Cult Video Game Essentials: Golf (1984)
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 Nintendo Family Computer. 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.
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
I’ve never played ‘Golf’, but did greatly enjoy the second iteration, NES Open Tournament Golf. The music was addictive, the game looked great and the gameplay was awesome! Still one of my favorite golf games to this day!
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