- CategoryGames
- First releasedDecember 14, 2009
- Versions5 archived
- Installable4 of 5
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerTechnicat, LLC
- Bundle IDcom.technicat.HyperBowl
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueBe the ball! Bowl around the richly imaginative six fantasy lanes of the original attraction game: the eerie Classic lane, ancient Rome, an idyllic Forest, rocking High Seas, the streets of San Francisco and the bright night lights of Tokyo.
In addition, this licensed remake features several all-new lanes: the Snowpark lane, the Campfire lane, the Penelope lane, the Mushroom lane, and the Grassy Pier.
Enjoy the scenery, but remember to head for the pins!
Swipe up along the screen to push the bowling ball forward, left and right to roll horizontally, down to push the ball back.
Tips: Sweep along the length of the screen for a more powerful push, and in Settings turn off in-app access to Control Center to avoid activating Control Center when swiping near the bottom of the screen)
Play 1-4 players in the original Arcade Mode or quick-play with your Game Center account, featuring a leaderboard for each lane and up to sixteen achievements for completing lanes, consecutive strikes and bowling a perfect game!
***** Reviews on the Web *****
MacLife lists HyperBowl as one of the Greatest iPhone Apps of 2009 - "Sure, there are a lot of bowling games for the iPhone, but none of them match the legacy that HyperBowl has. The gameplay feels organic, with its beautiful outdoor themed bowling lanes."
SlapApp says "HyperBowl definitely portrays a retro arcade feel that’s consistent with the original, and offers a uniquely different game-play that other traditional bowling apps simply do not offer."
Smartphone Review - "HyperBowl is one wild bowling experience."
SmartAppDevelopers - "Easy to play yet challenging. Great setting design."
HowsMyApp rates HyperBowl 5/5 for Entertainment and Value.
Slide Gamer - "If you’re a fan of the original HyperBowl then there’s no doubt that you’ll love this portable version."
iViewApps - "HyperBowl is a 3D bowling app that reinvents the bowling game!"
NineOverTen - "an interesting diversion from typical bowling games on the iPhone"
Unity Insider - "This exotic mixture of parkour and bowling offers everything a casual gamer needs."
My five-year old nephew - "Good!"
***** Game Info *****
Visit out Facebook page http://hyperbowl.rocks/ for the latest news.
HyperBowl is a trademark of Absolute Certainty Inc..
Special thanks to all our fans on the HyperBowl Facebook page for their support and enthusiasm
The HyperBowl Bug Reporting Hall of Fame:
Ischa Bijl, Raymond Chow, Frank Lin, Lien Luong, Adam Pavlakos, Ian Schwabe, Harrison Sotoloff, Elijah Taylor.
Localization assistance provided by Veronique Gauthier (French), Ubinuri (Korean) and Raymond Chow (Chinese).
This version of HyperBowl is built with the original HyperBowl art and sound assets licensed from Absolute Certainty, the Unity game engine from Unity Technologies, MacXWare FontLibrary, Noto fonts from Google Fonts, Selected U3D Japanese Font from Masashi Wada, Particle Scaler by Roel Ezendam, Real Flames by BlackFire FX, Lens Flare and Simple Particle Pack by Unity Technologies, Flocks package from soodaq, Finger Gestures by Fatal Frog Software, Lean Localization from Carlos Wilkes, Universal Accessibility Plugin from MetalPop Games, iTween by Pixel Placement and NativeGallery by Süleyman Yasir Kula.
New lanes utilize Mushroom Land from Manufactura 4k, Penelope from Unity Technologies, Campfire Pack from Dreamdev Studios and the Cartoon Snowboard Funpack from Stefan M.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25Love this game😁👍.But is there any possible way that you can add all the different colors and patterns for the bowling balls that were on the pc and other platforms. Instead of there just being 3 that are pretty simple. Would really appreciate it since I don’t have a pc anymore. Thanks🙂.
The music and SFX are completely broken and have never once worked in all the time I've had this app installed. I want to play this but it's just not the same in complete silence. Can you please do something to fix the music and SFX and bring them back to life?
I used to play Hyperbowl on my PC as a kid...amazing as it was, I grew out of it but no longer could find the CD ROM recently to play it again. Last I played it was about 9 years ago. I’m actually really happy there this game is now an app! Brings back many memories!
Not much else to say, great game, graphics were amazing at the time!
How do you open the two additional lanes? I am playing in an IPad.
Needs an Android update. No longer works on the platform.
Love this game! It is super entertaining
First off, I can’t believe this game is free and contains no ads. I would have easily paid money for this game. The ball seems a little slower than I remember, but doesn’t really affect my enjoyment. I found this by accident and was super nostalgic for me.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.