RocketBowl Xbox 360
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  • Summary: [Xbox Live Arcade] Ready for a fresh twist on a classic sport? Then you're ready for Rocket Bowl. Featuring a 50s style retro-futuristic vibe, out-of-this-world courses, and rocket-powered bowling balls, Rocket Bowl lets you compete in tournaments, challenge your friends in multiplayer, test your skill in mini-games, and more. Rocket-powered bowling balls: Rocket Bowl takes the sport to a whole 'nother level with rocket-powered balls that can boost, jump, and turn to help you knock down the pins and earn extra points with wild shots. Ten crazy bowling courses: In addition to a regular bowling alley, play on nine additional crazy courses filled with ramps, tunnels, loops, hills, curves, and more to create a unique bowling experience. Fun and varied single-player mode: Take on a variety of courses in Free Play mode, or challenge the pros in Tournament and Challenge modes, where you can wager and win money to upgrade equipment. Compete with up to four friends over Xbox LIVE or locally on one system. Xbox LIVE play features Player (unranked) and Ranked matches. Challenging mini-games: Earn extra cash in skill-testing mini-games like MiniStriker and Alternate Shot. Upgrade your equipment: Using cash earned by winning matches and mini-games, players can upgrade from more than 15 unique bowling balls including Strawbally, 8-Ball, the Jupiter 5000, and the Kalamazoo Special. More powerful bowling balls feature enhanced boost and curve abilities. [Microsoft]… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
  1. Official Xbox Magazine
    80
    Soundtrack worthy of a Danny Ocean and Tarantino showdown. [Feb 2008, p.80]
  2. Game Chronicles
    62
    At its core, RocketBowl is a unique and potentially delightful mini-game. Unfortunately, much like the balls and lanes at a cheap alley, the end result could use more polish.
  3. TeamXbox
    61
    There’s a lot to keep you going in Rocket Bowl, but it’s sort of a one-trick pony. There are a lot of courses, but not much overall variety from one to the next.
  4. Gaming Age
    42
    Admittedly it's not inherently bad or broken, but your mileage will depend almost entirely on how much you like bowling, mini-golf and/or if you have either of the other two systems' bowling games.

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