League Bowling
Is a 1990 bowling video game developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. The players controls Pete and can select balls from 8 to 15 pounds. It is the only bowling game released on the Neo Geo.
League Bowling
- Date
- 1991
- Publisher
- SNK
- Genre
- sports video game
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Is a 1990 bowling video game developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. The players controls Pete and can select balls from 8 to 15 pounds. It is the only bowling game released on the Neo Geo.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for League Bowling. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3228633 · wikipedia · League Bowling
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — League Bowling • Developer — SNK • Publisher — SNK • Platforms — Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD • Released — ArcadeDecember 10, 1990 Neo Geo AESJuly 1, 1991 Neo Geo CD • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Neo Geo MVS
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot League Bowling has three types of modes, played up to 4 players.
Regulation
Regulation
Played just like a normal game of bowling, with 300 being a perfect score.
Flash
Flash
Values of 100 to 300 will flash on a randomizer during the time the bowler throws his shot. A strike adds the bonus flash value to the score accumulated at the end of the game. Below each strike value is a smaller point value, which is added to the score for a spare. Unlike regular bowling, bonus shots in the tenth frame are not awarded; once a strike or spare is thrown, the game ends. The maximum possible score is 3,000.
Strike 90
Strike 90
Played just like Regulation mode except that a strike scores 90 points for the frame, and a spare scores 60 for the frame, with no carry-over bonus. 30 points are awarded in the case of a field goal (throwing the ball in between the 7 and 10 pins). Like the Flash mode, there are no bonus shots in the tenth frame. The maximum possible score is 900. In addition, it also has the option to link up to 4 Neo-Geo MVS machines to become the 8-player game. This is the only Neo Geo game that features 8-player support.
Ports
Ports
Tom Fulp, the founder and CEO of Newgrounds, ported the game to Adobe Flash in 2002. The port features no ball selection, a regulation mode only, fewer animations, and the different player's sprites are the same. The game was released as part of the NEOGEO Station for the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Portable. In July 2011, a Virtual Console version for the Wii was released in Japan. Hamster Corporation re-released the game as part of their ACA Neo Geo series for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows, Android and iOS.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- Japan
Named but not plotted · 1
League Bowling is associated with Japan.
Country
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed League Bowling on their February 1, 1991 issue as being the eighth most-popular arcade game at the time. Likewise, RePlay reported the game to be the twentieth most-popular arcade game at the time. The title was met with mixed to positive reviews from critics, many of which criticized its awkward controls for being passable but praised its humorous artstyle as well as the characters and their reactions. AllGames Kyle Knight praised the cartoon-style presentation, simple gameplay and multiplayer but criticized the audio and lack of replay value. Consoles Pluss J.B. Aerstut also commended the visual presentation, comparing it with the works of Tex Avery, audio and playability but felt mixed in regards to its longevity. HobbyConsolas Manuel del Campo gave positive remarks to the multiplayer, character animations, appropriate music, sound and playability but criticized one gameplay aspect. Joysticks Jean-Marc Demoly and Player Ones Cyril Drevet commented positively in regards to the animated audiovisual presentation, realism and longevity. Joystick also regarded it as one of the best bowling simulators in the genre but was criticized for being repetitive and limited.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “League Bowling”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3228633: League Bowling
General reference · Wikidata
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.SoftBank Creative. Oh! Neo Geo Vol. 17 - リーグボウリング. Beep! MegaDrive. 52. 142. January 1994.
- 2.IDG. Neo•Geo CD: The Arcade In A Box - League Bowling. GamePro. Premiere Supplement. 105. Spring 1996.
- 3.League Bowling user's manual (Neo Geo AES, US)
- 4.Kitty. League Bowling. Hardcore Gaming 101. January 16, 2021.
- 5.Knight, Kyle. League Bowling (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System) - Review. AllGame. All Media Network. 1998.
- 6.Aerstut, J.B. Neo Geo Review - League Bowling. Consoles +. M.E.R.7. 148–149. July–August 1991.
- 7.del Campo, Manuel. Neo Geo - ¡A Jugar A Los Bolos! - League Bowling. Hobby Consolas. Hobby Press. 24. 92. September 1993.
- 8.Demoly, Jean-Marc. Tests - Neo Geo - League Bowling. Joystick. Anuman Interactive. 14. 134. March 1991.
- 9.Sipre. Console News - Neo Geo: League Bowling. Joystick. Hors-Serie 3. 59. July–August 1991.
- 10.Drevet, Cyril. Tests De Jeux - Neo Geo - League Bowling. Player One. Média Système Édition. 9. 36. May 1991.
- 11.Amusement Press, Inc. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos). Game Machine. 396. 21. 1 February 1991.
- 12.RePlay Publishing, Inc. The Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Software. RePlay. 16. 11. 4. August 1991.
- 13.IDG. Neo Geo For Real! - Previously Played. - CyberLip. GamePro. 30. 103. January 1992.
- 14.Yamashita, Nobuyuki. Super Soft 大特集 - 今、『NEO・GEO』がおもしろい！: リーグボウリング. Micom BASIC Magazine. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. 121. 208. July 1992.
- 15.Noak, Philipp. Special - Neo Geo - League Bowling. Mega Fun. Computec. 11. 28–30. August 1993.
- 16.Axel Springer SE. Reportaje - Clásicos en CD -- Titulos disponibles para el nuevo formato de SNK: League bowling. Hobby Hi-Tech. 1. 28. March 1995.
- 17.Geibunsha. NF編集部にまる - ネオジオゲームㇱインレビュー: リーグボウリング. Neo Geo Freak. 25. 124–128. June 1997.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Collectables
20,755 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Leader BoardWork
- Leading edge inflatable kiteTerminology
- Leading Edge Sports Car CompanyOrganisation
- leadpipeTerminology
- League of AngelsWork
- League of EvilWork
- League of LegendsWork
- League of PainWork
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a copy of League Bowling?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.