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Excite Bowling

"Excite Bowling" is an experience game released by Epoch in 2002. It was released as one of the "experimental games" (Taikan game) series. It is a hardware-integrated plug-and-play game that uses XaviX…

31 December 2002

Excite Bowling is a simulator developed by Epoch Co., Ltd., released 31 December 2002 on Plug & Play.

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What Excite Bowling is

Excite Bowling is a simulator game developed by Epoch Co., Ltd. and released in 2002. It is available on Plug & Play only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Excite Bowling" is an experience game released by Epoch in 2002. It was released as one of the "experimental games" (Taikan game) series. It is a hardware-integrated plug-and-play game that uses XaviX technology. Later, "XaviX Bowling", which can be said to be the successor software, was released on "XaviXPORT", a hardware dedicated to XaviX technology.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Excite Bowling launched on 31 December 2002, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Space Rangers and Sonic Advance 2.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Space Rangers, Sonic Advance 2.

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When did Excite Bowling come out?
Excite Bowling was released on 31 December 2002 for Plug & Play.

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