Capcom Bowling

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Capcom Bowling
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Arcade
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Written by: MTincher (Michael Tincher)
Type of FAQ: FAQ
E-mail address: [email protected]
AIM: mtincher43
Version: 1.0
Last Update: October 5, 2003
Began FAQ: October 3, 2003
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I. Introduction
a.) Author's Note
b.) What's New
c.) Legal Notice
d.) Site Permission List

II. Controls

III. Tips

IV. FAQ

V. The End

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------------------------------- Introduction -------------------------------
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Section I: Introduction Section I: Introduction Section I: Introduction Sectio
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Author's Note
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Capcom Bowling hit the Arcades in 1988. I would tell you if it was a smash
hit, or just another sorry arcade attempt, but unfortunately, I was only one
year old in 1988. I think it is a great game to play when you just want to go
back in time, and leave all the 3-D games alone.

I would have never known this game existed if it wasn't for a neat little
invention for computers called MAME. MAME allows you to play old arcade
games. The great thing about it is you don't have to waste your quarters.

Once I downloaded this game for MAME, I decided to write a basic FAQ for it,
so here it is. Thanks for choosing my FAQ! I hope this will help you out!

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What's New
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Version 1.0 - This is the first version posted.

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Legal Notice
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This FAQ is (c) 2003 to Michael Tincher. It may not be used for your own
profit or on any other site without my permission. If you see this FAQ on any
that is NOT on my Site Permission List, please contact me immediately. If you
would like to use this FAQ on another site, contact me and ask me if you can
use it. If I let you use it please don’t change anything about and give me
proper credit.

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Site Permission List
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GameFAQs http://www.gamefaqs.com/
IGN http://faqs.ign.com/
My Site http://www.angelfire.com/games5/mtincher/

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Joystick
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If you press the joystick upwards, you will roll the bowling ball.

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Button 1
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If you look in the upper-left corner of the screen in the game, you will
notice a "hook" meter. By pressing button one, it causes the "hook" meter
to move to the left. This causing the ball to curve to the left once it has
been rolled. The higher the number, the sharper the turn in the roll.

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Button 2
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If you look in the upper-left corner of the screen in the game, you will
notice a "hook" meter. By pressing button two, it causes the "hook" meter
to move to the right. This causing the ball to curve to the right once it has
been rolled. The higher the number, the sharper the turn in the roll.

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The Scoring System
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- Every pin you knock down counts as one point. For example, on your first
roll of a set, you knock down 7 pins. Then on the second roll of the
set, you knock down two of the remaining three pins. Your score for that
set will be 9.

- Knowing how the scoring system works for a spare is confusing until you
learn how it goes. If you get a spare, you automatically get 10 points,
but you also get the amount of pins you knock down on your next roll
added to the 10 points. Let's say that on the 5th set you get a spare.
Then on your 6th set you knock down 9 of the 10 pins. This means that
your score for the 5th set will be a 19. The highest score possible for
a spare is 20. To get a 20, you must roll a strike after you roll the
spare.

- The scoring for a strike isn't as difficult as many people think. If
you roll a strike, you get 10 points tacked on automatically. Then, you
get the combined score of your next two rolls added to the 10 points. An
example is you roll a strike on the 3rd set. Then on the 4th set, you
roll yet another strike. But when you get to the fifth set, you only
knock down five pins on the first roll of the set. When calculated, your
score for set number 3 is 25. The highest possible score for a strike is
30. To get a 30, you will need to roll three strikes in a roll, also
known as turkey.

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Key
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O - Bowling Pin

@ - Bowling Ball

^ - Gutter

1 - Marks that are about
one-fourth of the way
down bowling lane.

- Marks that are placed at
the edge of the beginning
of the bowling lane.

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^^| |^^
^^| O O O O |^^
^^| O O O |^^
_______________________ ^^| O O |^^
/ \ ^^| O |^^
/_________________________\ ^^| |^^
| | ^^| |^^
| 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 | ^^| |^^
| | | | >O< | | | | ^^| |^^
| | ^^| |^^
|___________HOOK____________| ^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^|___________________|^^
. . . . . .

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There are a couple of ways to get an easy strike.
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Way #1
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- The first way is to keep your hook set at "0." Once you are sure it is
sat at "0," align your bowling ball in between the two middle "." marks,
which is aligning with the middle "1"

Once all of that is done, press and hold down forwards on your joystick.
This usuaslly causes you to roll a strike.

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^^| |^^
^^| O O O O |^^
^^| O O O |^^
_______________________ ^^| O O |^^
/ \ ^^| O |^^
/_________________________\ ^^| |^^
| | ^^| |^^
| 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 | ^^| |^^
| | | | >O< | | | | ^^| |^^
| * | ^^| |^^
|___________HOOK____________| ^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^|___________________|^^
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@

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Way #2
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- The second way just looks prettier than the first. Set your hook to one.
If you sat the hook to the one on the right, then align your ball in the
middle of the 2nd and 3rd "." marks from the left. If you sat the hook
to the one on the left, align your ball in the middle of the 4th and 5th
"." marks from the left, or in other words, the 2nd and 3rd from the
right.

After everything is aligned like I told you to above, press and continue
to hold forwards on the joystick.

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^^| |^^
^^| O O O O |^^
^^| O O O |^^
_______________________ ^^| O O |^^
/ \ ^^| O |^^
/_________________________\ ^^| |^^
| | ^^| |^^
| 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 | ^^| |^^
| | | | >O< | | | | ^^| |^^
| * | ^^| |^^
|___________HOOK____________| ^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^|___________________|^^
. . . . . .
@

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OR
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___________________
^^| |^^
^^| O O O O |^^
^^| O O O |^^
_______________________ ^^| O O |^^
/ \ ^^| O |^^
/_________________________\ ^^| |^^
| | ^^| |^^
| 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 | ^^| |^^
| | | | >O< | | | | ^^| |^^
| * | ^^| |^^
|___________HOOK____________| ^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^|___________________|^^
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@

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Getting the Spare
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An easy to get Spare
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- Some spares are easily gotten. Such as when you have 2-3 pins closely
gathered, or when you have just one pin. If you have three pins left
to knock down that are in a close formation, aim for the middle of the
three pins. This will cause the middle pin to spin and hit the other two
pins. That is if you hit the middle pin.

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^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| O |^^
_______________________ ^^| O |^^
/ \ ^^| O |^^
/_________________________\ ^^| |^^
| | ^^| |^^
| 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 | ^^| |^^
| | | | >O< | | | | ^^| |^^
| * | ^^| |^^
|___________HOOK____________| ^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^|___________________|^^
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@

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- When there are two pins that are close to each other, just aim in
between each pin. The bowling ball will slightly knick each pin, but it
shall hit with enough force to knock the pins down.

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^^| |^^
^^| O |^^
^^| O |^^
_______________________ ^^| |^^
/ \ ^^| |^^
/_________________________\ ^^| |^^
| | ^^| |^^
| 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 | ^^| |^^
| | | | >O< | | | | ^^| |^^
| * | ^^| |^^
|___________HOOK____________| ^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^|___________________|^^
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@

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- It should be common sense on how to knock down one pin, if there is only
one pin remaining. However, for those of you that don't know, just align
your bowling ball up with the pin. Then roll the ball straight towards
the pin.

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^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
_______________________ ^^| |^^
/ \ ^^| O |^^
/_________________________\ ^^| |^^
| | ^^| |^^
| 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 | ^^| |^^
| | | | >O< | | | | ^^| |^^
| * | ^^| |^^
|___________HOOK____________| ^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^|___________________|^^
. . . . . .
@

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7-10 Split
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- The 7-10 split takes a lot of skills to master. Out of all the possible
setups of bowling pins, this is the hardest setup to knock down. If you
ever have a 7-10 split, align your ball at the edge of one of the
gutters. Now, adjust your hook to the opposite side. For example, if
you align the bowling ball on the right side, then adjust your hook to
the left.

- After all of the aligning is done, roll the bowl has hard as you can, and
hope that you get the 7 pin and 10 pin down.

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^^| |^^
^^| O O |^^
^^| |^^
_______________________ ^^| |^^
/ \ ^^| |^^
/_________________________\ ^^| |^^
| | ^^| |^^
| 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 | ^^| |^^
| | | | >O< | | | | ^^| |^^
| * | ^^| |^^
|___________HOOK____________| ^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^| 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| 1 1 |^^
^^| |^^
^^| |^^
^^|___________________|^^
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@

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Question 1
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Q: What is the highest score possible?A: The highest score possible is a 300.

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Question 2
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Q: How do I bowl a 300?
A: To bowl a 300, you need to get all strikes, which will be a total of 13
strikes.

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Question 3
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Q: What is the highest score you have bowled on this game?
A: My highest score is a 210.

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Question 4
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Q: When I roll so many strikes, I get a message on the left side of the
screen that says "Turkey." What does this mean?
A: Turkey is a commonly used term in bowling. Whenever you roll three
strikes in a row, it is called Turkey for some weird reason.

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Question 5
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Q: How do I learn the scoring system of bowling?
A: Look at my scoring system section of this FAQ.

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Question 6
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Q: I cannot do the 7-10 Split. Do you have any other advice that you didn't
state earlier in your FAQ?
A: The only other advice I can give you is to keep on trying. After a while,
you shall master the difficult 7-10 Split.

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Credits
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- I would like to thank God for giving me the ability to be living, much
less ability to write.

- I would like to thank CJayC for putting this FAQ/Walkthrough on his site,
for being a great guy, and putting so much time into GameFAQs.

- War Doc for inspiring me to write an "old-school" FAQ with his outburst
of old Arcade FAQs.

- Finally, myself for typing up this guide, and for taking the time to make
this guide.

- I would like to thank IGN and StephenNG for placing this FAQ at
http://faqs.ign.com.

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Closing
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Well, here is the end of my FAQ for the Arcade game Capcom Bowling. I hope it
was useful for you people that read it. I had a great time writing this, even
though it took me just a couple of days. It help me procrastinate on some
homework I had to do. ;)

Anyway, thanks for reading my FAQ and good luck!

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This FAQ/Walkthrough is copyright 2003 to Michael Tincher and is protected
under International Copyright Law.

(c) 2003 Michael Tincher. All rights reserved.

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