The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling

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The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling
Theflintstonesbedrockbowling cover.png
Developer(s) Adrenalin Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) PlayStation, Windows
Release
July 28, 2000
  • Windows
    PlayStation
    • PAL: August 18, 2000
    • NA: September 19, 2000 [2]
Genre(s) Sports action
Mode(s) Single-player

The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling is a Bowling game developed by Adrenalin Interactive and published by SouthPeak Interactive (In Europe, the game was co-published by Ubi Soft) which was released in Europe and North America in 2000. The game is only available on PlayStation in North America however in Europe it is available on both PlayStation and Windows.

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Gameplay

The characters are in a giant hollowed out bowling ball, controlling it while trying to knock the pins spread throughout level. The player has to avoid obstacles without extra frames to try again. All in one shot they must knock all the pins down.

Reception

The PlayStation version received unfavorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [3] Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen said that the game was "So bad, we're tempted to buy up copies just to protect some unsuspecting child from picking it up." [12] GamePro gave it a mixed review, and GameRevolution gave it an overwhelming dislike, over a month before the game was released Stateside. [9] [10]

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