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Bowl-O-Rama Bowl-O-Rama - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

This upgrade for a different Capcom bowling title contains three variations of bowling games. Some machines dispense tickets.

Bowl-O-Rama was produced by P&P Marketing in 1991.

P&P Marketing released 4 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1991. P&P Marketing was based in United States.

Other machines made by P&P Marketing during the time period Bowl-O-Rama was produced include: Police Trainer, and Sharpshooter

Specs

Name Bowl-O-Rama
Developer P&P Marketing (United States)
Year 1991
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7204
Class Wide Release
Genre Sports
Monitor
Conversion Class JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 5
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Buttons: 2 - Hook Left|Hook Right
  • Trackball: Optical
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

This upgrade for Capcom Bowling boards contains three bowling variations:

  • Bowl-O-Rama: Plays like standard bowling.
  • Flash-O-Matic: Time strikes and spares to get maximum score multiplier.
  • BlackJack: Three balls and full racks per frame. Try to get 21 to get 42 points or just get straight points for the number of pins knocked down.

Bowl-O-Rama KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.48 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.20

Overall Like 3.00
Fun (Social) 3.00
Fun (Solo) 4.00
Collector Desire 3.00

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay 4.00
Graphics 3.00
Originality 4.00
Sound/Music 4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Conversion

This is a ROM and daughterboard upgrade for Capcom Bowling boards.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Bowl-O-Rama Census

There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 10 known instances of this machine owned by Bowl-O-Rama collectors who are active members. Of these, One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 9 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Technical

CPU: M6809
SOUND: 1xYM-2203 and 1xDAC

Manuals

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