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Krazy Bowl

Description

A bowling game with two modes of play: regular and Krazy Bowl. The latter is bowling with various pins missing and is harder.

Krazy Bowl was produced by American Sammy in 1994.

American Sammy released 14 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1991. American Sammy was based in United States.

Other machines made by American Sammy during the time period Krazy Bowl was produced include: Daioh, Simple Simon, Pastel Island, Battle Blaze, Viewpoint, Eagle Shot Golf, Coin Circus, Extreme Downhill, Zombie Raid, and Wild West

Specs

Name	Krazy Bowl
Developer	American Sammy (United States)
Year	1994
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8356
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Sports
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA+
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Trackball: Optical Buttons: 2 - Left Hook\|Right Hook
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

At the beginning of the game, you are given a choice of two different games to play; "Regulation" where you try to knock down all ten pins or "Sweeper" where you try to knock down a random number of pins that are set differently in each frame.

Game Play

The game play is similar to Capcom Bowling.

Krazy Bowl KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.45 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.40

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

Technical Rating: 3.50

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	3.00
Originality	3.00
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.

Images

Miscellaneous

This game can also be configured to use a joystick. In this mode a third play button (Shoot) is also added. The cocktail mode supports either joysticks or trackballs.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Krazy Bowl Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 31 known instances of this machine owned by Krazy Bowl collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines. 6 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 22 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Krazy Bowl circuit boards for sale.

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

This game ranks a 8 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]

Flyers

Technical

Although most JAMMA trackball games map the trackball data lines to the joystick up/down/right/left controls, this does not appear to be the case with this game.

DIP Switches:

A1-A7: Coin Settings
A8: Trackball Sensitivity
B1: Screen Flip
B2: Demo Sound
B3-B4: Game Level (Difficulty)
B5: Game Style (5 or 10 frames)
B6: Cabinet Type (Cocktail or Upright)
B7: Control (Joystick or Trackball)
B8: Test Mode

Manuals

PCB Schematic - Krazy Bowl Manual — **PCB Schematic**
(8 pages, 560 kB File)

Redemption Conversion Instructions - Krazy Bowl Manual — **Redemption Conversion Instructions**
(5 pages, 317 kB File)

Sensor board schematic for Happ Trackball - Krazy Bowl Manual — **Sensor board schematic for Happ Trackball**
(1 page, 26 kB File)

Trackball Plate Template - Krazy Bowl Manual — **Trackball Plate Template**
(1 page, 34 kB File)

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