#Hyperbowl arcade edoition upgrade#

Sony Development eventually spun off independently to become Hyper Entertainment, which currently retains the IP. The attraction version has since been installed in venues such as Jillian's, GameWorks and Dave & Buster's. It featured a tall projection screen for the display and a real bowling ball as a trackball-style controller. HyperBowl was originally developed by Sony Development along with other games introduced in the Sony Metreon in June 1999. Multiplayer support is also enabled, allowing up to four players to bowl and keep track of their scores during a game.

#Hyperbowl arcade edoition upgrade#

When the upgrade has been purchased and installed, four additional lanes are installed. The version of HyperBowl included in Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP contains two of the six lanes initially available (Classic and Pins of Rome) and is designed for a single player. The game ends when all players have completed the ten frames. The game displays players' scores in a similar way to the displays found in traditional bowling alleys. A clock at the upper-right corner of the lane window displays the time left to knock down pins. The player can use a mouse or trackball to guide the ball while it's moving in order to avoid obstacles and aim for the pins.

Unlike in normal bowling, the lane also contains obstacles, like moving vehicles in the Tokyo and San Francisco lanes and trees in the Yosemite lane. HyperBowl is similar to a basic game of ten-pin bowling: the goal is to knock down as many of the ten pins as possible within thirty seconds.