Milo's Astro Lanes
Milo's Astro Lanes is a 1998 bowling game for the Nintendo 64[1][2] developed by Player 1 and published by Crave Entertainment. The game takes place in a space setting where there are intergalactic bowling alleys. It makes use of the Rumble Pak and the Controller Pak. The latter must be used for the former to be used.
A screenshot of a player bowling during Milo's Astro Lanes gameplay.
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| Developer(s) | Player 1 |
| Publisher(s) | Crave Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Player 1 |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64 |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
Features
- 6 playable characters
- 12 galactic lanes
- 6 types of bowling balls
- Multiplayer modes including 4 player simultaneous mode
- Variety of specials available
Reception
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The game was met with average reception, as GameRankings gave it a score of 69% based on only four reviews.[3]
Although there were plans made by Capcom to bring Milo's Astro Lanes to Japan under the title Space Bowler Milo(スペース・ボーラー マイロー) in December 1999, they were eventually cancelled due to continuously low sales of the Nintendo 64 in the country.
gollark: Which would be a cool effect. I wonder how genetically engineerable it would be.
gollark: I assume they'd just assume it was fluorescent if the eyes looked glowy/overly bright.
gollark: Besides, there has to be some similarly insane stuff for training data.
gollark: You underestimate people.
gollark: Anyway, I think some education system is probably good but my preferred ideas are far enough from "school" that it probably wouldn't be sensible to call it the same thing.
References
- Casamassina, Matt (December 4, 1998). "Milo's Astro Lanes". IGN. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- GameSpot staff (January 7, 1999). "Milo's Astro Lanes Review". GameSpot. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Milo's Astro Lanes for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- Air Hendrix (1999). "Milo's Astro Lanes Review for N64 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on September 19, 2004. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Milo's Astro Lanes". Nintendo Power. 115: 133. December 1998.
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