Strike Force Bowling screenshots

The game's title screen follows the usual company logos and licencing screens. There is no animated introduction to this game

The game's main menu The sign atop the bowling alley rotates and unusually the option the currently selected menu option is repeated in the bottom right corner

There aren't many game customisation options

Practice Mode: This starts with the player loading an existing player, some of which are locked at the start of the game, or alternatively they can load a stock player and customise

Practice mode: When creating a new player by customising an existing player the attribute points come pre-assigned. The only way to increase, say strength, is to decrease accuracy

This is the alley selection screen. There are six themed lanes ranging from ancient Egypt, where the game is thought to have its roots, through to this Lunar lane

Only eight characters are allowed when creating a new character, this one's based on the supplied bowler 'Bambi' Here we are about to bowl on the moon.

Bowling is a three stage affair. This is the first stage, L1/R1 adjust the spin of the ball while CIRCLE brings up the ball selection screen

The ball selection screen As the current game is being played on the lunar lane the default ball is the Earth. D-Pad left/right change the ball

Bowling is a three stage affair. This is the second stage, the D-Pad left/right arrows aim the ball. If a high degree of spin is selected the ball's path will curve in the final section

Bowling is a three stage affair. This is the final stage. A bar moves rapidly left/right along the power bar and right/left on the accuracy bar. The player presses CROSS as it nears the mark

Once the player has set the marks for power and accuracy the ball is played. For this ball a travelling camera follows the ball but other camera angles are used

The ball hits the pins, the pins fall, and there's a result. This being the lunar lane some novelty pins are in play

Following a strike or a really good shot the game shows an action replay

Practice mode: A novelty Halloween ball has been selected. Here the spin setting is high so the ball's path will curve once it leaves the oiled surface.

There's no animated introduction but, if left alone for long enough, the game enters demo mode which sees a variety of characters bowling on different lanes

The Western setting uses whisky bottles as pins With each location the music, the style of text, and the pins vary

The tropical island lane is set on a pier

There's a lane set on board a pirate ship. Cool pins here The ship rocks from side to side and creaks, sailors play the squeezebox and wave swords, the sea roars etc

The in-game pause menu. This is from a game played on the pirate ship and the theme extends to the menu's artwork

The in-game statistics. There are five screens of data showing the player's records for all game modes

The Egyptian setting

The score sheet for a single player game in the Egyptian setting, the theme extends even to this

One of the lanes is set on a castle drawbridge. At the start of a game there's always a fly-by of the location

Skins: Playing a skins match in the temple garden setting against two AI opponents. It soon becomes very expensive

Skins: The score sheet for a skin match. Both AI opponents were configured on the easy setting and they still won by a long, long way

Challenge mode: The player must clear different, yet traditional, pin settings in each challenge. This can be played solo or against AI opponents, it can be played on any lane

Golf mode: Here the player has a set number of balls with which they must fell all the pins in a series of non traditional pin settings Here the player has three balls and fourteen pins

Golf mode: The player took too many shots to fell the pins. AI opponents are not allowed in this game mod

Strike Force Bowling

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