PBA Bowling
Platform: Intellivision
Region: USA
Media: Cartridge
Controller: INTV
Genre: Sports - Bowling
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1980
Developer: Mattel Electronics
Publisher: Mattel Electronics
Players: 1 to 4 VS
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This is a game of skill that requires you to knock down pins as in real bowling. Play alone or with up to three friends. Two game are available: standard bowling and pick-up spares. Pick-up spares sets the pins in a variety of ways to let you practice difficult shots.

Options allow you to select 1 of 10 conditions of alley slickness and the weight of your ball. Players can also choose to be a right or left handed bowler. While trying to knock down the pins you will need to control the curve and loft of the ball.


DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

PBA Bowling was the first Intellivision game actually programmed by Mattel employees: Mike Minkoff and Rick Levine from the handheld-games department. Since Mattel didn't have development equipment yet (1980), Mike and Rick commuted from Mattel in Hawthorne to APh in Pasadena three days a week. Mike gives Rick, an avid bowler, credit for the many realistic details in the game. 

 
http://www.mobygames.com/game/intellivision/pba-bowling
http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/games/credits/sports.html#bowling
