Capcom Bowling

Capcom Bowling
Developer: Incredible Technologies Publisher: Capcom Platform: Arcade (Capcom Bowling hardware) Released in JP: August 1988 Released in US: August 1988 Released in EU: August 1988 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has revisional differences.

Capcom Bowling is a cribbage game by Konami.

Developer Message

At the start of the main program ROM (0x08002) is the following message:

CAPCOM Bowling by Incredible Technologies, Inc.
We hope you have enjoyed this game.
Copyright (C) 1988 INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGIES,INC.

Revision Differences

There are four Capcom Bowling revision in MAME. Based on the differences between versions, this is the order in which they were released: Set 4, Set 3, Set 1, Set 2.

	Set 4	Set 3	Set 1	Set 2
Bowling Timer	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Text Fixes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Animation Fixes	No	No	No	Yes

Bowling Timer

Set 4	Other Sets

An additional option to toggle the bowler time was added to the Operator Adjusts menu.

Text Fixes

Old Sets	New Sets

The Credits line of text was moved up a tad, out of the monitor's overscan area.

Old Sets	New Sets

There's more space between each line of text in the new sets.

Animation Fixes

In the older sets, a few animations would play out of sync with the game's music. This was corrected in set 2:

Animation	Delay (Old)	Delay (New)	Loops (Old)	Loops (New)
	10 Frames	12 Frames	3 Loops	3 Loops
	6 Frames	8 Frames	4 Loops	5 Loops
	10 Frames	10 Frames	3 Loops	4 Loops
	10 Frames	11 Frames	3 Loops	4 Loops
	13 Frames	16 Frames	3 Loops	3 Loops
	9 Frames	11 Frames	4 Loops	5 Loops
	10 Frames	12 Frames	3 Loops	4 Loops
	10 Frames	10 Frames	3 Loops	4 Loops
	10 Frames	10 Frames	4 Loops	7 Loops

Coors Light Bowling

Capcom Bowling	Coors Light Bowling

A special Coors Light themed version of Capcom Bowling was released in October 1989. In this version of the game, the Risque Graphics (and Beer Frame, naturally) are always active, regardless of what the Operator Adjust menu says.

Eight animations from Capcom Bowling were altered to feature Coors Light beer:

Capcom Bowling	Coors Bowling	Text
		N/A
		In The Pocket Down Under Hop to It
		Rocket Blast Off Launched
		Seal of Approval
		Sexy / Neato Wink Wink Hi Big Boy
		Dead Aim On Target Dead Center
		Beer Frame
		Beer Frame

Six animations are completely different between versions:

Capcom Bowling	Capcom Text	Coors Bowling	Coors Text
	Clean Sweep Broom Ball Swept Away		N/A
	Snow Plow Clear the Deck Push It In		N/A
	Holy Cow Moo		N/A
	Smooth Cool No Problem		Celebrate Jump for Joy Click Your Heels
	On the Nose Tip It In Blow It Out		Nice Form
	Throwing Rocks Boulder Dash Strong Arm		Congrats A Toast Cheers

Capcom Bowling has three additional animations that were taken out of Coors Light Bowling, possibly to make room for the Coors Light ads above.

Animation	Text	Comments
	In the Gutter In the Drink Channel Ball	Apparently Coors Light didn't want an alcoholic bowling ball in their alcohol-themed bowling game.
	Four Bagger	An animation for getting four strikes in a row.
	Fowl	An alternate animation for approaching the lane too slowly.

Finally, both instances of the word "Sexy" were inexplicably edited out of Coors Light Bowling. The new, altered text: "Great Shot" and "Neato." Bizarre.

(Source: Original TCRF research)