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Title: Question about an arcade game I saw.
Post by: str1der on April 24, 2003, 03:03:37 pm

There is a game in the arcades that is like a giant bowling machine but the lanes are obsticle courses through forests and cities. You use a giant bowling ball sized trackball for control. Now I know this isn't in MAME since it's still in the arcade but is there anything like this that runs on a PC that could use our trackballs?

Title: Re:Question about an arcade game I saw.
Post by: hyiu on April 24, 2003, 03:27:44 pm

yes... there is a pc version somewhere... I saw it in their offical webpage...

I think there's also a demo which maybe contains 1 stage for free or something like that....

but somehow... I forgot the name.... or the url...
I definitely seen it more than once......

Title: Re:Question about an arcade game I saw.
Post by: unclet on April 24, 2003, 03:35:31 pm

Here you go...

http://www.hyperbowl.com/products/home-game.html

Title: Re:Question about an arcade game I saw.
Post by: str1der on April 24, 2003, 03:49:12 pm

Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for. Have any of you played this with your cabinet and trackballs? Did it work well?

Title: Re:Question about an arcade game I saw.
Post by: Aceldamor on April 25, 2003, 09:24:59 pm

I would download the demo and try it before I forked out the money to pay for it only to find out the movement isn't the same as the arcade.

I've played this in the arcade, it's fun but i'm not sure the control would be the same since you can't roll a mouse as freely as you could the "bowling ball" in the arcade.

Title: Re:Question about an arcade game I saw.
Post by: SirPoonga on April 25, 2003, 11:58:12 pm

You can roll a trackball though....