Tenpins

A bowling game for one to four players, ten frames each, on a lane seen from above that runs left to right. Move your bowler up and down the approach and press the button to roll. Each ball hooks up or down by a random amount once it passes the arrows, so steer it while it rolls to bring it into the pocket; roll it off the lane and it drops into the gutter. Where the ball meets the pins decides which ones fall, and they clatter down one by one. Scoring follows the real rules: a strike counts your next two balls, a spare your next one, and the tenth frame gives one extra roll after a spare and two after a strike. A score sheet keeps every player's frames, and pins down and strikes are counted.

Controls: Use either controller. Push the stick up and down to move the bowler and press either button to roll; while the ball rolls, up and down steer it. On the title, up and down choose, left and right set the number of players, and a button selects.

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 reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From Ahoy! No. 35, November 1986, page 77: original Commodore 64 program by Tony Brantner. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.