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The Simpsons Bowling 2000 Konami

2000

The Simpsons Bowling (c) 2000 Konami.
A 3-D bowling game featuring the characters from the popular cartoon series.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Konami GV System hardware
Game ID : GQ829
Main CPU : PSX (@ 16.9344 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SPU (@ 16.9344 Mhz), CD/DA (@ 16.9344 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 640 x 480 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 65536
Players : 4
Control : trackball
Buttons : 3

>>> TRIVIA
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The game features custom speech by the real Simpsons voice actors! (see Staff section, Fox Interactive part for more info).
All of the characters' uniforms were taken from 'The Simpsons' episode entitled 'Team Homer' (original airdate : January 6, 1996).

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* After bowling 3 strikes in a row (called a 'turkey'), depending on your character, you would get a special ball. The specials balls are :
Fire ball : A flaming bowling ball.
Maggie ball : Launch Maggie down the lane.
Nuclear ball : Throw a ball full of nuclear sludge.
Bomb ball : Would result in a big explosion.
* Unlock Abe (Grampa) Simpson : Move the cursor up and down quickly at the character selection screen, Grampa will appear as a playable character.

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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* Konami Amusement of America, Inc.
Executive producer : Fumiaki Tanaka
Lead programmer : Yoshi Morimoto
Production coordinator : Steve Johnson
Lead artist : Keith Sillin
2D/3D artist : Heather Vidal
Sound producer and director : Tak Fujii
Sound designers : Clark Wen, Kevin Xue
Hardware engineer : Takuya Aono
Technician : Sam Yerushalmi
* Fox Interactive :
Producer : David Wisehart
Associate producers : Luke Letizia, Harish Rao
Script writer : Jamie Angell
Creative consultants : Matt Groening, Mill Smythe
Starring : Dan, Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
Simpsons theme : Danny Elfman
Simpsons music composition : Christopher Tyng
The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.

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