View source for Bowl-Ed Over (found Cartoon Network Power Play game; 2003)

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|title=<center>Bowl-Ed Over</center>
|image=TitleScreen.jpg
|imagecaption=Title screen of ''Bowl-Ed Over''.
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> |datefound=27 Mar 2020 
|foundby=abandonwaregamerz
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'''''Bowl-Ed Over''''' is an ''Ed, Edd n Eddy''-themed bowling game released for the PC in 2003 through CartoonNetwork.com's "Power Play Games" service for $19.95.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040605095824/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/powerplay/games/bowled_over/ Archived Cartoon Network website page of the game.] Retrieved 10 May '21</ref> It is a simple bowling game using characters, audio, and settings from the ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' television show. The game was developed in Adobe Director for Shockwave, which has great reverse compatibility on modern Windows versions, but because of the ActiveMARK DRM that was used to protect it, it wouldn't run on anything later than Windows Vista.

==Power Play Games==
In order to compete with Nick.com's Nick Arcade (not to be confused with the television game show of the same name), Cartoon Network New Media (the division in charge of the CartoonNetwork.com website) created the "Power Play Games" service. Unlike the traditional Shockwave and Flash games on the Cartoon Network website at the time, Power Play Games were standalone executables that the user could download and play at any time without an internet connection. Potential customers could play time-restricted demos of these games, or purchase the full versions for a one-time fee. The service was criticized by fans for making once-free games suddenly require purchasing to play such as ''To the Eds-Streme!'' and ''Dexter's Labyrinth''. As the service continued, new games were created specifically for the service such as ''Bowl-Ed Over''. 

==Bowl-Ed Over==
''Bowl-Ed Over'' is a fairly simplistic bowling game with an ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' skin that can be played by up to four players using the same keyboard. The player(s) can choose between two lanes and can customize their bowling balls across three stats: weight, speed, and spin. Power points can be accumulated by scoring strikes, which can be used to modify these stats. Complete bowling ball and lane availability are currently unknown as the demo may differ from the purchased version of the game. The demo is limited to ten minutes of gameplay before the player is locked out.

==Availability==
As Shockwave games lost their appeal through the years, the Power Play Games service became defunct along with the games that were available. Luckily, the download link to the ''Bowl-Ed Over'' demo executable was archived on the Wayback Machine. Later, TOMYSSHADOW removed the trial time limit and made the game playable on modern Windows computers.

Extraction of some of the ''Bowl-Ed Over'' demo executable's files is available on a Google Drive as well. It is currently unknown if the contents of the purchased version of ''Bowl-Ed Over'' differs in any way from the demo executable besides the 10 minute time restriction.

On October 16th, 2016, YouTuber joman66 uploaded a video showing that he had managed to get the game working on his Windows XP tablet.

==Gallery==
===Images===
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File:Screens.gif|Screengrabs extracted from the game files.
File:powerplay.jpg|Power Play advertisement from the Cartoon Network website.
</gallery>
===Video===
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  |description1 =Joman66's video on having ''Bowl-Ed Over'' demo.
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==External Links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040605095824/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/powerplay/games/bowled_over/ The "defunct" download link to the archived Bowl-Ed Over demo.]
*[https://mega.nz/#F!cwYFGY7B!Mn-s_NFlrOACssDgFUgqZg MEGA link for the download link to the ''Bowl-Ed Over'' demo.]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzmKUR71jczvTF9jYlJEZ1FkLU0/ Google Drive link of some of ''Bowl-Ed Over'' demo files.]
*[https://archive.org/details/bowledoverwinpreinstalleden/ Archive.org page for the full game.]

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