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The final entry in Jaleco's "Big Challenge" lineup of Famicom titles is a ten-pin bowling game that pitches you against an array of celebrity copycats in its story mode (called "Challenge"). The throwing control is done by a gauge on the top-left of the screen with 3 preset markers on its left side. From the top down, marker 2 is at the center of the gauge - which is also where the gauge starts at - and marker 3 is at the bottom-most point of the gauge. After first pressing A, the gauge drops to the bottom and then raises to the top. Pressing A while the gauge is between marker 2 and 3 determines the throwing strength, which becomes stronger the closer to marker 3 the pressed position is. Pressing A while the gauge is above marker 2 determines the throwing direction, with straight ahead being the same position as marker 1. The further away from marker 1 the pressed position is, the more the throwing direction is steered to the left or right, with left being above marker 1 and right being below marker 1. The game can (and is in fact intended to) be played with more fine-grain input over the throwing direction using the trackball controller Hori Track (TRK-7).