Elf Bowling (original) (raw)

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Elf Bowling is a bowling video game developed by NStorm and released in 1998. In the game the player, as Santa Claus, attempts to knock down elves who are arranged like bowling pins. A later release of the game, by Ignition Entertainment, was released on the Nintendo handheld consoles Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. In Elf Bowling, the elves of Santa's Workshop are on strike due to overwork from the huge demand for Christmas toys, so Santa Claus has decided to whip them into shape by using them as bowling pins. During the game, the elves say phrases such as "Is that all the balls you got, Santa?" when the player misses their first spare opportunity or "Gutter ball!" in a silly-sounding voice when a ball is rolled into the gutter. Other potential distractions for the user are a Reindeer that walks up along the bowling lane that can be "hit" with the bowling ball if the arrow is positioned to the far left, and a frog wearing a Santa hat hopping back and forth across the player's field of vision (resembling Kalvin Kroaker from Frogapult, also made by NStorm). If one hits the frog with the bowling ball, his body is hauled away from the screen by a bird from Frogapult. A white rabbit also jumps and defecates across the bowling lane. The elves moon Santa (asking "who's your daddy" as they do it). Both during the game and after a game finishes, the elves do a dance, shouting "Elf elf, baby!" in reference to Vanilla Ice's song "Ice Ice Baby". The elves can also randomly move out of the way of the ball, and one elf can be decapitated by the pinsetter. (en)

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0460811

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2005-12-01 (xsd:date)

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Official poster (en)
A screencap of the game, with elf pins and a Christmas-themed frog hopping on the icy lane. (en)

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Fiji (en)
South Korea (en)
United States (en)

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NStorm (en)

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Dave Kim (en)

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Screen Media Ventures (en)
Film Brokers International (en)

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Dave Kim (en)

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English (en)

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Chris Anderson (en)

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Elf Bowling the Movie: (en)
The Great North Pole Elf Strike (en)

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Game Boy Advance (en)
Nintendo DS (en)
PC (en)

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Dave Kim (en)
Rex Piano (en)

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NStorm (en)

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1998 (xsd:integer)
2005-11-28 (xsd:date)
2005-12-01 (xsd:date)
Game Boy Advance (en)
Nintendo DS (en)
PC (en)

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Film Brokers International (en)
Great Highway Company (en)

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Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike (en)

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Elf Bowling is a bowling video game developed by NStorm and released in 1998. In the game the player, as Santa Claus, attempts to knock down elves who are arranged like bowling pins. A later release of the game, by Ignition Entertainment, was released on the Nintendo handheld consoles Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. In Elf Bowling, the elves of Santa's Workshop are on strike due to overwork from the huge demand for Christmas toys, so Santa Claus has decided to whip them into shape by using them as bowling pins. (en)

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Elf Bowling (en)

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