Bocha (SNES)

BOCHA is a homebrew game for the Super Nintendo: top-down bocce on a walled court. Throw the jack, roll your balls closer than the rival's best and win the match.

Read the sand. Curve around a blocker. Lob over the wall. Knock the rival ball away. Twelve teams, twelve stadiums, one World Tour.

✨ Features

• Friction and collision physics, with curve, massé, follow, draw and lobs.
• 12 teams and 12 stadiums, from Copacabana to the Giza Desert, each with its own court size and music.
• 1P VS CPU (3 levels), 1P VS 2P, World Tour and an unlockable Hard Tour.
• Training with 5 drills and bronze, silver and gold medals.
• Hall of Fame with your initials, records and options on the battery save; remappable buttons.
• Hidden secrets to discover.

🧩 How to Play

• Each end starts with the jack, which must stop past the middle line.
• Each side has 4 balls. The side whose best ball is farther from the jack throws next.
• When all balls are thrown, every ball closer than the rival's best scores 1 point (up to 4 per end).
• A ball that hits the end wall before touching any ball is a FOUL: the ball is lost and everything goes back.
• First to 12 points wins (6 or 9 in OPTIONS).

🕹️ Controls

Button	Action
Up / Down	Aim
L / R	Move left / right on the line
X	Roll / Lob
Y + Left / Right	Spin: curve, massé
Y + Up / Down	Spin: follow, draw
Hold A	Throw: power, release to throw
B	Cancel the throw
START	Pause

Default buttons. OPTIONS > CONTROLS can change them.

🏆 Achievements Suggestions

A suggested set of achievements. You can get all of them by playing each mode once.

1P VS CPU

• Friendly Win — Win a 1P VS CPU match.
• Tough Opponent — Win a 1P VS CPU match on HARD.

1P VS 2P

• Local Derby — Finish a 1P VS 2P match.

TRAINING

• Gold Standard — Win a gold medal in a training drill.
• Drill Graduate — Win a medal in all 5 training drills in one training session.

WORLD TOUR

• On Tour — Win your first World Tour match.
• Halfway There — Win the second World Tour match.
• Final Match — Reach the final of the World Tour.
• World Champion — Win the World Tour.
• Shutout — Win a World Tour match without giving up a single point.
• Hall of Famer — Put your initials in the Hall of Fame after a World Tour.
• Hard Tour Champion — Win the HARD TOUR.

ANY MATCH

• Kiss the Jack — Throw a ball that stops touching the jack.
• Nice Shot — Take the point with a throw.
• Carom — Hit another ball with your throw.
• Direct Hit — Land a lob right on top of another ball.
• Bend It — Take the point with a masse throw.
• Clean Sweep — Score all 4 points of an end.
• Photo Finish — Throw the last ball of an end close enough to the jack for the slow motion finish.
• End Wall Blues — Commit a foul: hit the end wall before touching any ball.
• Golden Touch (Easter Egg) — Royalty asks before it rolls.

TITLE SCREEN

• Change of Colors (Easter Egg) — Some logos like to switch sides.

💾 How to Run

Download Bocha_v1_ROM.zip: the ROM Bocha_v1.smc (LoROM, 256 KB, battery save, NTSC), the manual and a README. Tested on Snes9x and bsnes; works in RetroArch with the Snes9x or bsnes cores.

📝 Version

v1 — November 2026