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Silver Strike Bowling is a trackball arcade bowling game made by Incredible Technologies (IT), the Illinois company behind Golden Tee golf. You'll find the cabinets in bars, bowling centers and arcades. The "card" people search for is IT's player card, which links your games to an account.
How the player card works
On networked versions of the game, IT issued player cards that let you:
- keep stats and progress across games and locations,
- enter online contests and prize play where it's legal, and
- use the same identity on other IT games, such as Golden Tee.
Without a card, you can still play a casual game; you just don't keep your stats or enter contests.
Versions
- Silver Strike Bowling (the original), followed by updated editions such as Silver Strike Bowling 2007 and 2009.
- Bowler's Club: the online version of the 2009 edition, with stat tracking and prize contests.
- Silver Strike: League Night: the newer generation, a pedestal cabinet with a vertical 55-inch screen, trackball, touchscreen and NFC reader, with leagues, monthly tournaments and game modes such as Strike Derby, 300 Bounty and Vegas Bowling. Storm, the bowling equipment maker, worked with IT on authentic gear in the game.
Tips for the trackball
- A smooth, consistent roll beats a hard one. The game reads the speed and direction of your swipe.
- Learn one reliable line to the pocket before experimenting with spin.
- Spares win games here just as on a real lane.
Want to bowl in a browser instead? Try our free bowling game with real hook physics, or the Spare Challenge.