Bowling Champ

Bowling for one to three players over ten frames. The ball rides up and down the near end of the lane, and you press the button to roll it at the right moment. It rolls straight down its row: the first pin in that row falls together with the pins on the two diagonals behind it, up to three back, and then any pin further along the row. The middle row is a strike and the two outer rows are the gutters. A second ball goes at the pins left standing. The tenth frame gives one extra ball after a spare and two after a strike, and the score sheet shows the marks and a running total by the usual bowling rules. Each player enters a name of up to six letters.

Controls: Use either joystick. Press the left button to roll the ball. Before a game, up and down set the number of players; then spell each name with the stick (up and down a letter, left and right the place) and press the left button. The keypad is not used.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a faithful adaptation of the published rules. From COMPUTE!'s Gazette, December 1983, page 205: original Commodore 64 program by Joseph Ganci. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.