How to Bowl a Strike in Grand Theft Auto IV

Last Updated: October 8, 2020

Are you bad at GTA 4 bowling? Here is how to get strikes sometimes, or at least more than you would otherwise.

Steps

1
Have the bowling alley, or the mission First Date unlocked.
2
Do First Date or call a friend to go bowling.
3
Go to the bowling alley to bowl.
4
Select a full or half game, personal choice.
5
Choose the leftmost lane.
6
Take exactly two full steps to the left.
7
Press A.
8
Move the right stick down for about half a second
9
Quickly move the right stick up. If you kept it straight, you should probably get a strike, or at least come close
10
Repeat on your next turn, If you got a strike.

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There is an achievement you get for beating friends at all activities (Xbox version.)
Roman likes bowling.
Using the leftmost lane is important.
There is another achievement, Gobble Gobble, when you get 3 strikes in a row, a turkey.
Try to keep the right stick straight. This is the hardest part.

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Roman is very good at bowling.
This is not guaranteed.
A very small percentage of people may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain patterns of flashing light... but if you play video games, you have probably already memorized this, and probably already know it isn't you.
Dwayne and Little Jacob don't like bowling.