Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling
1998 video game
Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling is a sports video game released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in 1998 and the Nintendo 64 in 1999.
Gameplay
These are the following game modes:
Exhibition
Skins
Tournament
Career
Practice
Cosmic
There are different lane conditions and different balls that react differently (the actual bowling balls, however, were all reactive, though several balls in the game are depicted as straight balls) as well as a physics engine that simulates real-life bowling physics.
The game includes a create-your-own-bowler feature. There are also Brunswick Pro Staff members such as:
Mike Aulby
Chris Barnes
Parker Bohn III
Steve Jaros
Johnny Petraglia
Ricky Ward
Walter Ray Williams Jr.
Mark Roth
Randy Pedersen
Mike Miller
Development
The N64 version of the game was showcased at E3 1999.
Reception
The PlayStation version received favorable reviews, while the PC version received average reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling's biggest supporters called the game addictive and the most accurate Bowling simulation ever. More lukewarm reviewers, written by critics uninterested in bowling, suggested only hardcore fans of the sport may enjoy the game. Although acknowledging how true the simulation was to Bowling, Play journalist Tom Sargent and Game Informer's Jay Fitzloff found that to be a detriment given how lame the real-life experience is.
Jules Grant of The Electric Playground wrote that while there were different difficulty levels, there was no explanation of game rules and ball physics for those new to Bowling.
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