HyperBowl

It's so sad that it's so difficult to play old games these days without 99 things going wrong. You'd think we would've solved backwards compatibility by 2025. Everything from the late 90s and early 2000s seems to be disappearing right in front of our eyes. I'm happy this exists, but as soon as you begin rolling the bowling ball you can tell it's nothing like the original. My mouse use to fly off my desk trying to get it to roll faster, which is part of what made the original so fun. The physics just aren't there. The ball looks like it's floating in some lanes and in another it's as if it's going over several invisible speed bumps making it nearly impossible to, well, roll down the lane and hit the pins. Alas, I loved this game back in the day along with Labyrinth Plus! Edition. Nothing can stay the same way forever though.

Major Nostalgia Hit

playable on Linux however settings/exit menu does not work

why port this touch version and not the XP version is beyond my understanding. galaxy brain sigma business decision, i guess.

I played this game back when it was a part of the Microsoft PLUS pack with The Labyrinth (The game my name is based on) and Russian Squares. It's great to see this game on Steam, though the controls are a bit stiffer due to this game being made on another engine. Nostalgic and great to play and remember!

I miss my childhood I loved playing hyperbowl when I was just 4 years old :( now I'm 24.... sigh...

I remember playing this for the first time on an old XP machine at my grandparent's house many moons ago. I'm so glad to see this on Steam! I do wish they could add the native Linux version to Steam, as the Windows version doesn't work using Proton. Though if you install Luxtorpeda and change the compatibility settings, you can get the Linux version to run on Steam instead of the Windows version.