.
Gameplay is pretty straight forward. You pick which angle you are aiming for, decide how much spin you want on the ball and how much power is in your throw. You can also change your standing position form where you throw your ball right up until you release it. When you throw in the oil option that effects your balls spin and your balls weight that effects its power and spin, you have a lot of options to contend with. Overall I found the game play to be fun and something I would come back to.
I liked the graphics in the game. While not the greatest on the SNES, I did enjoy the semi cartoony feel the game had to it. The audio worked for the game and is passable. One thing I would have liked is when you play turkey and golf mode if there were AI players going against you. It also would have been nice if they would have told you what the advantages ans disadvantages of the four playable characters are.
What you get here is a bowling game that, while simple, does have some fun to it. The game does get repetitive quickly though. If you don't like bowling this game won't change your opinion. Even if you do, unless you play with friends, this is a game best played in short bursts when you get bored.
Only one player mode was tested for this review.