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Date: 28 Oct 2005 11:50:59
From: Davey Boy
Subject: OT? - Ten Pin Alley by ASC Games
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Hi All...
I thought I'd ask this question here... In case one of you could help me...
I have installed this PC Game called Ten Pin Alley... I used to have it on
my Windows 95 machine and haven't played it since I've gotten my Windows XP
PC.. Anyway, I dug up the installation CD and installed the game into my
new PC and it's playing very fast, I can't control the speed of the ball
etc. Have any of you experienced this?
Thanks!
Davey Boy
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Date: 28 Oct 2005 11:52:32
From: Davey Boy
Subject: Re: OT? - Ten Pin Alley by ASC Games
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Maybe someone could recommend a good bowling game for the PC...
TIA!!! Davey Boy
Davey Boy <mikioiTAKEOUT@gte.net > wrote in
news:Xns96FD12D57B16Bmikioigtenet@199.45.49.11:
> Hi All...
>
> I thought I'd ask this question here... In case one of you could help
> me...
>
> I have installed this PC Game called Ten Pin Alley... I used to have
> it on my Windows 95 machine and haven't played it since I've gotten my
> Windows XP PC.. Anyway, I dug up the installation CD and installed the
> game into my new PC and it's playing very fast, I can't control the
> speed of the ball etc. Have any of you experienced this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Davey Boy
>
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Date: 28 Oct 2005 22:10:37
From: Spammy Sammy
Subject: Re: OT? - Ten Pin Alley by ASC Games
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"Davey Boy" <mikioiTAKEOUT@gte.net > wrote in message
news:Xns96FD131848487mikioigtenet@199.45.49.11...
> Maybe someone could recommend a good bowling game for the PC...
Rocket Bowl is good for a little entertainment on the odd occasion.
Alternatively do a Google search for
Ten Pin Championship Bowling Pro Beta and download that.
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Date: 28 Oct 2005 17:41:35
From: twobirds
Subject: Re: OT? - Ten Pin Alley by ASC Games
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Davey Boy wrote:
> Hi All...
>
> I thought I'd ask this question here... In case one of you could help
> me...
>
> I have installed this PC Game called Ten Pin Alley... I used to have
> it on my Windows 95 machine and haven't played it since I've gotten
> my Windows XP PC.. Anyway, I dug up the installation CD and installed
> the game into my new PC and it's playing very fast, I can't control
> the speed of the ball etc. Have any of you experienced this?
Is it a laptop (you said it is a PC, but just in case...)? If it is a
laptop, then you installed the game while running on battery. Uninstall,
disable speedstepping or other power management options having to do with
your processor, plug it in, and re-install.
If it is a desktop machine and happens to be a P4 hyperthreader, uninstall,
reboot, disable hyperthreading, re-install, reboot, and bob's your uncle.
If none of the above happens to be the case, then you are probably out of
luck unless you get another Windows 95 machine running. Ten Pin Alley was
published by ASC games which has been defunct since around 1990 or 1991.
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Date: 28 Oct 2005 11:58:03
From: Polarhound
Subject: Re: OT? - Ten Pin Alley by ASC Games
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Davey Boy wrote:
> Hi All...
>
> I thought I'd ask this question here... In case one of you could help me...
>
> I have installed this PC Game called Ten Pin Alley... I used to have it on
> my Windows 95 machine and haven't played it since I've gotten my Windows XP
> PC.. Anyway, I dug up the installation CD and installed the game into my
> new PC and it's playing very fast, I can't control the speed of the ball
> etc. Have any of you experienced this?
There are programs to slow down your PC. Do a search on some
Abandonware sites in their utilities sections for them.
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Date: 10 Nov 2005 08:57:21
From: LavaDude
Subject: Re: OT? - Ten Pin Alley by ASC Games
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Polarhound <Polarhound@comcast.net > wrote in
news:FdSdnaqg0OMX1__enZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@comcast.com:
> Davey Boy wrote:
>> Hi All...
>>
>> I thought I'd ask this question here... In case one of you could help
>> me...
>>
>> I have installed this PC Game called Ten Pin Alley... I used to have
>> it on my Windows 95 machine and haven't played it since I've gotten
>> my Windows XP PC.. Anyway, I dug up the installation CD and installed
>> the game into my new PC and it's playing very fast, I can't control
>> the speed of the ball etc. Have any of you experienced this?
>
> There are programs to slow down your PC. Do a search on some
> Abandonware sites in their utilities sections for them.
I just wanted to thank you and everyone else who posted to my question...
I wanted to let y'all know that I found a utility called, CPUKiller (?) -
something like that - it is doing the trick for me as far as slowing my
PC down so the game can run... Maybe I'll check on the hyperthreading
thing another poster recommended...
Thanks again and Happy Bowling!
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Date: 29 Oct 2005 13:28:32
From: Spammy Sammy
Subject: Re: OT? - Ten Pin Alley by ASC Games
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"Davey Boy" <mikioiTAKEOUT@gte.net > wrote in message
news:Xns96FD12D57B16Bmikioigtenet@199.45.49.11...
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Referring to your second question, there's a bowling game included in the
Plus! pack for XP.
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Date: 03 Nov 2005 21:38:25
From: In Through The Out Door
Subject: Re: OT? - Ten Pin Alley by ASC Games
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To answer your question about "Ten Pin Alley": It was written for windows
95/98/Fat 32. I have never gotten it to run on Windows XP/NTFS. There are
certain programs, designed for Windows 95/98 that will not run AT ALL on
windows XP. No many, but a few.
As far as some really good bowling game software? I have been meaning to
pick up Brunswick Pro Bowlers Tour Bowling again. I used to have it, but
lost it during a move. That's a good game because the graphics are decent
and it really is like being on the PBA Tour for the most part. My personal
favorite is Alley 19. You can usually pick up this game on ebay for $1 to $5
plus shipping. I love Alley 19 because it's just like the Brunswick Alleys
in the 60's. Neat nostalgia that no one has attempted to duplicate. The
downside to this game is that it's basically just like going to the bowling
alley and open bowling. No leagues or tournaments. But still, it's a really
fun game.
I wish that someone out there would write the "Ultimate Bowling" game
software. I'd like to see a mix of history, PBA tour bowling(in different
cities, different centers, different lane conditions and such) , different
forms of bowling (i.e. duckpin, candlepin, Canadian 5 pin), tournaments,
league bowling, plus all of the sights and sounds of bowling centers, past,
present and future. Bowling machine operation close up (complete with having
to switch lanes due to equipment failure), pin-boys, drilling balls,
different makes and models of bowling lanes through history(complete with
all different kinds of pinsetter models, masking units, ball returns and the
ability to make your own styles of equipment), build and run your own
bowling center (BOWLING ALLEY TYCOON?).
But, as we know with most bowling related software items, it's usually only
going to sell to a specific audience, so unless they are going to target it
to, say kids, it's gotta be funny, weird, or changing the rules or look of
the bowling game, to make it sell. I'm guessing that this is why nobody has
put together the type of game that I suggested in the paragraph above. I'm
sure that someone somewhere thought of it at one time or another and just
couldn't get the backing to get it done.
Most bowling game software products that have been released are boring and
they are crap. The 2 or 3 that are really good games the just didn't sell
well.
All in my own opinion. I hope a programmer/game developer out there sees my
suggestion for this massive bowling game software idea and gets the go ahead
from a company like EA Games to produce it. But one can only hope.
ITTOD
"Davey Boy" <mikioiTAKEOUT@gte.net > wrote in message
news:Xns96FD12D57B16Bmikioigtenet@199.45.49.11...
> Hi All...
>
> I thought I'd ask this question here... In case one of you could help
> me...
>
> I have installed this PC Game called Ten Pin Alley... I used to have it on
> my Windows 95 machine and haven't played it since I've gotten my Windows
> XP
> PC.. Anyway, I dug up the installation CD and installed the game into my
> new PC and it's playing very fast, I can't control the speed of the ball
> etc. Have any of you experienced this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Davey Boy
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