Golf (Nintendo)

Infobox VG
title=Golf


caption= North American box art of the NES version.
developer = Nintendo
publisher = Nintendo
designer =
engine =
released = NES version
^JPN May 1 1984
^NA October 18 1985
^EU November 15 1986
FDS version
^JPN February 21 1986
Game Boy
vgrelease|Japan|JPN|November 28, 1989
vgrelease|United States of America|USA|March, 1990
vgrelease|Europe|EUR|1990
genre = Sports game
modes = Single player, multiplayer
ratings =
platforms = NES, PC-88, Game Boy, Famicom Disk System, e-Reader
media = 192-kilobit cartridge
requirements =
input = 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. The golfer is a mustached man who resembles Mario.

The color scheme for the player characters is similar to Professor Hector and Professor 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.

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. Fact|date=January 2008 The power bar method has been used in most golf games since.

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 collectible in "Animal Crossing".
* Hudson Soft released a port of the game for the Japan-only NEC PC-8801 in 1985.
* In the Game Boy version, unlike the NES version, there are some background music and two countries to choose from: Japan and U.S.A.. Also, the style of the player characters are chibi. All courses are different compared to the ones in the NES version.
* There is even a version on Nintendo's failed Virtual Boy console.

References

External links

*moby game|id=/golf|name="Golf"