mark Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I played this game today and in the 7th frame i got a 9 with 1 left over that i got on second shot. All the rest were strikes and i ended up with 279. I thought in a game it should be 299. Anyone know why this is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I played this game today and in the 7th frame i got a 9 with 1 left over that i got on second shot. All the rest were strikes and i ended up with 279. I thought in a game it should be 299. Anyone know why this is? Scoring in Atari bowling is identical to real bowling. If you get a strike, the next two balls are added to the score of the strike, giving you a possible 30 points per frame. The two balls following your strike in the sixth frame added up to 10 (9 and 1) out of a possible 20 - that's ten points off your score. Since you only got a spare in the 7th frame, you only get the points from the next ball (not the next TWO balls) added to the spare. There's where the second ten points were lost. In order to bowl a 299 you must throw 11 strikes and a nine. Your actual score card would look something like this: 1 X 30 2 X 60 3 X 90 4 X 120 5 X 149 (10 for the strike + 10 + 9 for the next two balls) 6 X 169 (10 for the strike + 9 + 1 for the next two balls) 7 9/ 189 (10 for the spare + 10 for the next ball) 8 X 219 9 X 249 10 XXX 279 I hope that's reasonably clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted August 12, 2003 Author Share Posted August 12, 2003 Yes, that makes perfect sense. Thanks for the info. I haven't bowled for real in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Well if you're like me, you could just cheat..LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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