_____ _ _ ___ ___ _________ _____ _____ _ _ _____ _ _ ___________ / __ \| | | | / _ \ | \/ || ___ \_ _| _ | \ | |/ ___| | | |_ _| ___ \ | / \/| |_| |/ /_\ \| . . || |_/ / | | | | | | \| |\ `--.| |_| | | | | |_/ / | | | _ || _ || |\/| || __/ | | | | | | . ` | `--. \ _ | | | | __/ | \__/\| | | || | | || | | || | _| |_\ \_/ / |\ |/\__/ / | | |_| |_| | \____/\_| |_/\_| |_/\_| |_/\_| \___/ \___/\_| \_/\____/\_| |_/\___/\_| ______ _____ _ _ _ _____ _ _ _____ | ___ \| _ || | | | | |_ _| \ | | __ \ | |_/ /| | | || | | | | | | | \| | | \/ | ___ \| | | || |/\| | | | | | . ` | | __ | |_/ /\ \_/ /\ /\ / |_____| |_| |\ | |_\ \ \____/ \___/ \/ \/\_____/\___/\_| \_/\____/ ___________________________________________ / _______________________ \ / | Game Info | \ / |-----------------------| \ / | | \ / | Developed by: | \ / | | \ / | Boogie Woogie Bowling | \ / | | \ / | Published by: | \ / | | \ / | Visco | \ / | | \ / | Release Date: | \ / | | \ / | 12/10/1993 | \ / |_______________________| \ /___________________________________________________________________________\ \ / \ An FAQ by: Prod (ProdFAQs@gmail.com) / \_______________________________________________________________________/ / \ / Table 'O Contents \ /___________________________________________________________________________\ \ / \ _____________________________ / \ | | / \ | A. Introduction | / \ | | / \ | B. Legal Disclaimer | / \ | | / \ | C. Game Menus | / \ | | / \ | D. Game Controls | / \ | | / | | E. Bowlers and Alleys | | / | | \ / | F. Strategy | \ / | | \ / | G. FAQ | \ / | | \ / | H. Credits | \ / |_____________________________| \ / \ / \ / Most recent update: 2/17/06 \ |___________________________________________________________________________| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____ _ _ ____ ____ _____ ____ __ __ ___ ____ ____ _____ _ _ (_ _)( \( )(_ _)( _ \( _ )( _ \( )( )/ __)(_ _)(_ _)( _ )( \( ) _)(_ ) ( )( ) / )(_)( )(_) ))(__)(( (__ )( _)(_ )(_)( ) ( (____)(_)\_) (__) (_)\_)(_____)(____/(______)\___) (__) (____)(_____)(_)\_) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello, and welcome to Prod's guide for Championship Bowling on the Sega Genesis. This guide is designed not only to give you info on all the different game modes and versions, but also give you helpful strategies and tips to raise your average in this exciting bowling game. This is a pretty basic game, so this guide shouldn't be too big, but the info in it will really help you out with different aspects of the game, so don't be afraid to read it if you want some better scores. Thanks for coming in I hope that this will help you out! -Prod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____ ____ ___ ___ __ __ ____ __ __ ____ ____ ( _ \(_ _)/ __) / __)( ) /__\ (_ _)( \/ )( ___)( _ \ )(_) )_)(_ \__ \( (__ )(__ /(__)\ _)(_ ) ( )__) ) / (____/(____)(___/ \___)(____)(__)(__)(____)(_/\/\_)(____)(_)\_) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This text file "Championship Bowling" is copyrighted material owned by Ben Green (Prod). 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Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___ __ __ __ ____ __ __ ____ _ _ __ __ ___ / __) /__\ ( \/ )( ___) ( \/ )( ___)( \( )( )( )/ __) ( (_-. /(__)\ ) ( )__) ) ( )__) ) ( )(__)( \__ \ \___/(__)(__)(_/\/\_)(____) (_/\/\_)(____)(_)\_)(______)(___/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> NORMAL GAME >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Practice (just bowl for score alone) - Vs Man Mode (bowl for score against a friend) - Vs Com Mode (bowl for score against a computer opponent) ------------------ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> SPARE GAME >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Practice (bowl down crazy different spare opportunities for points) - Vs Man Mode (spare game versus your friend) ------------------ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> BONUS GAME >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Practice - Vs Man Mode ------------------ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> SOUND TEST >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Back Ground Music - Sound Effect - Exit ------------------ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> TOP SCORES >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___ __ __ __ ____ ___ _____ _ _ ____ ____ _____ __ ___ / __) /__\ ( \/ )( ___) / __)( _ )( \( )(_ _)( _ \( _ )( ) / __) ( (_-. /(__)\ ) ( )__) ( (__ )(_)( ) ( )( ) / )(_)( )(__ \__ \ \___/(__)(__)(_/\/\_)(____) \___)(_____)(_)\_) (__) (_)\_)(_____)(____)(___/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> GAME MENUS >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - A + C = Continue - B = Back - D-Pad = Select Option >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> IN-GAME >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> - Start = Exit - C = Bowl - A = Adjust lane type (Special Mode only) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____ _____ _ _ __ ____ ____ ___ __ _ _ ____ ( _ \( _ )( \/\/ )( ) ( ___)( _ \/ __) /__\ ( \( )( _ \ ) _ < )(_)( ) ( )(__ )__) ) /\__ \ /(__)\ ) ( )(_) ) (____/(_____)(__/\__)(____)(____)(_)\_)(___/ (__)(__)(_)\_)(____/ __ __ __ ____ _ _ ___ /__\ ( ) ( ) ( ___)( \/ )/ __) /(__)\ )(__ )(__ )__) \ / \__ \ (__)(__)(____)(____)(____) (__) (___/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> BOWLERS >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Name: Mark Type: Fitness Bowler Bowls: Right-handed Suggested weight: 10-14 pounds Hair: Blond Shirt: Blue Skin: Light ----- Name: Linda Type: Fitness Bowler Bowls: Right-handed Suggested weight: 10-14 pounds Hair: Blond Shirt: Red Skin: Light ----- Name: Leroy Type: Power Bowler Bowls: Right-handed Suggested weight: 14-16 pounds Hair: Black Shirt: White Skin: Dark ----- Name: Dana Type: Smart Bowler Bowls: Left-handed Suggested weight: 8-14 pounds Hair: Red Shirt: Purple Skin: White >>>>>>>>>>>> >> ALLEYS >> >>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAST Alley: ______ | | | FAST | |______| | | | FAST | |______| | | | FAST | |______| FAST alleys are just like it says, fast. The entire lane will be fast, so your ball will slide quickly down the lane. This is one of the most fun and quick lanes and you should use this especially with Leroy for high scores. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLOW Alley: ______ | | | SLOW | |______| | | | SLOW | |______| | | | SLOW | |______| SLOW alleys are also very straight-forward, they are very slow. These lanes are not as fun to bowl on, but they may help get you higher scores if you need to concentrate on accuracy. Mark, Linda, and Dana will do best here, Leroy is too powerful for the SLOW alleys mostly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL Alley: ______ | | | SPEC | |______| | | | SPEC | |______| | | | SPEC | |______| SPECIAL alleys are completely interchangable. I put in "SPEC" to represent Special. Basically, you can change in fast or slow for any of the spots, so you could have many possibilities. For example: ______ | | | FAST | |______| | | | SLOW | |______| | | | FAST | |______| or ______ | | | SLOW | |______| | | | SLOW | |______| | | | FAST | |______| Those are a few possibilities, but you adjust them yourself at any time by hitting A during gameplay. Try new things, as they can positively and negatively affect your ball. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGE Alley: CHANGE alleys are like SPECIAL, except you have no control over the changes. When you are on CHANGE alleys, the lane will automatically change every frame. This will be random, and for the most part won't help your game. This alley is mostly for just goofing around. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___ ____ ____ __ ____ ____ ___ _ _ / __)(_ _)( _ \ /__\ (_ _)( ___)/ __)( \/ ) \__ \ )( ) / /(__)\ )( )__)( (_-. \ / (___/ (__) (_)\_)(__)(__)(__) (____)\___/ (__) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From what I have learned, the straight out best chance of a great game is using Leroy on FAST alleys with a 16 pound ball. Due to the game's not-so-surprising physics, you can often get away with a strike on anything near the pocket. Simply charge up a max power shot (or as close to it as you can get), try to avoid any hook, and aim right at the headpin. I have bowled a 298 using this strategy, so it is a good one. If you are not a fan of that strategy, there is always millions of possibilities available with the other bowlers. Try experimenting with hooking, different ball weights, different alleys, just always try something new. With practice, you can make nearly any style work, so just pick one that you like best and go with it, while experimenting with different ones on the side. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____ __ _____ ( ___)/__\ ( _ ) )__)/(__)\ )(_)( (__)(__)(__)(___/\\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Which is the most life-like alley? Probably FAST alley, it is fast-paced like real-life bowling. --- Who's the most useful bowler and why? Depends on your style but like I mentioned, I'd go with Leroy. Although it may not be the most skillfully challenging, it exploits the game's bad physics to get you better scores. If you are only interested in strategy however, go with one of the other 3 bowlers. --- What's the Sound Test for? Just for experimentation and goofing around, I guess. You can play all the sound effects and music in the game there. --- What other guides have you written? All my work can be found here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/57057.html Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ / __)( _ \( ___)( _ \(_ _)(_ _)/ __) ( (__ ) / )__) )(_) )_)(_ )( \__ \ \___)(_)\_)(____)(____/(____) (__) (___/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Thanks to GameFAQs for hosting this and keeping the updated version up at all times** Thanks also to: -Myself -RIers -My cat -My donuts -Eggs -My fish, even though they can't remember helping at all -And of course, not school, because it just gets in my way >_> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>__<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< (c) Ben Green 2006 -End Phile-