World Class Bowling - wcbwl(billpa_09-04-08) SERIES

[billpa]

Apparently there are 3 WC Bowling games although they all look the same to me. I figured I would come out with a set where all themes are really similar. I have hit a roadblock though. The Deluxe and Tournament Versions don't look any different. I have found one tiny tiny photo of the marquee for Deluxe and it looks like they just slapped a Deluxe word next to the logo. I have found nothing for Tournament except some cheesy ITS logo (too small to use anyhow).

So what do you think? Should they just be color coded or should I change the background up a bit? Maybe pin background for one, lane background for another, and something else for the last one.

Here are a couple of examples so far. Bowling ball will roll in from the right side to cover up wheel. Not sure what the logo or video will do yet. Whatever it is it will be the same for all three.

[BadBoyBill]

I like the idea of pin and lane backgrounds

[portnoy]

Very nice! This will complete my "most played party track ball games". The others are Shuffle Shot and Shuuuz. I always loaded up the deluxe version. I think the tournament and deluxe versions let you play up to 4 players where the standard is 2, could be wrong though.

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[billpa]

Okay...here is a revision. What do you think?

[BadBoyBill]

Theme looks awesome, looking forward to the series.

[RetroBorg]

Another excellent theme.

[cathaldub]

brillant themes
thanks

[Aabra]

My kingdom for a trackball!!!!

Nice theme. :) This looks like such a great game but it's just not the same without a trackball unfortunately.

[BadBoyBill]

I know... billpa is going to make me get a whole new controller that has a trackball since I dont have one.

[billpa]

hehe...i just bought a Xarcade trackball a couple months ago so thats why i have been going crazy on the trackball games. They are also great games when you have more than a couple of people over to play.

So here is what i have for the final 3 themes. Tried to mix it up a bit with the right side artwork. And I added taglines for Tournament and Deluxe. Let me know what you guys think.

[billpa]

Okay...I am FINALLY done! I cant count how many mistakes I made when creating these little f@#kers. Good riddance!

Enjoy!

Quick note...wcbwl140 (Tournament version) does not have its own video on emumovies. But, for the meantime, you can copy the Deluxe video and rename it wcbwl140. Most people will not know the difference anyhow (i think)

[BadBoyBill]

Awesome themes, I was wondering what you would choose for the 3rd picture, and you chose bowling shoes, I like it.

[The Loafer]

I was about to mention "love the shoes". It's original! :top: Maybe for the 3rd one, do a bowling ball that rolls, sort of like the shield in the captain america game? It would seem more fitting then the globe (I know, the earth refers to the "World" in the title).

edit: nevermind, I didn't realize it was released, my bad!

[billpa]

If you look closely, the earth has finger holes just like the title screen graphic. I comp'ed a globe onto a bowling ball photo. I didnt have enough real estate to show the thumb hole though. And it "rolls" on.

[Aabra]

very nice themes bill - installing them now. :)

[The Loafer]

Holy crap, two things: One, you are right. Two, I am blind.

[hollywood]

Can anyone send me a copy of the the wcbwl140.flv?

It wasn't in the torrent.

Thanks,

Lance

[billpa]

there isnt one right now. I left a note in that download page and also in this thread. For the time-being you could probably just copy wcbowldx and rename it. I will ask Circo if he can add it to his next release.

[Dazz]

Billpa - All of these themes were zipped incorrectly. They all had an additional folder that was titled the same as the file name. I have removed this folder and corrected the zip file(s).

[billpa]

thats odd. I went straight from HT. Thanks for the fix.

[Dazz]

thats odd. I went straight from HT. Thanks for the fix.Hmm, same thing happened to Brian... are you guys using a newer or older version of HT than 1.0?

[billpa]

1.0...come to think of it...I think I had to edit it afterwards so it might have been my fault.

[Circo]

I will get this video out tomorrow, would do it right now but I have a queue of files re-encoding to flv.