Golf (Nintendo)
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Developer(s) | Nintendo |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Platform(s) | NES, PC-88, Game Boy, Famicom Disk System, e-Reader |
Release date | NES version JPN May 1, 1984 NA October 18, 1985 EU November 15, 1986 FDS version JPN February 21, 1986 Game Boy JPN November 28, 1989 USA March, 1990 EUR 1990 |
Genre(s) | Sports game |
Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Media | 192-kilobit cartridge |
Input methods | NES controller |
Golf is a sports-simulation video game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was originally released in Japan in 1984 for the NES/Famicom. A tall guy who may or may not be Mario is the main character.
The color scheme for the player charaters is similar to Hector and Vector, the two scientists from Gyromite and Stack Up, the two R.O.B. games for the NES. The player one character wears a white shirt and shoes with blue pants and uses a white ball, while the player two character wears a red shirt and shoes with black pants and uses a red ball.
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[edit] Gameplay
The user must first decide whether to play single stroke play or the two player selections of doubles stroke play or match play. The user is then placed at the tee of the first hole of eighteen.
It was the first golf game to feature a power/accuracy bar for swinging the club.[citation needed] The power bar method has been used in most golf games since.
[edit] Ports
- Ported to the Famicom Disk System in 1986 (Japan only).
- Available for the Classic NES e-Reader series on Game Boy Advance.
- Available as a fully playable collectable in Animal Crossing.
- Hudson Soft released a port of the game for the Japan-only NEC PC-8801 in 1985.
[edit] Allusions
Golf appeared in WarioWare: Twisted! as one of 9-Volt's microgames.
Nine of the eighteen holes from the game have been recreated in 3D in the Wii Sports Golf game.[1]
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