Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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:
patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
https://bsky.app/profile/lgr-yt.bsky.social
● Other pertinent links:
WWG PlayStation Store Video: youtube.com/watch?v=1iijVmH74jc
HyperBowl Prelaunch Event: youtube.com/watch?v=FDtFA0tgBJE
Technicat: hyperbowl3d.com
2022 Unity versions: github.com/technicat/hyperbowl/releases/tag/v1.0.0
Steam version: store.steampowered.com/app/847530/HyperBowl
iPhone/iPad port: apps.apple.com/us/app/hyperbowl/id344209253
● Background music licensed from Epidemic Sound:
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
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:
patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
https://bsky.app/profile/lgr-yt.bsky.social
● Other pertinent links:
WWG PlayStation Store Video: youtube.com/watch?v=1iijVmH74jc
HyperBowl Prelaunch Event: youtube.com/watch?v=FDtFA0tgBJE
Technicat: hyperbowl3d.com
2022 Unity versions: github.com/technicat/hyperbowl/releases/tag/v1.0.0
Steam version: store.steampowered.com/app/847530/HyperBowl
iPhone/iPad port: apps.apple.com/us/app/hyperbowl/id344209253
● Background music licensed from Epidemic Sound:
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
