HyperBowl: From Sony Arcade to Windows XP Classic! An LGR Retrospective

Hyperbowl is perhaps most known for being in the Windows XP Plus! Pack and Media Center Edition in the 2000s, but it first was a (literally) huge arcade game attraction created by Sony for use in the San Francisco Metreon Center in 1999. While I've never experienced that machine, I played a ton of it on PC! So let's look at each different home version, including the newer Unity Engine releases. ● LGR things elsewhere: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews https://bsky.app/profile/lgr-yt.bsky.social ● Other pertinent links: WWG PlayStation Store Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iijVmH74jc HyperBowl Prelaunch Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDtFA0tgBJE Technicat: https://hyperbowl3d.com/ 2022 Unity versions: https://github.com/technicat/hyperbowl/releases/tag/v1.0.0 Steam version: https://store.steampowered.com/app/847530/HyperBowl/ iPhone/iPad port: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hyperbowl/id344209253 ● Background music licensed from Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com 00:00 heck yes Hyperbowl 01:14 Plus! for Windows XP 02:06 Sony Arcade Edition 05:04 home versions for PC 05:42 installation issues 06:19 2001 Arcade Edition 07:28 main gameplay bits 12:54 Unity remakes! 14:00 2009 version 16:30 2022 Github/Steam version 19:33 Apple iOS version 20:21 final thoughts #LGR #retro #gaming #Sony #bowling