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Game genre : Golf game
Publisher : Virgin
Released : 1995
Platform : Amiga/ST/PC
No of players - lots and lots
Sensible Software's swansong on the Amiga, and perhaps their
least successful game on this platform. Designed, programmed and
released as a golf game, and not a golf simulation, which intended
to test your gaming skills, and not your golfing skills.
But, despite offering a full career mode (including rankings,
career earnings etc), the game is just too darn simple to be a
long-lasting single player game. However, as a bit of arcadey,
multiplayer fun, it's not all that bad.
Striking the ball uses the tried and tested method, of one click
to start, one to select the power, and one to determine the amount
of bend you put on the ball. But there's no wind or stance, or
anything complicated to think about and after a short time, you'll
find yourself hitting the greens, consistently, with two shots.
As the game uses Sensi famous 'Goodyear blimp' camera view, showing
the contours of the green becomes a bit of a problem. The game
copes with this by using small arrows all over the place, to show
the directions of the slopes, but putting is still a bit of a
frustrating lottery at times.
There are 72 holes in the game and 25 courses. The 25 courses
are made up of a variety of these 72 holes, but it's fair to say
that around half of these holes, are subtle re-workings of the
other half, meaning that instead of having 450 vastly different
holes, as you would expect with a golf game offering 25 courses,
you actually get around 40. Hmmm.
But, look on the bright side. You can probably pick this game
up for around £5, for your PC, and even cheaper if you shop around
(I've seen it for £2.50), and at this price, it will certainly
be money well spent.
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Screenshots
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Theme Tune
Click here to download the theme tune - "Do you wanna play Golf?"
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Downloads
Get this game for the PC from the Underdogs!
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