Golf (1984 video game)

Golf

Developer(s) Nintendo
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Composer(s) Koji Kondo (NES)
Hirokazu Tanaka (GB)
Platform(s) NES, PC-88, PlayChoice-10, Sharp X1, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy, Nintendo e-Reader, GameCube
Release date(s) NES
  • JP May 1, 1984
  • NA October 1985
  • EU November 15, 1986
NA October 10, 2013 (VC)
PAL October 10, 2013 (VC)
JP November 13, 2013 (VC)
PC-88, PlayChoice-10 & Sharp X1
Famicom Disk System
  • JP February 21, 1986
Game Boy
JP November 28, 1989
NA February 1990
PAL 1990
JP June 29, 2011 (VC)
NA September 8, 2011 (VC)
PAL October 13, 2011 (VC)
Nintendo e-Reader
  • NA April 21, 2003
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Golf (ゴルフ Gorufu) is a sports-simulation video game released in 1984 for the NES. The golfer is a mustached man who resembles Mario.

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.

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. The power bar method has been used in most golf games since.

Ports

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllgameGB: [1]
The Video Game CriticB- [2]

Golf received mixed to positive reviews and is now considered to be one of the most famous games for the NES. It was given a mixed review by ScrewAttack. Mike Matei reviewed the game as well, analyzing and interpreting what each course looks like (for instance, one course was shaped like a snowman, and another like a dragon).

References

  1. Sutyak, Jonathan. "Golf - Review". Allgame. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  2. "The Video Game Critic's NES Reviews". videogamecritic.net. Retrieved December 8, 2013.

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