SETTING UP YOUR GAME
Once you are in the game main menu, you can highlight menu options by using the Up / Down directions on the direction pad. To access an option, highlight it and press the "Select" key. There are eight options on this screen:
Quick Play - Highlight this option and press "Select" to quickly start a game. Using this mode will start a single game in single-player mode.
One Player Games - Highlight this option and press "Select" to open the One Player Games menu. In that menu, you can start a single game, a 3-game series, or enter Practice mode.
Pass N'Play - Highlight this option and press "Select" to open the Pass N'Play menu. In that menu, you can select from 2 to 4 players to play along with you, in Pass N'Play mode, where each player bowls a frame then passes the phone along to the next player.
Highlights - Highlight this option and press "Select" to access the Highlights menu. In that menu, you can go into the Replay viewer to watch your replays or go into the Statistics menu to view your game statistics.
Options - Highlight this option and press "Select" to access the options menu. There are 8 options in the options menu. To access Choose Lane and Choose Ball, highlight the option and press "Select". To change the settings for the other options, press the Left and Right buttons on your directional pad.
- Choose Lane - Enter this to change your lane. There are 3 lanes available: Classic, Disco and Street.
- Choose Ball - Enter this to change your ball color. There are 7 colors: Cherry Pop, Disco, Classic, Green Tea, Graceland, Pink and Yellow.
- Sound - Change this to affect ALL in-game sounds, including music. If turned off, no sounds will play, and the music will not play.
- Music - Change this to affect only the in-game music. If turned off, the music will not play, but if Sounds are on sound effects will still play.
- Vibration - Change this to affect vibration in-game.
- Tutorial - Change this to view the tutorial before starting a game.
- Auto Replays - The two settings are "Good Shots" and "Off". Set this to "Good Shots" to automatically replay good shots. Setting it to Off will never automatically replay any shots. Note that you can always replay your last shot by going into the Pause menu and selecting "Replay" before launching your next ball.
- Menu FX - Change this to affect the menu animation.
Help - Highlight this option and press "Select" to access the help. There are several Help sections:
- Controls - View help about the controls
- Meters - View how the various in-game meters operate
- Camera Views - View how the various in-game camera views work
- Pass N'Play - View help about the multiplayer portion of the game
- Statistics - View help about your statistics
- Practice - View help about how Practice mode works
- Options - View detailed help about the options
- Save Replays - View detailed help about the replay saving system
About - Highlight this option and press "Select" to view Copyright and development information.
Exit - Highlight this option and press "Select" to exit the game.
MULTIPLE GAMEPLAY MODES!!
Quick Play
This mode of play starts a new single player, single game bowling game.
One Player Games
This mode lets you decide if you wish to start a single game, a 3-game series or enter Practice mode.
- Play Now! - A single game where the objective is to score the highest amount of points.
- 3-Game Series - A series of 3 games. Your goal is to score the highest amount of points within these three games.
- Practice Mode - A mode of play where you practice your shots.
Pass N'Play
This mode lets you play with friends! Each player plays a full frame of bowling before passing the phone to another player. In this mode, a special screen is shown indicating you that you need to give the phone to another player.
Practice Mode
This mode lets you modify the pin configuration so that you can practice your shots.
To modify the pin configuration, all the keypad keys are available. Their functions are described as
- 1 to 0 - Toggle pins 1 to 10 (0 being pin 10)
- STAR (*) - Invert the pin selection
- POUND (#) - Cycle through presets
Once you have made your selection, press "Next" to start aiming and practice your shots!
The STAR key inverts your pin selection. For example, if you had pin 7 and 10 toggled out, pressing STAR would toggle them back in and toggle out all the other pins. It is very useful for quickly creating your configurations instead of manually taking out every pin you want out; just take out the pins you want in, then press STAR and you will quickly have your desired configuration.
The POUND key cycles through standard difficult bowling pin configuration so you can practice and improve your game. The presets are
- All Pins (1 to 10)
- Baby Split (2-7 or 3-7)
- 7-10 Split (7-10)
- Big Ears (4-6-7-0)
- Christmas Tree (3-7-10 or 2-7-10)
- Cincinatti (8-10)
- Clothesline (1-2-4-7 or 1-3-6-10)
- Dime Store (5-10)
- Kresge (5-7)
- Lilly (5-7-10)
- Poison Ivy (3-6-10)
HOW BOWLING SCORING WORKS
Score in Bowling is simple: each and every pin that falls is worth one point.
If you score a Strike (all pins fall in your first shot), your current frame will be worth 10 points, plus the amount of pins you took down in the next two shots. The maximum amount of points in a single frame is 30(10 for your first shot, 10 for the second shot and 10 for the third shot).
If you score a Spare (all pins fall in your second shot within a frame), your current frame will be worth 10 points plus the amount of pins you took down in your next shot. The maximum amount of points given for a spare is 20 (10 for the first 10 pins, plus 10 if you score a Strike in your next shot).
A perfect game is worth 300 points; it equals 12 consecutive strikes in a row.
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